Graduate Cyber Security Programme

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At Severn Trent, we believe everyone deserves more. More care for the environment, more sustainable initiatives, and more support for the communities we serve. That's why we're on a mission to deliver bigger and better things, and we need passionate graduates like you to help us achieve our goals.

Our people and culture are the heart of our success. We're proud to be in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement and ranked as a Top 50 UK Employer on Glassdoor. With nearly 10,000 dedicated colleagues, we're looking for more brilliant people who are eager to turn challenges into opportunities for a better future.

If you're excited to learn, and ready to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

Severn Trent is a FTSE 100 company and one of the only ones outside London to have an all-encompassing Cyber department. Our Cyber Security Graduate Programme offers the perfect blend of personal and professional development, exposing you to the core of our business. The programme consists of placements across our Cyber department, giving you a well‑rounded skillset where you’ll get to work on real life challenges and projects that impact our core business functions.

The programme will enable you to develop your skills. The aim of the programme is to gain great oversight of an interesting regulated and growing business. The programme will enable you to develop your skills. The aim of the programme is to create a pathway and give you the necessary tools to become a future leader within our Cyber team. Furthermore, the programme is designed to enhance your critical thinking, leadership, and strategic thinking, as well as giving you the opportunity to showcase your creativity and really add value in shaping our future direction.

We welcome all graduates from diverse backgrounds, as we know diverse minds bring new ideas and a different way of thinking. We are looking for someone who wants to build their career with us and grasp new opportunities, and in return we will support you with varied experiences, training and development to provide a grounding for your future career.

You will be based at Severn Trent Headquarters in Coventry, the heart of our patch. The programme requires you to complete placements throughout your time in the role, gaining exposure in different areas of the department so that you are equipped with the right skills to build your career here at Severn Trent.

In this exciting programme, you will have the chance to discuss your development and career ambitions in your 1‑1 meetings with business leads, mentors, a study buddy, the cohort leader, and the New Talent Team.

You will expand your understanding of Cyber Security as a whole. With nearly all personal data now stored online, cyber attacks have the potential to devastate businesses, and deeply impact individual lives along the way. As part of our Cyber Security team, you’ll play a key role in preventing such threats.

Some of the focus area you will be involved in is protecting sensitive information from hackers, defending against DDoS attacks, and ensuring the security of our customers’ personal data. Because of the nature of this work, your role will be office‑based.

You’ll collaborate with a wide range of people both inside and outside the organisation, including suppliers, customers, technical experts, non‑specialists, peers, and senior stakeholders.

We want our employees to care and to have a genuine passion for what we do as a business. We need people who want to make a difference in providing a vital service to our customers, now and for the long‑term.

If you have the passion to succeed that we see in our graduates every day, you’ll be a great match for our programme. We’d love you to be someone with: (skills and behaviours role requires)

• A ‘can do’ attitude – willing to get stuck in, take accountability for decisions and actions and who takes pride in their work
• A love of variety in a role and ability to adapt to a dynamic, fast‑paced working environment
• Ability to quickly…