Waterstons

Support clients in developing and implementing cybersecurity strategies, managing security risks and ensuring compliance with information security standards such as Cyber Essentials, ISO 27000 and the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework.A bit about usWe’re problem solvers at heart. Sometimes the answer is technology, sometimes it is strategy, and sometimes it is a strong cup of tea and a bit of thoughtful conversation. Whatever it takes, we work it out with our clients.We’re an IT consultancy that helps organisations get the best out of their technology. That means keeping them secure and keeping the bad guys out, making sure everything works and is easy to use, and doing smart things with data and software to give their business an edge. It is important work, and we care about doing it well and for the right reasons.Life at Waterstons is friendly, flexible and built on trust. We hire people who are curious, thoughtful and good at getting to the heart of a problem. You get support, trust and room to grow in a place that still feels human. The unlimited holidays and private healthcare are a nice touch, although most people stay because it feels like the right place to do good work with good people.Are you ready to shape your future?As a member of our Cyber Security team, you will be working with our clients by supporting and implementing a security strategy that directly adds value to their business.Our people are trained to the highest standards in the latest information security best practices. Security frameworks that we use include Cyber Essentials, ISO 27000 series, and the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF). This means you’ll be involved in challenging and varied work from day one.Once you’ve developed your client knowledge, you’ll have an opportunity to develop a specialism within the existing or future domains of cyber security. This could include risk management, auditing, incident management, information governance or data privacy. You’ll utilise your specialisms to help shape the direction and future offering of the Cyber Security team. We aim to be a leader in the security field, and our projects always use the latest technologies, security frameworks and methodologies where appropriate. Your experience in the above isn’t as important to us as your ability to learn and grow.How We Take Care of YouAs well as offering a competitive salary, we have an attractive benefits package including:· A healthy work life balance with flexible and agile working being the norm· Flexible holiday allowance, with a minimum of 30 days a year· EV car scheme (salary sacrifice)· Room to grow with supported development opportunities and sponsored training· Enhanced family policies· If you ever need it, company sick pay and life assurance· Supported wellbeing with regular initiatives, an employee assistance programme and private medical insurance· Flexible benefits such as a dental scheme, eye care support, season ticket loan and cycle to work· Opportunities to get involved in CSR

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Work with clients to analyse and visualise business data or develop reliable data pipelines using technologies such as Azure, Databricks, Python, Spark, Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.A bit about usWe’re problem solvers at heart. Sometimes the answer is technology, sometimes it is strategy, and sometimes it is a strong cup of tea and a bit of thoughtful conversation. Whatever it takes, we work it out with our clients.We’re an IT consultancy that helps organisations get the best out of their technology. That means keeping them secure and keeping the bad guys out, making sure everything works and is easy to use, and doing smart things with data and software to give their business an edge. It is important work, and we care about doing it well and for the right reasons.Life at Waterstons is friendly, flexible and built on trust. We hire people who are curious, thoughtful and good at getting to the heart of a problem. You get support, trust and room to grow in a place that still feels human. The unlimited holidays and private healthcare are a nice touch, although most people stay because it feels like the right place to do good work with good people.Are you ready to shape your future?We like to think our culture is our greatest source of strength. We are building a team and business with a shared set of values and our clients tell us they can feel the difference.We’re looking for those who are hungry for a challenge, those keen and willing to learn new things, to develop and adapt. We’re looking for curious souls and those excited by the prospect of solving intricate client problems. If you're eager to roll up your sleeves, tackle challenges head-on, and help bring about positive change, this is the role for you.We work in a collaborative environment where diverse perspectives come together to spark innovation. Your ideas won't just be heard – they'll be celebrated and nurtured.This is an exciting time to join us in the Data & AI team at Waterstons, we’re growing quickly and delivering cutting-edge solutions to help our customers maximise the potential of their data. We pride ourselves on building trusted partnerships with everyone we work with. From day one you will be involved in challenging and varied work that has a real impact on our clients across a range of industries. You’ll work in a range of technologies including Azure, Databricks, Spark, Python, Fabric and Power BI.Two routes:1. Data Analyst/Analytics Engineer: As a Data Analyst you’ll be working closely with our clients to understand what makes them tick, you’ll use this to visualise data and provide the insights that drive their businesses forward. You may also support our customer’s own analysts sharing your knowledge of data visualisation2. Data Engineer: As a Data Engineer you’ll be working to build robust data pipelines using cutting-edge tools like Databricks to make sense of ever growing datasets. Providing our Data Analysts with high quality datasets and supporting our customer’s own Analysts and EngineersThis role is based in our Durham, Glasgow or Durham office.How We Take Care of YouAs well as offering a competitive salary, we have an attractive benefits package including:· A healthy work life balance with flexible and agile working being the norm· Flexible holiday allowance, with a minimum of 30 days a year· EV car scheme (salary sacrifice)· Room to grow with supported development opportunities and sponsored training· Enhanced family policies· If you ever need it, company sick pay and life assurance· Supported wellbeing with regular initiatives, an employee assistance programme and private medical insurance· Flexible benefits such as a dental scheme, eye care support, season ticket loan and cycle to work· Opportunities to get involved in CSR

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Gain practical experience in IT support, cybersecurity, infrastructure monitoring and client-facing consulting through a structured graduate programme, with opportunities to specialise in Software, Data, Cybersecurity, Advisory or Managed Services.A bit about usWe’re problem solvers at heart. Sometimes the answer is technology, sometimes it is strategy, and sometimes it is a strong cup of tea and a bit of thoughtful conversation. Whatever it takes, we work it out with our clients.We’re an IT consultancy that helps organisations get the best out of their technology. That means keeping them secure and keeping the bad guys out, making sure everything works and is easy to use, and doing smart things with data and software to give their business an edge. It is important work, and we care about doing it well and for the right reasons.Life at Waterstons is friendly, flexible and built on trust. We hire people who are curious, thoughtful and good at getting to the heart of a problem. You get support, trust and room to grow in a place that still feels human. The unlimited holidays and private healthcare are a nice touch, although most people stay because it feels like the right place to do good work with good people.Are you ready to shape your future?We're on the lookout for our future superstars. We’ve realised that our brightest problem solvers often start in our most client facing roles. Many of our most senior people answered phones and helped clients face to face before going on to tackle our biggest client challenges and eventually sit on our board. We’ve designed our Graduate Development programme to capitalise on this.We’re looking for those who are hungry for a challenge, those keen and willing to learn new things, to develop and adapt. We’re looking for curious souls and those excited by the prospect of solving intricate client problems.In this role you'll start on in our Managed Services team for your first 12 months, primarily working as part of the service desk team building a solid foundation in IT and client-facing consulting skills for the rest of your career. You'll solve real problems face to face with clients. You’ll spend time onsite with them. You’ll get to understand their businesses and build connections.At the end of the programme, you’ll have the opportunity to move into another department. As part of your application, you'll tell us which department interests you most: Software, Data, Cyber, Advisory, or continuing in Managed Services, and we'll do our best to match you to it. If you change your mind along the way we'll stay flexible.First 12-monthsIn your day-to-day, you'll rotate through four technical functions on the service desk, gaining hands-on experience across the full breadth of IT support:Managed IT Support: Clients reach you by phone or email with technical problems. We don't do tiers, so you'll own each issue end to end and fix it properly, not just patch it.Monitoring and Management: We look after thousands of devices, cloud platforms and the networks connecting them. You'll learn to spot and solve performance issues before they cause client downtime.Security Operations: We keep a close watch on our clients security as well. Make sure their infrastructure and data is safe. You’ll learn the tools and the systems behind this, and how to secure things when somethings not rightIT Service Delivery: You'll help turn reactive, firefighting IT into something that adds real value: assessing risk, investigating issues, and presenting findings that drive improvement.How we’ll support your developmentWe’ll give you an experienced mentor to support you throughout the programme. We have a graduate development programme lead who will be with you throughout your graduate journey.To enable you to gain experience across a breadth of skills and knowledge we’ll make sure you get exposure to things like on-site working, business development and ensuring you have the opportunity to be regularly client facing.Whatever skills or knowledge you need to learn and develop for your chosen specialism, we’ll help you to gain and build that knowledge.This role is based in our Durham, Glasgow or London office.How We Take Care of YouAs well as offering a competitive salary, we have an attractive benefits package including:· A healthy work life balance with flexible and agile working being the norm· Flexible holiday allowance, with a minimum of 30 days a year· EV car scheme (salary sacrifice)· Room to grow with supported development opportunities and sponsored training· Enhanced family policies· If you ever need it, company sick pay and life assurance· Supported wellbeing with regular initiatives, an employee assistance programme and private medical insurance· Flexible benefits such as a dental scheme, eye care support, season ticket loan and cycle to work· Opportunities to get involved in CSR

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