Graduate Trainee Cyber Security
Posted:
27 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline:
24 August 2026
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are looking for a young Graduate Trainee to join our clients cyber security training program.
Salary and Benefits:
- Negotiable
Responsibilities:
- Triage security alerts and learn how to write and tune detection content in industry-standard rule languages.
- Run authenticated vulnerability scans manage the vulnerability register and drive remediation conversations with system owners.
- Help configure cloud-native security tooling - policy-as-code network segmentation identity controls posture monitoring.
- Support the security posture of enterprise AI tooling including data-loss-prevention controls audit logging and Shadow-AI detection.
- Build automation in Python PowerShell or Bash to reduce manual security work (evidence collection log forwarding dashboards register hygiene).
- Assist with incident response under senior leadership - observe document contribute progressively across the 18 months.
- Help prepare and support external audits and assessor engagements (PCI-DSS ISO 27001 ISAE 3402 cycles).
- Produce clear written work - runbooks evidence packs post-incident reports register entries - to a standard fit for external audit.
- Develop AI literacy in security operations: use AI tools to accelerate research code review and log analysis while maintaining human-in-the-loop discipline on every control decision.
Key Skills:
- Foundational programming literacy in at least one of Python PowerShell or Bash - enough to read write and debug small scripts.
- Familiarity with cloud concepts (any major provider - Microsoft Azure AWS GCP).
- Familiarity with networking fundamentals (TCP/IP DNS HTTP firewalls) and operating-system basics (Linux and Windows).
- Comfort using version control (Git) and command-line tools.
Qualifications:
- Minimum upper-second-class honours or higher Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Security Computer Engineering Software Engineering or a closely related discipline.