Cyber Crime Intern Placement - Protect
Wakefield
£14,000 per annum (or relative increase at 21)
Cyber Crime Intern Placement - Protect
Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Cyber Crime Unit (Y&HRCCU) - Wakefield
Following on from the successful year of placements for students from local Universities, the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit is able to offer placements for Interns for the 2019 - 2020 gap year.
Please note - Placement Dates: 1st September 2020 - 31st August 2021*
The Yorkshire and Humber Regional Cyber Crime Unit (YHRCCU) is a UK leading and inspiring Law Enforcement Unit. It forms part of the Regional Organised Crime Unit in Yorkshire. Our role is to investigate, disrupt and prevent serious and organised cyber-crime hitting the UK through innovation and technical disruption tactics.
This is fantastic opportunity and a dynamic role that allows the successful applicant to really use their enthusiasm and experience to push boundaries around social engineering, vulnerability exploitation and developing ground breaking solutions for UK and International Law Enforcement in support of the unit mission to protect UK and regional business from risk of cyber-attack.
Activities will include:
• Presenting the Protect 'message' to business leads and staff
• Understanding Significant Denial of Service attacks
• Development of new software solutions in support of protect messages.
• Supporting investigation of Network Intrusion / Hacking
• Researching data breaches
Role:
- Support and develop the research and development function, horizon scanning for future threats to support the Regional Organised Crime Unit.
- Own and develop projects around emerging technologies and criminal methodologies in order to enable the Protect message to remain current and effective.
- Support the NCSC initiatives and message through the regional delivery.
- Build effective working relationships with external agencies, academia and Industry to maximise learning opportunities and advance our operational capabilities.
- Provide advice and support to the Regional Organised Crime Unit with the development and delivery of digital tactics.
- Deliver presentations to Law Enforcement and partners relating to ongoing research and development projects.
Essential requirements:
- Ability and willingness to travel both throughout the Region and Country.
- Currently studying a Degree (minimum) in computing.
- Enthusiasm and Experience with security testing.
- Knowledge and Experience with software development
- Knowledge, understanding and experience of command line and Linux.
- Ability to communicate to people from a variety of backgrounds and technical understanding.
Desirable requirements:
- Experience of partnership working.
- Experience and capability through a variety of CTF applications.
- An understanding of different types of malware and the nature and impact of cyber-attacks
Security Vetting: In this role you will be vetted to SC (security clearance) standard.
Applicants should be aware that it is not always possible to carry out adequate vetting checks on persons who have not been resident within the UK for the last three years. Therefore, where this applies, applicants may be refused on the grounds that it was not possible to vet them to the appropriate standard.
* There is some flexibility around starting dates and this can be discussed further in due course. This is a minimum 12 month placement commencing after academic year ends in 2020.
The application process will close at 23:55 hours on 9th November 2019.
CV's should be forwarded to hr.resourcing@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk (Quote Ref: Cyber Intern - Protect) to support any submitted application forms.
Any CV’s that are submitted without the completion of an application form will not be accepted. Please note that CV's will be viewed AFTER shortlisting due to fairness of shortlisting and so do not rely on your CV alone!
Successful shortlisted candidates will be invited to an assessment in Wakefield on the 26th or 27th November 2019 and provided a link for a CTF assessment the week before.
For more details, please visit the YHRCCU website - https://www.yhrocu.org.uk/departments/regional-cyber-crime-unit/ (This link may be copied and pasted into your browser).
West Yorkshire Police is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
For a detailed description of the Competency and Values levels required please refer to the http://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Development/competency-and-values-framework/Documents/Competency-and-Values-Framework-for-Policing_4.11.16.pdf (This link may be copied and pasted into your browser). This document will assist you in completing the Evidence of Achievement section of the application form.
Please note: the Evidence of Achievement section will not be visible until the employment section has been completed.
Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Cyber Crime Unit (Y&HRCCU) - Wakefield
Following on from the successful year of placements for students from local Universities, the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit is able to offer placements for Interns for the 2019 - 2020 gap year.
Please note - Placement Dates: 1st September 2020 - 31st August 2021*
The Yorkshire and Humber Regional Cyber Crime Unit (YHRCCU) is a UK leading and inspiring Law Enforcement Unit. It forms part of the Regional Organised Crime Unit in Yorkshire. Our role is to investigate, disrupt and prevent serious and organised cyber-crime hitting the UK through innovation and technical disruption tactics.
This is fantastic opportunity and a dynamic role that allows the successful applicant to really use their enthusiasm and experience to push boundaries around social engineering, vulnerability exploitation and developing ground breaking solutions for UK and International Law Enforcement in support of the unit mission to protect UK and regional business from risk of cyber-attack.
Activities will include:
• Presenting the Protect 'message' to business leads and staff
• Understanding Significant Denial of Service attacks
• Development of new software solutions in support of protect messages.
• Supporting investigation of Network Intrusion / Hacking
• Researching data breaches
Role:
- Support and develop the research and development function, horizon scanning for future threats to support the Regional Organised Crime Unit.
- Own and develop projects around emerging technologies and criminal methodologies in order to enable the Protect message to remain current and effective.
- Support the NCSC initiatives and message through the regional delivery.
- Build effective working relationships with external agencies, academia and Industry to maximise learning opportunities and advance our operational capabilities.
- Provide advice and support to the Regional Organised Crime Unit with the development and delivery of digital tactics.
- Deliver presentations to Law Enforcement and partners relating to ongoing research and development projects.
Essential requirements:
- Ability and willingness to travel both throughout the Region and Country.
- Currently studying a Degree (minimum) in computing.
- Enthusiasm and Experience with security testing.
- Knowledge and Experience with software development
- Knowledge, understanding and experience of command line and Linux.
- Ability to communicate to people from a variety of backgrounds and technical understanding.
Desirable requirements:
- Experience of partnership working.
- Experience and capability through a variety of CTF applications.
- An understanding of different types of malware and the nature and impact of cyber-attacks
Security Vetting: In this role you will be vetted to SC (security clearance) standard.
Applicants should be aware that it is not always possible to carry out adequate vetting checks on persons who have not been resident within the UK for the last three years. Therefore, where this applies, applicants may be refused on the grounds that it was not possible to vet them to the appropriate standard.
* There is some flexibility around starting dates and this can be discussed further in due course. This is a minimum 12 month placement commencing after academic year ends in 2020.
The application process will close at 23:55 hours on 9th November 2019.
CV's should be forwarded to hr.resourcing@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk (Quote Ref: Cyber Intern - Protect) to support any submitted application forms.
Any CV’s that are submitted without the completion of an application form will not be accepted. Please note that CV's will be viewed AFTER shortlisting due to fairness of shortlisting and so do not rely on your CV alone!
Successful shortlisted candidates will be invited to an assessment in Wakefield on the 26th or 27th November 2019 and provided a link for a CTF assessment the week before.
For more details, please visit the YHRCCU website - https://www.yhrocu.org.uk/departments/regional-cyber-crime-unit/ (This link may be copied and pasted into your browser).
West Yorkshire Police is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
For a detailed description of the Competency and Values levels required please refer to the http://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Development/competency-and-values-framework/Documents/Competency-and-Values-Framework-for-Policing_4.11.16.pdf (This link may be copied and pasted into your browser). This document will assist you in completing the Evidence of Achievement section of the application form.
Please note: the Evidence of Achievement section will not be visible until the employment section has been completed.
No Shift Allowance
This opportunity is closed to applications.