Cyber Security Apprentice
As part of our Central Business Services function, the Technology Experience team are responsible for providing a secure, excellent, and consistent user experience regardless of location and time to Chartwell’s global workforce.
Role
- Investigate minor security breaches in accordance with established procedures
- Contributes to vulnerability assessments
- Contribute to the application and maintenance of specific security controls as required by organisational policy and local risk assessments
- Assists the user in defining their access rights and privileges
- Contribute towards the basic risk assessments for small information systems
- Responds to security breaches in line with security policy and records the incidents and action taken
- Following agreed procedures, identifies, registers, and categorises incidents
- Gathers information to enable incident resolution and promptly allocates incidents as appropriate, maintains records and advises relevant persons of actions taken
- Contributes to the operation of the company’s Cybersecurity Toolset
Training
Why choose our Cyber Security Engineer Level 4 apprenticeship?
The Cyber Security Engineer apprentice can help to design, build and test secure networks, security products or systems to help protect your organisation against cyber threats.
QA is a market leader in cyber security training, with a state-of-the-art immersive cyber gamified learning, giving apprentices a hands-on learning experience in simulating a real cyber threat.
QA's exclusive partnership with Circadence Corporation, the pioneer of the hands-on gamified learning platform Project Ares®, allows us to uniquely incorporate hands-on scenario training into our cybersecurity apprenticeships. The Project Ares platform offers a totally immersive experience, using automated features to support skills adoption with an in-game advisor, Athena, who advises our players through scenario-based challenges. The platform scenarios replicate the unpredictability and escalating levels of complexity that cyberattacks can present. It drives high levels of engagement through leaderboards and badges, elements used widely in the gaming world.
QA’s Cyber Security Engineer Level 4 apprenticeship programme enables the apprentice to:
- Develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills in a safe, but realistic environment
- Apply all of the acquired skills throughout the programme, with added scoring of players and opponent actions with replay for objective assessment
- Take part in hands-on training and active-learning models that increase retention rates by 75% so that cyber apprentices can prepare for real-world challenges
Tools and technologies learned:
Apprentices will learn to use Project Ares, Python, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft PowerShell, Linux and AWS.
90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after completing: this is 20% higher than the national average.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Cyber security technologist (2021) (level 4)
- Training Provider
- QA LIMITED
- Working Week
- 9am - 5:30pm.
- Expected Duration
- 1 Year 8 Months
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Friday, 3rd April 2026
- Start Date
- Friday, 10th April 2026
Desired Skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills