Year In Industry (Security)

You will spend just under a year with our Group security team and will have the opportunity to work alongside our technical leads across Counter Terrorism, Railway Crime, Protecting our workforce from acts of violence, Cyber Security and Security Resilience.

You could be:

· Researching and writing case studies and guidance notes for the wider business,

· Supporting security awareness activities,

· Offering technical support,

· Researching standards and compliance updates,

· Collecting and analysing security and crime data, and

· Supporting the business to maintain its legal security obligations.

While we would love to see candidates who are currently studying Security-related courses, such as Cyber Security, Digital Forensics, Crime and/or Intelligence or Security and Resilience, we warmly welcome all applicants who have a passion for protecting people and reducing the impact of crime.

The ideal candidate will possess strong written and verbal communication skills and be capable of influencing decisions while collaborating effectively in a team. Attention to detail and proactive organisation of tasks, events, and people are essential. We value openness and encourage fresh perspectives, as our Year in Industry students contribute valuable new ideas. Familiarity with IT applications like Excel and PowerBI, along with experience in data analysis and creating communication materials, would be an advantage., To join the scheme, you will need to be in your penultimate year at University and looking for a Year in Industry placement, and on track to achieve at least a 2:2 in a degree which ideally includes at least one of the following areas:

· Cyber Security and/or Digital Forensics

· Crime, Threat Intelligence or Criminal Justice

· Information Assurance

· Security and Resilience

· Security Management or Risk and Security Management, Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our Safety Vision

Network Rail maintains the 25,000 miles of railway in the UK which had 1,496 million rail passenger journeys in 2023. We have 22 million lineside neighbours and over 40,000 employees. The opportunity to make an impact is huge. This is your chance to play a part in developing solutions to some of the country’s most important issues.

Why choose this placement?

Network Rail owns and operates the largest estate of Critical National Infrastructure in the UK, which includes 20 of the busiest stations and dozens of critical railway control centres.

Millions of people pass through our stations and rely on our control centres and other infrastructure to get them to their destination safely and securely, and everyone should get home safe every day.

We have a moral and legal obligation to protect people from harm whilst they travel and work on the railway, and you will work within the Technical Authority for Railway security, where we define and discharge accountabilities for policy, strategy, and the security control framework (including assurance).

This is your chance to play a part in developing and delivering security and resilience solutions that will keep Great Britain moving., We are looking for a Year in Industry Student to work within the Group Security team, based in Milton Keynes.