Information Security Analyst, Starling Bank

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to explain complex security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Understanding of cyber security controls within networking environments such as DNS, TLS, and SaaS technologies
• Design, development (including scripting and configuration) and continuous improvement of security solutions
• Champion efforts to secure business processes and data through collaboration
• Control effectiveness assessment and continuous improvement
• Security principles including privileged access, role based access technologies and approaches
• Innovation mindset
• Enjoy problem solving
• Be self motivated and want to continue to learn and develop and challenge
• The ability to analyse data to support decisions, policies and principles
• Cyber risk assessment, quantification and treatment

Desirable

• The Data Security team at Starling Bank is growing! We are a newly formed team with a mandate to identify, manage, and remediate data security risks across the organisation. This role will play a pivotal role in safeguarding our data and infrastructure from cyber attacks
• This role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of protecting the financial interests of our clients and the integrity of our systems. If you are passionate about cyber security and thrive in collaborative environments, we would like to hear from you!
• Security Tooling - Deploy, manage, and optimise security tools including network monitoring, email security, data loss prevention, and user entity and behavioural analytic solutions
• Risk Assessment - Conduct regular security assessments and reviews to identify potential risks
• Identification, quantification and response to identified cyber security risks across the organisation
• Security Projects - Participate in the delivery of the security strategy by developing and improving security processes and procedures aligned to industry best practices
• Operational Improvement - Identify and engage with areas for automation or optimisation in daily workflows that will scale
• Collaboration - Work closely with other Security and Technology teams to ensure security measures are aligned with business and strategic objectives

• Interviewing is a two way process and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you! Our interviews are conversational and we want to get the best from you, so come with questions and be curious. In general you can expect the below, following a chat with one of our Talent Team:
• Overall personality and general interview - Infosec Data Security Team Lead
• Role based competency - Data Security Security team
• Final Interview - Infosec Leadership

• 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
• Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off!
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
• Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
• Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing
• Incentives refer a friend scheme

Total funding: $1.1bn

Starling started life focused on consumer banking, they have since found most of their success by competing in the business banking space. They’ve caught up with Tide and beaten the likes of Monzo and Revolut to a more complete offering for businesses.