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Are you ready to elevate your career and become a Cyber Engineer? This is your chance to start your journey towards a high-impact role where you will install, maintain, and protect complex communications networks, providing cyber defence on and off the battlefield. This is not an entry-level position; it is an advanced opportunity you can work towards.
- £25,200The minimum amount you’ll earn during training
- £25,200Your pay after completing basic trade training
- AgeFrom 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 11 months
- QualificationsGCSEs or equivalent
Install, maintain and protect complex networks to support defence communications, on and off the battlefield. Gain engineering and cyber qualifications while all the time earning.
This is not an entry-level position; it is an advanced opportunity you can work towards if you successfully qualify as a:
Why Choose This Path?
High-Impact Work: Play a critical role in safeguarding defence communications, ensuring secure and efficient network operations vital for achieving Decision Advantage over our adversaries.
Continuous Professional Growth: Earn while you learn, gaining top-tier engineering and cyber qualifications that are recognised and valued in both military and civilian sectors.
Diverse Technical Responsibilities: Engage in a wide range of tasks from engineering and maintaining communications equipment to configuring switches, routers, servers, and LAN access devices.
Dynamic and Challenging Environment: Operate as a Royal Signals soldier, taking on essential military tasks wherever the UK Armed Forces are deployed.
Leadership and Mentorship: Develop into a leader who can instruct and pass on your specialised skills and knowledge to others.
Royal Signals
Fast moving and game changing, the Royal Signals are leaders in IT, Cyber and Telecommunications, providing battle-winning communications to every part of the Army. The Royal Signals are experts in engineering and operating systems, networks and cyber equipment.
Key Responsibilities
Implement and manage security measures to protect networks and information systems.
Monitor network traffic for suspicious activity and respond to security incidents.
Participate in defensive cyber operations, including the deployment of defensive tools and techniques.
Configure and maintain security tools, such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and antivirus solutions.
Assess and manage cyber risks associated with new technologies and systems being integrated into the network.
Work closely with other engineers, military units, and external agencies to enhance overall cyber defence capabilities, participating in joint exercises and training programs to improve readiness and response to cyber threats.
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Regular (full time)
Entry requirements
Age:
From 16 years & 6 months to 35 years & 11 months
Qualifications:
GCSE grade 4/C, Scottish National 5 grade C, or above in Maths or ICT, and
GCSE level 3/D, Scottish National 4, or above in English,
or RQF level 2 equivalents.
Security Clearance Required:
CTC
(SC at Ph 1)Basic physical fitness assessment:
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
MSFT (beep test) level 6.6
Training for the role
Step 1
Your initial military training teaches you how to be a soldier, covering everything from fieldcraft to how to handle a rifle.
If you join as a Junior Soldier (under 17 years and 6 months), you’ll do a basic military training (short) course at Harrogate.
If you join as a Regular Soldier (over 17 years and 6 months), you’ll do the regular adult basic training.
Step 2
This is the start of your technical training designed to introduce basic signalling and communication skills while building on your existing military skills. You will be taught basic principles and skills, such as siting, operating and talking on military radios, radio logs, map marking, working at heights, health and safety, and of course security. As your career progresses you learn how to build and configure networks, manage system problems as well as gain an understanding of field generators and security, including cyber.
Qualifications you could get after training
Driving licences: B+E Level 4 Network Engineer Apprenticeship or
Level 3 Network Cable Installer Apprenticeship
Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths, English and IT
Level 7 PG Cert Wireless Communications
Certified Network Cable Installer
City and Guilds: 3663-03 Designing and Planning Networks, 3667-02 Fibre Optic Tech, 3667-02 SWS Structure and Cabling
Chartered Management Institute Level 4 Team Leading, Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring, Level 6 Leadership and Management
Level 4 Team Leading
Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring
Level 6 Leadership and Management Apprenticeship
Professional Registration with the Institute of for Engineering and Technology at ICT Tech, IEng and CEng levels
Professional Registration with the British Computer Society at RIT Tech and CITP levels
Through life learning opportunities and education up to Masters Degree level
Pay & benefits
You'll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
Find out more about pay and benefits.
How to Apply
Once your online application has been approved, you'll meet with a local recruiter. This is your chance to tell us about the role that you're interested in. When you go to the Assessment Centre, you'll take tests - the results will show whether you'd be suitable for this role, or should consider a different role.
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