Cyber Security Summer Internship, Warwick

Our IT & Digital function uses new and disruptive technologies to improve how we do our job, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. The Security team within IT&D protects our people, premises, and digital systems. Their work involves reducing technology risks, building secure systems, meeting legal requirements, preventing and responding to cyberattacks, investigating incidents, training employees, and planning future security improvements.

Potential areas of focus include:

• Business Partnering: Developing improvement plans for technology risk, ensuring products are secure by design, and managing demand for cyber services.
• Cyber Security Strategy, Engineering and Architecture: Planning, designing, implementing, and supporting cyber security solutions like network & email security, identity & access management, and cloud & data security.
• Operations: Protecting, detecting, and responding to cyber incidents, providing digital forensic support, managing vulnerabilities, and analysing threat intelligence.
• Office of the CISO: Defining strategy, reporting security performance, providing training and awareness, managing financial performance, and developing people.

What You'll Do

As a Cyber Security Summer Intern, you will gain hands-on experience working with experts who protect National Grid's people, data, and critical infrastructure. You will contribute to real projects, develop your technical understanding, and gain insight into cyber security management within a large, regulated organisation.

Over the 12-week placement, you can expect to gain experience in:

• Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Analysing security risks and collaborating to implement risk-reduction measures.
• Policy Implementation & Incident Planning: Supporting the rollout of security policies and developing incident response plans.
• Testing & Investigation: Conducting system tests to identify vulnerabilities, maintaining investigation records, and reporting findings.
• Reporting & Strategy Support: Preparing technical reports for strategic decisions and recommending actions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Working with IT and other teams to manage security risks.

What You'll Need to Apply

• You must be in your penultimate year of study.
• You must be expecting to achieve a minimum 2.2 degree in Cyber Security or a related degree with significant Cyber Security content (e.g., Computer Science).
• You must hold, or be eligible to hold, a valid British passport.
• You must meet the minimum residency requirement of having lived continuously in the UK for the previous five years.
• You must be prepared to undergo and maintain National Security Vetting (NSV) at Security Check (SC) level.

Location

National Grid House, Warwick. Flexible hybrid working may be offered.

What You'll Get In Return

• A salary of £25,946 (pro rata) for the 12-week internship.
• Meaningful, hands-on experience on real projects.
• Opportunity to develop professional, technical, and leadership skills.
• A dedicated support network, including mentorship and regular feedback.
• 26 days' annual leave (pro-rated), plus statutory holidays.
• Access to employee wellbeing programmes.
• Potential offer to join the Graduate Programme upon successful completion of your degree.

About our Summer Internship Programme

This 12-week programme offers a tailored development programme with in-person and virtual training sessions, and access to digital learning tools. You will have opportunities to connect with your cohort, receive regular check-ins with a mentor and the Early Careers Team, and undertake real assignments and projects.

About National Grid

National Grid is the UK’s critical energy infrastructure company. We operate the electricity network and infrastructure connecting millions of people to the energy they use. We are investing in the next generation of talent, offering apprentices, undergraduates, and graduates the opportunity to learn from experts and gain hands-on experience.

More Information

• You can apply for only one opportunity across all Early Careers and Career Changer programmes.
• We recruit on a rolling basis and may close vacancies early.
• Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
• National Grid is generally unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system, except in exceptional circumstances for specialist skills.
• It is your responsibility to explore avenues of working in the UK.