Cyber Security Technologist Apprentice

GLOBAL BANKING SCHOOL LTD

Greenford (UB6 0HE)

Closes in 25 days (Monday 2 February 2026)

Posted on 5 January 2026

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Summary

The Cyber Security L4 Apprentice will support the GBS’s cyber security and IT security operations while developing the knowledge, skills, and behaviours required of a Cyber Security Technologist. The role combines hands-on technical support with structured learning, mentoring & training to build capability in protecting systems, networks, and data.

• Wage:

  £22,000 a year

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• Training course: Cyber security technologist (2021) (level 4)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, between 9am - 6pm.

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 9 February 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 6 months

• Positions available:

  1

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

Under supervision and in line with agreed procedures, the apprentice will:

• Support the raising, responding to, and resolution of cyber security and IT service tickets through the Service Management system.
• Assist in the monitoring and investigation of security alerts and incidents, including phishing emails, malware, unauthorised access attempts, and account issues.
• Provide first-line support to users on cyber security best practice, including password management, secure system usage, and data protection.
• Support identity and access management tasks such as account setup, password resets, and access reviews in line with security policies.
• Assist with the secure configuration and deployment of laptops, desktops, and mobile devices, including operating systems, security software, and updates.
• Help maintain and monitor endpoint protection, antivirus, and other security tools, escalating issues where necessary.
• Support basic vulnerability checks, testing, and risk assessments on systems, applications, and hardware.
• Work with team members to troubleshoot security-related issues, learning how to diagnose problems and apply corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate security documentation and records, including incident logs, asset registers, and audit evidence.
• Support compliance with data protection and information security requirements (e.g. GDPR) by following policies and procedures.
• Assist with cyber security awareness activities, including inductions, one-to-one guidance, and promoting safe working practices.
• Participate in the testing and evaluation of new software, hardware, and security solutions prior to rollout.
• Provide general administrative support to the cyber security and IT teams as required.
• Act as a first point of contact for cyber security concerns, raising incidents or tickets and escalating appropriately.
• Travel between campuses or sites may be required to support operational needs.

Where you'll work

Global Banking School Ltd, 891 Greenford Road
Greenford
UB6 0HE

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

METAGEDU APPRENTICESHIPS LTD

Training course

Cyber security technologist (2021) (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Discover vulnerabilities in a system by using a mix of research and practical exploration.
• Analyse and evaluate security threats and hazards to a system or service or processes. Use relevant external source of threat intelligence or advice (e.g. National Cyber Security Centre) Combine different sources to create an enriched view of cyber threats and hazards.
• Research and investigate common attack techniques and relate these to normal and observed digital system behaviour and recommend how to defend against them. Interpret and demonstrate use of external source of vulnerabilities (e.g. OWASP, intelligence sharing initiatives, open source).
• Undertake security risk assessments for simple systems without direct supervision and propose basic remediation advice in the context of the employer.
• Source and analyse security cases and describe what threats, vulnerability or risks are mitigated and identify any residual areas of concern.
• Analyse employer or customer requirements to derive security objectives and taking account of the threats and overall context develop a security case which sets out the proposed security measures in the context with reasoned justification.
• Identify and follow organisational policies and standards for information and cyber security and operate according to service level agreements or other defined performance targets.
• Configure, deploy and use computer, digital network and cyber security technology.
• Recommend improvements to the cyber security posture of an employer or customer based on research into future potential cyber threats and considering threat trends.
• Write program code or scripts to meet a given design requirement in accordance with employers' coding standards.
• Identify cyber security threats relevant to a defined context.
• Accurately, objectively and concisely record and report the appropriate cyber security information, including in written reports within a structure or template provided.
• Design, build, test and troubleshoot a network incorporating more than one subnet with static and dynamic routes, to a given design requirement without supervision. Provide evidence that the system meets the design requirement.
• Analyse security requirements given (functional and non-functional security requirements that may be presented in a security case) against other design requirements (e.g. usability, cost, size, weight, power, heat, supportability etc.) for a given system or product. Identify conflicting requirements and propose, with reasoning, resolution through appropriate trade-offs.
• Design and build, systems in accordance with a security case within broad but generally well-defined parameters. This should include selection and configuration of typical security hardware and software components. Provide evidence that the system has properly implemented the security controls required by the security case.
• Design systems employing encryption to meet defined security objectives. Develop and implement a plan for managing the associated encryption keys for the given scenario or system.
• Use tools, techniques and processes to actively prevent breaches to digital system security.
• Configure digital system monitoring and analysis tools (e.g. SIEM tools), taking account of threat & vulnerability intelligence, indicators of compromise.
• Conduct cyber-risk assessments against an externally (market) recognised cyber security standard using a recognised risk assessment methodology.
• Develop information security policies or processes to address a set of identified risks, for example from security audit recommendations.
• Develop information security policies within a defined scope to take account of legislation and regulation relevant to cyber security.
• Take an active part in a security audits against recognised cyber security standards, undertake gap analysis and make recommendations for remediation.
• Develop plans for local business continuity for approval within defined governance arrangements for business continuity.
• Assess security culture using a recognised approach.
• Design and implement a simple ‘security awareness’ campaign to address a specific aspect of a security culture.
• Develop plans for incident response for approval within defined governance arrangements for incident response.
• Integrate and correlate information from various sources (including log files from different sources, digital system monitoring tools, Secure Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools, access control systems, physical security systems) and compare to known threat and vulnerability data to form a judgement based on evidence with reasoning that the anomaly represents a digital system security breach.
• Recognise anomalies in observed digital system data structures (including by inspection of network packet data structures) and digital system behaviours (including by inspection of protocol behaviours) and by inspection of log files and by investigation of alerts raised by automated tools including SIEM tools.
• Undertake root cause analysis of events and make recommendations to reduce false positives and false negatives.
• Manage local response to non-major incidents in accordance with a defined procedure.
• Discover vulnerabilities in a system by using a mix of research and practical exploration.
• Analyse and evaluate security threats and hazards to a system or service or processes. Use relevant external source of threat intelligence or advice (e.g. National Cyber Security Centre) Combine different sources to create an enriched view of cyber threats and hazards.
• Research and investigate common attack techniques and relate these to normal and observed digital system behaviour and recommend how to defend against them. Interpret and demonstrate use of external source of vulnerabilities (e.g. OWASP, intelligence sharing initiatives, open source).
• Undertake security risk assessments for simple systems without direct supervision and propose basic remediation advice in the context of the employer.
• Source and analyse security cases and describe what threats, vulnerability or risks are mitigated and identify any residual areas of concern.
• Analyse employer or customer requirements to derive security objectives and taking account of the threats and overall context develop a security case which sets out the proposed security measures in the context with reasoned justification.
• Identify and follow organisational policies and standards for information and cyber security and operate according to service level agreements or other defined performance targets.
• Configure, deploy and use computer, digital network and cyber security technology.
• Recommend improvements to the cyber security posture of an employer or customer based on research into future potential cyber threats and considering threat trends.
• Write program code or scripts to meet a given design requirement in accordance with employers' coding standards.
• Identify cyber security threats relevant to a defined context.
• Accurately, objectively and concisely record and report the appropriate cyber security information, including in written reports within a structure or template provided.

Training schedule

A successful candidate will complete a L4 Cyber security Technologist Apprenticeship standard.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

• Maths (grade 4-9)
• English (grade 4-9)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• IT skills
• Organisation skills
• Attention to detail

Other requirements

Starting salary £22,000.

About this employer

Global Banking School (GBS) is a dynamic and fast growing Higher Education provider with campuses across the UK.  We are a vibrant and diverse family of committed staff bringing life-changing learning to a wider range of communities. Applying evidence-based research and corporate case studies to classroom learning, we provide higher education that has real impact and real world relevance.

After this apprenticeship

Cyber Security Technologist Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

METAGEDU APPRENTICESHIPS LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000006731.

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Closes in 25 days (Monday 2 February 2026)

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