Mentor - Cyber Security Career Track

February 5

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Springboard is a charity focused on empowering disadvantaged individuals through hospitality, leisure, and tourism training. It provides employability programs, partnering with schools, colleges, and businesses to cultivate skills and opportunities for individuals looking to enter or advance in the hospitality sector. Through various training initiatives, competitions, and career support resources, Springboard aims to enhance career prospects and nurture talent in the hospitality industry.

Career Advice • Charity • Hospitality • Leisure • Tourism

11 - 50 employees

Founded 1990

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

•Please note: we are currently at capacity for Cyber Security Mentors. However, we’d still love to connect with you! By applying to this role, you will be added to our Course Mentor waitlist. We will contact you as soon as we re-open our hiring process. •Springboard runs an online, self-paced Cyber Security Career Track in which participants learn with the help of a curated curriculum and 1-1 guidance from an expert mentor. Our mentor community - the biggest strength of our programs - comprises some of the best cybersecurity experts in the field. •If you are as passionate about mentoring as you are about cybersecurity, and can give a few hours per week in return for an honorarium, we would love to hear from you.

🎯 Requirements

•Are as passionate about explaining principles of cybersecurity as about cybersecurity itself •Proficient in the topics covered in our curriculum and are an expert on incident response, network scanning tools, vulnerability assessments, Kali Linux, and pCAP and log analysis, as well as basic Python and Powershell scripting •Proficient with cybersecurity related tools/technologies that we use including WireShark, Nessus, Nmap/Kali Linux, Splunk, Snort, Pfense, Aircrack, Cain and Abel, Virtual Box, Hashcat, Webgoat and Linux •Have at least 3+ years of relevant work experience •Hold current CISSP certificate; additional industry certifications from Cisco, Microsoft, CompTIA Security+, EC-Council, SANS are preferred •Are available for biweekly, 30-minute video check-ins for each student to help them set and achieve learning goals, provide feedback, and help them move towards getting a job •Are able to utilize Zoom for the 30-minute calls with students •Able to spend up to an additional 30-minutes per call to review student submissions before the weekly call and prepare feedback to share with each student during the call •Have experience critiquing work, in particular giving meaningful feedback on cybersecurity related work, and are able to think on your feet quickly •Are empathetic, patient, have excellent communication skills, and can hold other accountable •Bonus points if you know American Sign Language (ASL) or have teaching experience

🏖️ Benefits

•Receive a monthly per-call honorarium •Membership in a rich community of expert mentors from companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Google •Change the lives of students in our program •Help revolutionize online education and inspire the next generation of cybersecurity professionals! •Work at your convenience: set your own working hours and workload