Security Analyst Placement Programme Bristol 2024

Are you passionate about information security, identity governance, or access management? Are you seeking a dynamic, hands-on experience to kickstart your career in the cybersecurity field? If so, our Security Analyst Placement may be the perfect opportunity for you.

About the role

In this role, you'll have the chance to work with our experienced security professionals, gaining valuable insights into identity and access management while actively contributing to our organisation's security and compliance efforts.

Throughout your placement, you'll be a vital member of our IAM team, actively involved in the management of identities, access controls, and security. Your role will centre on ensuring both our internal and external stakeholders enjoy secure and seamless access to essential resources.

You will be paired with an experienced team member who will provide guidance and support throughout your placement. At Motability Operations, we are committed to fostering a workplace that celebrates diversity and inclusion. We are proud of our inclusive practices and policies that promote equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of background, identity, or experience level.

We encourage open communication and the sharing of ideas from all team members, believing that this approach creates a more innovative and effective work environment. Your voice matters, and your insights are valued.

About our programme

Annually, we run a 12-month placement year programme comprised of three pillars: the job, learning and development, and ‘the project’.

Our programmes go above and beyond just the day job. You’ll be gaining valuable experience in your chosen business area while also being given the space and opportunity to challenge yourself and develop your skills.

Motability Operations is a disability confident leader

As a Disability Confident Leader, any applicant considered to have a disability who meets the minimum criteria as set out in the role profile, will be offered an interview.

We also have a responsibility to actively seek out and attract disabled candidates by providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. This involves flexibility and making reasonable adjustments as required when assessing candidates to ensure those with a disability have the best possible chance of demonstrating their suitability for the job.

About you

We're seeking candidates who are passionate about the field of IAM and Security and are eager to learn and contribute. As a Security Analyst on placement, your qualities and characteristics are highly valued. We're looking for candidates who are:

• Inquisitive: You have a natural curiosity and a desire to explore the intricacies of IGA.
• Adaptable: You thrive in a dynamic environment and readily embrace new challenges.
• Team Player: Collaboration is at the heart of our success, and your ability to work effectively with diverse teams is essential.
• Inclusive: You appreciate and respect diversity, and you're committed to fostering an inclusive workplace.
• Communication Skills: Your ability to express ideas and concepts, both written and verbal, is key to your success.
• Passionate: Your enthusiasm for IAM and Security and your desire to make a positive impact in the field drive your commitment.

If you're an inquisitive, adaptable, and inclusive team player with strong communication skills and a genuine passion for IAM and Security, we encourage you to apply for the Security Analyst Placement. Your unique qualities and attributes will be an asset to our team as you learn, grow, and contribute to the world of Identity Governance and Access Management.

Minimum criteria

• You’ll need to be an undergraduate on track to gain a minimum 2:1 degree to qualify for this Placement Programme.
• Familiarity with IAM tools and technologies such as Active Directory, LDAP, or IAM solutions like Saviynt, SailPoint or Okta.
• Understanding of access control principles, role-based access control (RBAC), and security best practices.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess complex situations, troubleshoot issues, and devise effective solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to convey technical concepts clearly and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Great problem-solving skills to proactively address IAM challenges.

Our application process

Our process is simple - just submit your CV and answer a few short questions via video. We are interested in you as a person, so we won't make you sit through any psychometric tests, but this means your initial application needs to impress our recruitment team. If it does, here's what happens next:

• We will invite you to a video interview with our recruitment team
• If successful, you will then be invited to an assessment centre

About the company

Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 700,000 customers and their families across the UK.

Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 13% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers.

We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.6 out of 10. Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They represent ambition, and we look for our people to live and breathe them every day:

• We find solutions
• We drive change
• We care

We employee around 1500 people who are based across four locations: London, Bristol, Edinburgh and Coalville. We know that our people are key to our success and our aim is to create an environment that allows our employees to flourish. We look for highly motivated people with a combination of commercial sense and real enthusiasm for meeting our customers' needs and in return, we offer the flexibility to balance your personal and work life.

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they’re rewarded equally, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender.

Please note, Motability Operations 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 that you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.