V05030 - Advanced Apprentice Cyber Security - (IM&T)
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Cumbria (LA14 1AF)
Closes on Saturday 28 February 2026
Posted on 10 November 2025
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Summary
Advanced Cyber Security Technician Apprentice you will experience, learn and develop key skills to help you manage complex projects across the submarines business whilst also being involved in an exciting period of change and development in the IM&T function.
- Wage
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National Minimum Wage
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We offer a competitive salary with annual increases throughout the apprenticeship and a range of employee benefits including, free higher education as well as access to the Company pension and share saving scheme
- Training course
- Cyber security technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Shifts to be confirmed
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 14 September 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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3
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- To support learning and development, you will work with experienced teams on tasks and projects through a rotation of placements
- Communicate security risks and issues to business managers and other stakeholders and then applies and maintains specific security controls as required by organisational policy and local risk assessments
- Supporting incidents and vulnerability management
- Supports the Investigation of minor security breaches in accordance with established procedures
- Assists users in defining their access rights and privileges
- Performs non-standard security administration tasks and resolves security administration issues
- Provides advice and guidance to business stakeholders on security best practice and application of security policies
- Gather and analyse data and prepare reports to feed information back
- Conducts and supports security risk assessments and facilitates remedial activities to improve security performance
Where you'll work
BAE Systems
1st Floor, Main Shipyard Offices
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
LA14 1AF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BLACKPOOL AND THE FYLDE COLLEGE
Training course
Cyber security technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Follow information security procedures
- Maintain information security controls
- Develop information security training and awareness resources
- Monitor the effectiveness of information security training and awareness
- Handle and assess the validity of security requests from a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Follow technical procedures to install and maintain technical security controls
- Monitor and report information security events
- Recognise when and how to escalate information security events in accordance with relevant procedures and standards
- Review and modify access rights to digital information systems, services, devices or data
- Maintain an inventory of digital information systems, services, devices and data storage
- Scopes cyber security vulnerability assessments
- Evaluate the results of a cyber security vulnerability assessment
- Perform routine threat intelligence gathering tasks through consulting external sources
- Undertake digital information risk assessments
- Identify and categorise threats, vulnerabilities and risks in preparation for response or escalation
- Document cyber security event information whilst preserving evidence
- Draft information management reports using standard formats appropriate to the recipients
- Review and comment upon cyber security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
- Perform cyber security compliance checks
- Translate audit requirements and collate relevant information from log files, incident reports and other data sources
- Communication skills to co-operate as part of a multi-functional, multi-disciplinary team using a range of technical and non-technical language to provide an effective interface between internal or external users and suppliers
- Keep up-to-date with legislation and industry standards related to the implementation of cyber security in an organisation
- Follow information security procedures
- Maintain information security controls
- Develop information security training and awareness resources
- Monitor the effectiveness of information security training and awareness
- Handle and assess the validity of security requests from a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Follow technical procedures to install and maintain technical security controls
- Monitor and report information security events
- Recognise when and how to escalate information security events in accordance with relevant procedures and standards
- Review and modify access rights to digital information systems, services, devices or data
- Maintain an inventory of digital information systems, services, devices and data storage
- Scopes cyber security vulnerability assessments
- Evaluate the results of a cyber security vulnerability assessment
- Perform routine threat intelligence gathering tasks through consulting external sources
- Undertake digital information risk assessments
- Identify and categorise threats, vulnerabilities and risks in preparation for response or escalation
- Document cyber security event information whilst preserving evidence
- Draft information management reports using standard formats appropriate to the recipients
- Review and comment upon cyber security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
- Perform cyber security compliance checks
- Translate audit requirements and collate relevant information from log files, incident reports and other data sources
- Communication skills to co-operate as part of a multi-functional, multi-disciplinary team using a range of technical and non-technical language to provide an effective interface between internal or external users and suppliers
- Keep up-to-date with legislation and industry standards related to the implementation of cyber security in an organisation
Training schedule
Cyber Security Technician Level 3.
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working
About this employer
At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of more than 93,000 people in around 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.
https://careers.baesystems.com/locations/uk/apprentices (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Approximately 95% of apprentices choose to stay on with us. As a global business there are a world of opportunities - whether you decide to stay in the UK or explore an overseas role.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BLACKPOOL AND THE FYLDE COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000350512.
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Closes on Saturday 28 February 2026
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