Information Security Analyst - Cyber Threat Intelligence

Starling is the UK's first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We're a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.

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.

The way to thrive and shine within Starling is to be a self-driven individual and take full ownership of everything around you: from building things, designing, discovering, to sharing knowledge with your colleagues and ensuring 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.

About The Role

Here at Starling, we are growing, and we are keen to recruit an Information Security Analyst to join our Threat Intelligence team as part of our continued investment in Information and Cyber Security capability. Reporting to the Information Security Lead - Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Are you passionate about staying one step ahead of attackers? At Starling Bank, we are committed to enhancing and refining security. As a threat intelligence analyst, you'll play an integral role in safeguarding our customers and our business from ever-evolving threats. This dynamic position empowers you to identify, analyse and mitigate cyber-enabled risks, utilising novel technologies and frameworks. The threat intelligence analyst will provide actionable insights and support project-based defensive strategies, ensuring that Starling Bank is protected.

What You'll Get To Do

• Maintain and stay abreast with the current understanding of the cyber threat landscape with a focus on the fintech sector.
• Execute and produce written reports and provide verbal threat briefings that capture the relevance of external threats for Starling Bank.
• Support the Threat Intelligence lead with the threat intelligence strategy.
• Ability to execute all areas of the intelligence cycle through triage, analysis and response to alerts generated via technology platforms.
• Understand threat actors, tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs) whilst providing the so what for Starling Bank and its environment.
• Prepare and deliver reports with comprehensive risk and impact assessments.
• Produce high-quality assessments and reports across strategic, operational and tactical intelligence using an all-source methodology to inform security functions.
• Ability to support the incident response process.
• Engage with Cyber Security industry peers to enable and strengthen Starling Banks security posture.
• Enable and support external relationships with government and law enforcement agencies.
• Support the Security Operations with contextualised threat analysis and detection recommendations.

Requirements

Essential skills:

• Passionate and resilient.
• Experience in analysis and intelligence or investigations.
• Experience in using analytical tools and software for Threat Intelligence.
• Understanding and knowledge of intelligence flows, principles and processes.
• Experience working with/alongside Cyber Security functions.
• Clear understanding of Cyber Threat Intelligence.
• Understanding of automation or data analytics.
• Articulate with strong written communication skills.
• Excellent problem solver with the ability to conduct thorough research and analysis.
• Building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Innovative thinker with the ability to work independently within a fast-paced environment.
• Highly skilled in researching, interpreting and developing inferences from multiple intelligence products.

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

• Crest Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst (CRTIA).
• CREST Practitioner Threat Intelligence Analyst (CPTIA).
• FOR578: Cyber Threat Intelligence.

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.

Benefits

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 can interact and collaborate in person. In Technology, we're asking that you attend the office a minimum of 1 day per week.

• 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

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.