Information Security Analyst - SecOps Response

Starling; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Life insurance

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Starling Bank is seeking a skilled Incident Responder to join our growing Security Operations team. You will actively defend our customers, assets, and systems as part of a 24/7 on-call rota, reporting to the Information Security Lead - SecOps Response.

You will conduct incident response, develop readiness processes, analyse logs, and collaborate with multiple teams to contain and recover from cyber security incidents. The role emphasizes strong communication and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in cyber incident response and digital forensics.
• Experience in handling incidents and security investigations.
• Experience in cloud forensics (GCP, AWS).
• Experience in endpoint and server forensics (Windows, macOS, Linux).
• Experience in network forensics and memory/disk forensics.
• Experience supporting and planning tabletop exercises.
• Understanding of network, cloud and OS security controls.
• Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in multi-functional teams.
• Willingness to mentor colleagues and share knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Conduct incident response activities to investigate and contain cyber security incidents.
• Develop and maintain incident response and readiness processes.
• Analyse logs from cloud, endpoint, and network sources to identify root cause and containment steps.
• Plan and participate in Tabletop Exercises.
• Document notes, analysis findings, containment steps, and causes of incidents.
• Collaborate with other teams to contain, eradicate and recover from incidents.
• Present investigation findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support SecOps with detection engineering and threat hunting.

Skills

Incident response

Digital forensics

Cloud forensics

Tabletop exercises

Communication skills

Teamwork

On-call

Education

GCFA

GCFR

GIME

DFIR training

Tools

GCP

AWS

Windows

Linux

macOS

Job description

Starling is the UK's first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! Our vision is fast technology, fair service, and honest values. All at the tap of a phone, all the time.

We are about giving customers a new way to spend, save and manage their money while taking better care of the planet which has seen us become a multi-award winning bank that now employs over 2800 across five offices in London, Cardiff, Dublin, Southampton, and Manchester. Our journey started in 2014, and since then we have surpassed 3.5 million accounts (and four account types!) with 350,000 business customers. We are a fully licensed UK bank but at the heart, we are a tech first company, enabling our platform to deliver brilliant products.

Our technologists are at the very heart of Starling and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment that is all about building things, creating new stuff, and disruptive technology that keeps us on the cutting edge of fintech. We operate a flat structure to empower you to make decisions regardless of what your primary responsibilities may be, innovation and collaboration will be at the core of everything you do. Help is never far away in our open culture, you will find support in your team and from across the business, we are in this together!

The way to thrive and shine within Starling is to be a self-driven individual and be able to take full ownership of everything around you: From building things, designing, discovering, to sharing knowledge with your colleagues and making sure all processes are efficient and productive to deliver the best possible results for our customers. Our purpose is underpinned by five Starling values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.

Hybrid Working

We have a Hybrid approach to working here at Starling - our preference is that you're located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so that we're able to interact and collaborate in person. In Technology, we're asking that you attend the office a minimum of 1 day per week.

About the Role

We’re seeking a passionate and skilled Incident Responder to join our growing Security Operations team, and proactively defend Starling’s customers, assets, and systems against emerging threats. This role will be supporting our 24/7 operational capabilities (On-call rota).

Reporting to the Information Security Lead - SecOps Response, the analyst’s main responsibilities include:

• Conducting incident response activities to investigate and contain cyber security incidents
• Developing and maintaining incident response and readiness processes
• Analyse logs from a variety of sources (e.g. cloud, endpoint, network) to identify root cause and determine next steps for containment, eradication and recovery
• Plan and participate in Tabletop Exercises
• Document notes, analysis findings, containment steps, and cause for each security incident
• Work together with other teams in the organisation to analyse, contain, eradicate and recover from cyber security incidents
• Present investigation findings to technical and non-technical audiences
• Support the wider SecOps team with detection engineering and threat hunting

• 3+ years experience in a cyber incident response and digital forensics function

• Experience in handling incidents
• Experience in cloud forensics (GCP, AWS)
• Experience in endpoint and server forensics (Windows, MacOS, Linux)
• Experience in network forensics
• Experience with forensics data acquisition, disk forensics and memory forensics
• Experience in supporting and planning Tabletop Exercises
• Understanding of network, cloud and operating system security controls
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills as part of a multi-functional team
• Time management, problem-solving and interpersonal skills
• Eagerness to learn and apply knowledge to new security challenges
• Willingness to share knowledge with the team and mentor colleagues

Preferred

Experience with at least one programming or scripting languages (e.g. Python, Go, Bash)

Experience with container security

Experience conducting proactive threat huntings, defining hypotheses, and developing hunting methodologies

Understanding of malware analysis techniques

It would be great if you have one or more of the following qualifications, but it’s not essential:

• GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
• GIAC Cloud Forensics Responder (GCFR)
• GIAC iOS and macOS Examiner (GIME)
• 13cubed training in Windows, MacOS or Linux DFIR
• Similar training and certifications to the ones mentioned above

Interview Process

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 video interviews, following a chat with one of our Talent Team:

• First Interview: 45 minutes
• Technical Interview: 90 minutes
• Final Interview: 30 minutes

• 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

About Us

You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren't sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway. We're on a mission to radically reshape banking - and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we're proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.

Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank will collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we will process, where we will process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.