Starling Bank

Security Operations Engineer

Starling Bank

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Tech Stack

CloudCyber Security

About the role

  • - Monitor security alerts and events generated by various security tools
  • - Perform triage and analysis of security incidents and anomalies, distinguishing between true positives and false positives.
  • - Prioritise alerts based on severity, potential impact, and business criticality.
  • - Investigate security incidents thoroughly, leveraging logs from platforms, endpoints, applications, and other security tools.
  • - Create and follow incident response playbooks and contribute to their continuous improvement.
  • - Collaborate with Technology, Product and Engineering Teams to contain, eradicate, and recover from security incidents.
  • - Document incident details, findings, and remediation steps accurately and comprehensively.
  • Additionally
  • - Stay informed about the latest cyber threats, attack techniques, and vulnerabilities, especially those targeting cloud environments.
  • - Participate in proactive threat hunting activities using available tools and data sources.
  • - Contribute to the optimisation, tuning, and maintenance of SOC tools
  • - Identify opportunities for automation to streamline security operations and enhance detection capabilities.
  • - Maintain detailed records of security incidents, investigations, and remediation actions.

Requirements

  • - 3+ years of hands-on experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or similar cybersecurity role.
  • - Demonstrable experience with cloud security monitoring and incident response.
  • - Familiarity with various attack vectors, threat intelligence frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK).
  • - A cyber/information security related degree and/or relevant cybersecurity qualifications would be beneficial e.g. CompTIA Security+, (ISC)² SSCP or CySA+
Benefits
  • - 33 days holiday (including public holidays, which you can take when it 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
  • - Incentives refer a friend scheme
  • - 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
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Hard Skills & Tools
security incident analysisincident responsethreat huntingcloud security monitoringsecurity tools optimizationautomation in security operationslog analysistriage of security alertsvulnerability assessmentattack vector identification
Soft Skills
collaborationdocumentationcritical thinkingproblem-solvingattention to detailcommunicationprioritizationcontinuous improvementanalytical skillsadaptability
Certifications
CompTIA Security+(ISC)² SSCPCySA+