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Join Starling Bank as a Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst and become a vital guardian of the FinTech landscape. This 12-month maternity cover role offers an exceptional opportunity to deepen your expertise in global cyber threats within a collaborative, innovative environment. You'll work with passionate CTI professionals, contribute directly to the bank's security, and gain invaluable insights into the UK and global financial sector. Starling Bank's commitment to growth, learning, and inclusivity makes this a compelling prospect for ambitious analysts.
About the Role
As a Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst at Starling Bank, you will join an established team dedicated to protecting the bank from internal and external threats. This is a collaborative role where you will work both individually and with internal and external stakeholders. You will gain a strong understanding of cyber threats specific to the banking and FinTech sectors, both in the UK and globally. Your research and analysis will directly contribute to tangible security improvements for the bank and its entities.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and stay abreast of the current understanding of the cyber threat landscape with a focus on the fintech sector.
- Monitor and maintain awareness of assigned thematic areas, such as Nation State threat groups and Cybercrime-focused groups.
- Execute and produce written reports and provide verbal threat briefings that capture the relevance of external threats to Starling Bank or the Financial Industry.
- Perform alert triage from CTI platforms, information sharing groups, and internal escalations.
- Engage with industry peers to enable and strengthen Starling’s security posture.
- Support key stakeholders with contextualized threat analysis and recommendations.
What We’re Looking For
We are open-minded and care more about aptitude and attitude than specific experience or qualifications. Ideally, we would like you to have:
- Experience in a CTI team or information security experience with knowledge of the CTI process.
- Ability to execute all areas of the intelligence cycle through triage, analysis, and response to alerts generated via technology platforms.
- Articulate with strong written communication skills.
- A problem solver with the ability to conduct thorough research and analysis.
- Experience building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to support the incident response process and collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Understanding of threat actors, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) whilst providing the "so what" for Starling and its environment.
- A desire to learn and the ability to apply technical security knowledge to new and unfamiliar areas.
- CTI-related qualifications, certifications (GCTI, CREST), or equivalent industry experience would be advantageous, but not essential.
Note: You may be put off applying if you don’t tick every box. We encourage you to get in touch anyway if you’re excited about the role.
Role Details
- Position Type: Temporary, approximately 12 months (with consideration of extension).
- Work Model: Hybrid, preference for candidates located within commutable distance of an office.
Interview Process
Our interview process is conversational and designed to be a two-way street:
- Initial screening call with Recruiter (~30 minutes).
- 1st interview with Information Security team (~60 minutes).
- Presentation & Q&A (~45 minutes).
- Final Interview (~45 minutes).
Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus public holiday allowance.
- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday.
- Annual leave increases with length of service; option to buy or sell up to five extra days off.
- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year.
- Salary sacrifice and company enhanced pension scheme.
- Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection.
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth (includes mental health support and cancer care). Partner benefits include discounts.
- Generous family-friendly policies.
- Perkbox membership (retail discounts, wellness platform, weekly perks).
- Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships, and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing.
About Starling Bank
Starling Bank is on a mission to radically reshape banking. We are proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems. We are an equal opportunity employer and foster diversity & inclusion. We process personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice for recruiting purposes.
Note: We use AI tools to support our recruitment process, but human judgment is always prioritized in final hiring decisions.