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McGrathNicol

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  • 100 - 500 employees

Cyber Summer Vacation Program null

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth
Join us as a McGrathNicol Vacationer where we empower you to make the greatest impact on your career, our performance and our clients’ future.

Opportunity details

Opportunity Type
Internship, Clerkship or Placement
Number of Vacancies
13-15
Salary
AUD 37 / Hour

Inclusive of superannuation.

Application dates

Minimum requirements

Accepting International Applications
No
Qualifications Accepted
I
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Computer Science (all other)
Computer Systems and Networks
Cyber Security
Data Science
Programming & Software Engineering

Hiring criteria

Entry Pathways

See details

Working rights

Australia

  • Australian Citizen
  • Australian Permanent Resident

New Zealand

  • New Zealand Citizen
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McGrathNicol is a specialist Advisory and Restructuring firm, helping businesses improve performance, manage risk, and achieve stability and growth. 

Our Cyber team specialise in working with clients to proactively manage technology and information security risks. We help set governance strategies, design frameworks and respond to time critical cyber and privacy related matters. During your time with us, you will be exposed to all aspects of our cyber services such as:

(1) Cyber Risk – Providing expert advice that extends beyond the theory, and working to roadmap, design and deliver practical initiatives that build ongoing security capability in organisations;

(2) Digital Forensic – Conducting forensic imaging of computers, mobiles and technology to preserve, collect and analyse as part of a detailed forensic process for disputes and investigations;

(3) eDiscovery – Handling critical and sensitive data in legal proceedings, including data collection, preservation and processing large file sets;

(4) Incident Handling and Response – Experience incident response and crisis management in high paced environments, to effectively resolve cyber incidents and implement improvements for the future; and

(5) Information Security – Challenging your technical and written skills in penetration testing and vulnerability management, security risk assessments and developing fundamental security initiatives to clients.

What we offer you

  • Our Summer Vacation Program will provide you with real world commercial experience across a variety of different projects and industries.
  • The program commences with a two-day national induction intensive in our Sydney office where you will have the opportunity to meet and learn from a range of McGrathNicol experts through structured sessions, networking and social events.
  • We offer a unique opportunity to shadow senior staff and Partners, learning and gaining valuable insights from some of the best in the industry. You will also have a Buddy, Time Manager, Counselling Manager and Counselling Partner responsible for providing you with a variety of interesting work, as a well as general support and guidance throughout your placement.
  • High performing Vacationers may be offered a permanent full-time Graduate position.

Who you are

  • an Australian / New Zealand Citizen or Australian Permanent Resident at the time of submitting your application (except for our Canberra office, for which you must be an Australian Citizen);
  • in your penultimate year of a STEM or Information Technology / Cyber related degree; and
  • available to commence work for a four-week period in either November 2025 or January 2026, or an eight-week period commencing in November 2025.

Interested? 

Pre-register now to get notified when the opportunity is open. If you would like further information, please contact our national HR team.

Hiring criteria

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Entry Pathways
Degree or Certificate
Minimum Level of Study
Bachelor or higher
Study Field
I
IT & Computer Science

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

country
eligibility

Australia

Australia

Australian Citizen

Australian Permanent Resident


New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand Citizen


Graduate Success Stories


  • Graduate stories
This job definitely requires some prior knowledge, but I couldn’t imagine a better place to start off. McGrathNicol has already given me so many skills that are essential to graduates in their first job.

Natalie Thompson

  • Graduate stories
I value the opportunity to work on projects from a diverse range of industries – whether I am in the office or on-site, the variety of tasks assigned to me provide many opportunities to grow my professional skills in dynamic environments

Andie Nicolaou