Undergraduate Cyber Security Internship 2022

Joining an Undergraduate Internship at National Grid gives you the opportunity to enjoy a rich experience and see if National Grid is the right fit for your future career. With endless opportunities, you’ll be able to collaborate, with a hunger to make an impact on the world.

About the role

Advancing our Technology capabilities are vital to National Grid’s ability to realise our vision to be at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future. IT & Digital seeks to attract and develop high potential recruits, to enable the clean energy transition for all, deliver for our customers efficiently and ensure we maintain resilient, secure and compliant technology solutions. Our student programmes help you develop technical and leadership skills and build core competencies that will shape the future of how National Grid leverages technology

The services underpinning digital security are wide-ranging. You could gain exposure in:

• Cyber Security Services: Product and Engineering – plan, design, implement and support effective cyber security solutions
• Operations – protect, detect and respond to cyber incidents, provide specialist digital forensic support
• Security Business Partnering – make projects secure and the business successful
• Technology Risk – manage technology risks and assure controls across National Grid
• Strategic Risk & Governance – prevent and reduce the time to discover attacks via effective use of intelligence, define the risk view and develop the talent for success. 
• Performance – define strategy and report security performance.

What you'll need

If defending IT infrastructure and networks or combating cyber-crimes appeals, then starting a career in cyber security is for you. You’ll need to be curious and proactive. Ask questions. Be interested. Along with being on track to receive a 2.1 Degree classification in one of the following disciplines:

• Cyber Security related degree (preferred)

OR

• Computing related degree (acceptable)

You will only be able to apply for one role per programme (i.e. one graduate role) for this campaign. Please ensure you apply to your most preferred role. Those who apply for more than one, will be withdrawn and asked to confirm.

Key tasks and areas of work

As a member of the Security team, you will help protect our people, our premises and digital systems to maintain trust in National Grid’s services. You will have the chance to experience how we manage cyber risk. For instance, you could:

• Analyse and assess potential security risks.
• Develop plans to deal with security incidents by putting measures in place.
• Prepare technical reports to support our strategy 
• Carry out tests on a system to expose weaknesses in security
• Develop and maintain security products and services to protect our environments
• Keep detailed records of investigations
• Report on your findings to inform decisions about whether upgrades or remediation are required.

What you'll get

You will receive a starting salary of £20,212 during your 12-week internship as well as 6 days' holiday and close mentoring and feedback to ensure you get the most out of your internship. Best of all, if you have delivered excellent performance during your internship you may be offered an opportunity on our Graduate Development Programme at the start of your final year; leaving you free to concentrate on achieving that all important grade.

About us

National Grid touches the lives of almost everyone in the UK, with an energy network that stretches across the Atlantic. We’re an international team, and our work underpins the lives of millions of people. Feet forwards, head up, and eyes bright, we’re working hard to create value for people today – and shape the future of energy tomorrow.

In the UK, we don’t generate or sell energy – we join the dots to get energy from A to B. From making a cup of tea in the morning, to keeping the lights on in hospitals, our electricity network puts power in the hands of people. Without it, the world as we know it would grind to a halt.

Society’s expectations of business and the role business plays in the world are changing. We share the belief that business needs to stand for something more than profitability. Now, more than ever, we have a responsibility to demonstrate our contribution to society more broadly – whether that’s by making sure young people today become the problem solvers of tomorrow, or in tackling climate change by reducing our own emissions and helping our customers use energy more efficiently.

The world of energy is 3 changing beyond recognition. Working at National Grid, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in the UK – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

Our values and principles

At National Grid ESO, through listening to what our customers need, every day we do the right thing and find a better way. 

As a National Grid ESO employee, you’ll treat our customers as a priority, taking time to listen and work with them to help give them the best experience we possibly can. You’ll need to be proactive and flexible in your approach and continually look for ways to exceed their expectations – sometimes in unexpected and helpful ways. You’ll provide accessible information when our customers need it and make things simple by using your expertise to guide them. Above all, you’ll follow through on your promises to deliver value, drive efficiency and give them a great customer experience. 

We offer inclusion and diversity training for everyone here at National Grid ESO, with a view to building an inclusive working environment and developing all our employees. Training opportunities range from unconscious bias and reverse mentoring to targeted training initiatives which are tailored to support our diverse and innovative work force.