Global Technology, Cyber Security 6 Month Industrial Placement 2027 Analyst - Dublin

Bank of America; Dublin; On-site; EUR 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America in Dublin invites applicants for a 6-month Industrial Placement Analyst role within Global Technology, Cybersecurity. You will integrate into a team to contribute to security design, incident management, and metrics production while developing your technical and leadership skills.

The programme provides extensive training, mentorship, and on-the-job support, with pathways to potential full-time opportunities.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree with completion between Sept 2027 and July 2028.
• On track for a minimum 2:1 degree classification.
• Placement built into academic curriculum and available Jan 2027 for 6 months (Jan–Sept 2027).

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical, strategic, and technical skills to design and implement cybersecurity solutions.
• Deliver innovative capabilities within a team environment.
• Respond to and mitigate security attacks at network and application layers.
• Support global incident management and event management processes.
• Produce metrics to track remediation activities.
• Support development of security strategy, policy, and vulnerability management.

Skills

Self-learning

Tech interest

Problem solving

Communication

Teamwork

English fluency

Integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Global Technology, Cybersecurity, 6 Month Industrial Placement Analyst

Dublin, Ireland

About Us

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognising and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

The team

At Bank of America, we make the necessary investments in our people and technologies to keep our clients' information secure and maintain their trust, including more than $1B invested in cybersecurity alone.

We protect the data of one of the world's largest financial institutions and its more than 200,000 employees and more than 67 million consumers comprised of every individual, small- and middle-market business, and large corporation we serve, across every product and service we offer in the U.S. and more than 35 countries. To support these critical financial operations that span the globe, the bank's Global Information Security (GIS) team of ~3,000 experts, located across 16 countries, operates around the clock and around the world to identify, prevent and mitigate information security risks.

Programme Overview

Our 6-month Industrial Placement (IP) Analyst programme is designed to offer you a broad and exciting experience of work as a full time Technology Analyst. During your placement, you will have the opportunity to fully integrate into one team, allowing you to contribute straightaway.

Training and Development

Your training and development is our top priority with extensive formal training offered at the start of the programme in addition to on the job support, educational speaker events and mentorship throughout.

Responsibilities

• Providing analytical, strategic, and technical skills to design, develop, implement, and use state-of-the-art technology cybersecurity solutions aimed at reducing risk
• Being responsible for delivering innovative capabilities in team environment, as well as leveraging skills, background, and interests for a specific group within Global Information Security
• Responding to, researching, measuring, detecting, and mitigating security attacks that attempt to compromise at the network and application layers.
• Working on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situation or data requires a review of identifiable factors.
• Being responsible for global incident management and event management processes
• Supporting to produce metrics to track remediation activities.
• Supporting aspects of Information Security including the development of strategy and policy; vulnerability identification and management; monitoring, detecting, and responding to cybersecurity incidents

Eligibility

• Candidates are required to be pursuing a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a completion time frame between September 2027 and July 2028. Completion means that you have completed all final exams, coursework, and have no outstanding requirements for graduation. Please note that we reserve the right to request evidence of this completion date before extending an offer.
• On track for a minimum 2:1 degree classification (or equivalent)
• Must have a placement programme built into the academic curriculum and be available to join the programme from January 2027 for 6 months – please note that this programme runs between January 2027 and September 2027.

We are unable to adjust these dates of this Programme, and you will need to be available for full-time work for the full 6 months between January and September 2027.

• Intake 1 – January to July 2027
• Intake 2 – March – September 2027

Candidates who perform well during the internship may be offered full time employment to commence in July 2028; some lines of business may also offer the opportunity of a January or April start date. You must be available to join on one of these start dates if offered, unfortunately we are unable to offer deferrals

What We Are Looking For

Essential:

• Show demonstrable evidence of self-learning outside of studies, and efforts to advance technical skills.
• Display clear motivation for exploring a Technology career within financial services, and a specific interest in Information Security
• Demonstrate capacity for innovative thinking and strong problem solving.
• Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to interact with a variety of people.
• Display evidence of strong teamwork, leadership, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is a pre-requisite.
• Demonstrate integrity and ethics by earning other's trust and respect through consistent honesty and professionalism in all interactions.

Our recruitment process

Analyst internship and full-time recruiting takes place on a rolling basis once our applications are open. Assessments often begin before the deadline, so it is best to submit your application early as this will give you the best chance of being considered for the role.

We care deeply about shaping the world of work to be an equal and inclusive one – and that starts with our recruitment process. We know just how important and valuable it is to have a wide range of skills, backgrounds and experiences shaping our work and ideas. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, and we are proud to focus on attracting, retaining and developing diverse talent within Bank of America. Together, we aim to mirror the customers, clients and communities we serve.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, being pregnant or on maternity leave, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

What if I need workplace adjustments

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