Cyber Degree Apprentice

We support helping you settle in to your new location ensuring you are familiar with the team and have a warm welcome from day 1. There is a member of our Apprentice team at each site, helping you progress, ensuring your study time is protected, enabling access to digital learning as well as opportunities to get involved with the local community and STEM projects, enhance many aspects of each programme.

Looking for a great start to your career in technology, earning and learning on a professionally accredited, award-winning scheme? We are recruiting the cybersecurity experts of the future on our nationally recognised, award-winning Degree Apprenticeship Programme.

Involved in all phases of the Cyber Security lifecycle you will be exposed to the latest tools, technologies, and processes, and have the opportunity to influence the future path of cyber security development within Leonardo. Developing real-time cyber solutions, creating sophisticated analysis and support tools or contributing ideas to innovate the next generation of products - the challenges are varied.

Alongside this, you will also study with one of our partner universities towards achievement of BSc (Hons) or BEng (Hons) degree in an appropriate engineering discipline through a mixture of work based learning, distance learning and day release at university. On completion you should have met the requirements for Incorporated Engineer as part of the way to gaining Chartered Engineer status.

During your apprenticeship, you will be required to share your time between the workplace and university. You will:

Grow your knowledge of cyber engineering

Develop practical skills in development for complex systems, understanding key processes and technologies.

Support early careers activities - our apprentices and graduates are expected to work as STEM ambassadors in schools, colleges and universities

Commit to the successful completion of all your academic modules and assignments in support of the Apprenticeship standard.

How will we support you?

Leonardo values people with a passion for technical analysis, judgement and problem-solving. We reward commitment with a competitive remuneration and flexible benefits package including:

Competitive starting salary

Annual incremental pay increases

33 days holiday and flexible working arrangements

Pension scheme (Contributory)

Cycle to Work initiative

Custom Working Model – supporting health and wellbeing and Inclusion and Diversity

Leonardo is a leader in cybersecurity, and one of the biggest suppliers of defence equipment to the UK MoD. Come and be a part of our community and work with some of the most talented engineers in the UK on some of the most exciting projects around.,

We recruit on a rolling basis. These roles attract high competition, so do not delay - APPLY NOW to avoid disappointment.

What you will do

Life at Leonardo is never boring Throughout your apprenticeship, you will be working in a wide range of areas, such as

Building secure systems and networks from scratch

Installing and configuring operating systems, firewalls, and applications

Deploying and using secure Cloud environments such as AWS and Azure

Installing and using DevOps for secure software development

Data analytics with Machine Learning and AI

Detecting and remediating cyberattacks

Supporting STEM activities and outreach

Your work will support critical business areas throughout Leonardo and our customers in the UK government and private sector, and will provide you with great learning opportunities in the field. At the same time, you will obtain the academic knowledge and qualifications necessary for your future career in a high-tech company through your course at one of our partner universities.

You will be working within world-class facilities, in both office and lab environments and will have opportunities to travel to other Leonardo UK and customer sites, to meet with colleagues, customers, and suppliers.

Beyond the programme there may be the opportunity for you to further your academic and vocational achievements based on your talents and capability and needs of the business. You would be expected to commit to the successful completion of all your academic modules and assignments in support of the Apprenticeship standard.

What we are looking for

A successful apprenticeship with Leonardo involves a drive to deliver, own initiative, problem-solving skills, and the willingness to comply with safety instructions and processes at all times.

We are relentless about inclusion. We welcome everyone as they are, and see diversity as a strength. We would like you to be part of our journey to creating that better balance, and welcome applications from individuals from all walks of life as we build a stronger company together.

This Apprenticeship assumes little prior cybersecurity experience and is NOT suitable for candidates who already have an engineering, software or computing degree.

3 x A levels (Grade A-C) (or equivalent)

Mandatory: Mathematics and either Physics or a Technology/Engineering subject

AND another STEM subject

Plus

5 GCSE grades 9 - 4 or grades A*-C or equivalent,

Mandatory: English Language, Maths and a Science subject Plus 2 subjects

We will also accept a BTEC Extended Diploma in Engineering instead of A levels, but require attendance of the maths bridging course. We consider each application individually in consultation with our partnering university.

The starting salary for this role is £20,500