Graduate Cyber Security Consultant

Your role

As a Graduate Cybersecurity Consultant, you’ll support the development, sale and delivery of security services for clients. These services include but aren’t limited to security-related Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), Infrastructure Security, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Data Protection, Cloud Security, Application Security and Operational Technology (OT) Security.

With diverse clients covering any industry sector you can imagine as a Graduate Cybersecurity Consultant at Capgemini you’ll get lots of varied and eye-opening experiences. Requirements and security services vary from client to client. You’ll need to be very adaptable and open to trying new things. You’ll be rewarded for this through exposure to new challenges and opportunities which are both vital to helping you develop your career in Cybersecurity.

You’ll be joining a fantastic team of more than 500 Cybersecurity professionals in the UK (and well over 3000 globally) that deliver world-class security services day in and day out. You’ll have a degree of responsibility from day one and opportunities to work alongside, and pick the brains of, experts in different industries and specialisms. You’ll be involved. You’ll be stretched. And, just as importantly, you’ll be trusted.

Our Cybersecurity services protect people, places, IT and industrial systems and the Internet of Things. They place security at the heart of digital transformation and they’re constantly evolving. You’ll join our UK-based Cybersecurity Projects & Consulting Practice, working alongside a broad mix of other security, technical and consulting professionals to help shape, market and deliver these services.

Your work could encompass anything from assessing cybersecurity risks and devising the policies needed to manage those risks through to embedding specific cybersecurity controls into our clients’ systems and services. You may play a part in assessing Cybersecurity vulnerabilities or incidents or monitoring and analysing suspicious activity. You may help shape and explain to clients the security services they need most. Whatever you do, you’ll certainly be making an important contribution to how we help our clients.

Your Skills and Experience

You might be a fresh graduate, or you may have already launched your career.

We know unicorns don’t exist, so you don’t need to meet every single one of the following requirements. But if you believe you meet those marked as mandatory, meet some of the others and believe you have the potential to develop the skills needed to meet those that are left…then apply today:

• A bachelor’s degree in cyber security or a related discipline (post-graduate qualifications are also welcome) (mandatory)
• Have a genuine passion for technology or cybersecurity
• Be organised with a positive attitude
• Have good written and verbal communication skills
• Be prepared to challenge and be challenged, to think on your feet, pitch in ideas and work collaboratively
• Possess a curious nature, and you’ll be eager to try new things
• Have an interest in problem-solving
• Want to be an advocate for security good practice
• Have a genuine interest in professional/personal development
• Be located within the Inverness area
• Eligibility for security clearance and a willingness to undergo it (mandatory)

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, you need meet the eligibility criteria for Security Check (SC) clearance because this may be something we need you to undergo in the future.

What does ‘get the future you want’ mean for you?

Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organisations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world.

Impactful Experiences: You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

Shape Your Path: You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.

What you'll love about working here

Join our diverse and vibrant organisation, with a culture that fosters a sense of belonging. Our inclusive environment and employee networks support you, we want you to have opportunities to build a career with meaningful work and solid connections. Experience the benefits of our great commitment to autonomy and embrace adaptable working practices.

Empower programme

As a graduate at Capgemini, you will embark on our two-year Empower Programme which aims to equip you with the capabilities that you need to succeed in this rapidly changing world of work. In learning pods, you will develop your emotional intelligence, refine your communication skills, tackle business challenges set by our Country Board, and even use your skills and knowledge to solve problems for our charity partners. Empower offers experiential learning that aims to transform your understanding into tangible skills.

Throughout the programme, you will have the opportunity to connect with graduates from across the business, interact with our senior leaders, and hear from a wealth of experts. These experts range from Times bestselling authors and qualified coaches, right the way through to a military commander and Mt. Everest climber.

Our Empower Programme also includes:

• Career progression model: Giving you more frequent opportunities to progress.
• Mentoring programme: Allowing you to get ahead and leverage the support of others.
• Regular social events across the UK: Offering you the chance to meet people from our early talent community.
• Annual awards: Recognising high performers and those making an impact.
• Community Connect sessions: Taking place virtually and based on key cultural themes.
• Volunteering opportunities – through use of your contractual ‘Giving Back’ days.

The programme complements the role-specific training that you will receive in post and acts as your springboard to continuous professional development. Are you ready to #GetTheFutureYouWant?

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. But when you join Capgemini, you join a thriving company and become part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. A powerful source of motivation that drives us all to find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses. And it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. And you’ll use them to help our clients leverage technology to grow their business and give innovation that human touch the world needs. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its solid over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.