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We have an exciting opportunity to join our leading-edge Graduate programme for a Cyber Security Vulnerability Management Analyst.
The role is based in our Cybersecurity team to start from September 2022.
You will help to develop and maintain a leading vulnerability management programme and platform.
Reducing cyber exposure through adoption of continuous security monitoring and automation
About the project
Current key locations for these roles are:
Manchester (Data Centre), Maidenhead (HQ) or remote working.
*On application for this role, please ensure that you identify which areas of the country and county(s) you are applying for.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Maintain and monitor threat intelligence feeds
- Maintain situational awareness of cyber threats and vulnerabilities
- Assist in the responsibility for the reviewing vulnerabilities' data from multiple sources (i.e. external / internal penetration testing, internal / external vulnerability scanning, etc.) across multiple technologies and a changing environment including infrastructure and applications to determine risk rating of vulnerabilities to business assets
- Assist in improving and automating existing vulnerability management lifecycle. Including but not limited, data ingestion & normalization, compliance metrics and detections on assets
- Assist in providing support and resolution for scanning and vulnerability remediation reporting issues
- Develop and maintain cyber vulnerability management systems and tooling
- Assist in partnering with tools and technology teams to troubleshoot, develop, select, implement and automate appropriate security solutions to keep system data protected from internal and external threats
- Assist in ensuring scan results are presented in appropriate dashboards, reports, and forwarded to other data systems as necessary
- Collaborate with other teams to Inject vulnerability management into essential processes e.g. DevOps lifecycle
- Liaise with the SOC regarding threats, vulnerabilities and remediation linked to open tickets
- Work with external vendors to evaluate tools and develop proof of concept projects
- Help develop cybersecurity awareness
Costain's Graduate Development Programme
The programme will focus on helping you to grow your personal and leadership skills, alongside business and of course, the technical skills you will learn day-to-day on the job.
The programme is delivered in a variety of formats throughout the 2 years and will allow you to establish a network of contacts that will help and support you through your first 2 years and beyond. We expect some of our graduates to rotate after a period of 8-12 months, to another project/sector of the business to fully understand the depth and breadth of the services offered by the company.
Our line managers are fully supportive of the Graduate Development Programme and will be involved in helping you along the way.
In addition to the programme, we offer mentoring and support in every area of work, as well as a structured training programme to enable graduates to work towards achieving Chartership.
Graduates may have the opportunity to work on a number of exciting and progressive projects around the UK during the 2-year period, in sectors including nuclear, highways, rail, water, airports and tunnels
About you:
- You will have or expected to achieve a good result in a relevant discipline
- Have passion for Costain's Carbon Net Zero targets
- IT proficient
- Able to work accurately and appreciate its importance to the team
- A willingness to learn with appropriate instruction
- Excel at building and maintaining positive relationships
- The ability to thrive in pressured situations
- The ability to empathise and communicate with all people, regardless of their background or circumstances
- Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills
- Mobility to work on various projects over the 2-year programme throughout the UK
*Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will require you to produce your passport and/or right to work documentation
As some of our project sites are based in remote locations, it is worth noting that you will be required to have the ability to travel to site
About Costain
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, de-carbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
Your application
Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application, please do not hesitate to contact us: earlycareers@costain.com
We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.
We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.
Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we’ll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.
For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.
Closing date
Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.
