Job Description

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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 2300 across five offices in London, Cardiff, Dublin, Southampton, and Manchester. Our journey started in 2014, and since then we have surpassed three 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.

About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Vulnerability Management Analyst to join our team. As a Vulnerability Management Analyst, your primary responsibility will be to enable remediation groups and engineers to address and resolve outstanding findings within agreed timeframes. You will achieve this by effectively triaging and prioritising vulnerabilities using a risk-based approach. Additionally, you will ensure that all assets within the scope of vulnerability management are scanned within agreed time frames.

What you\'ll get to do:

• Be an enabler for resolver groups by triaging and prioritising vulnerabilities to facilitate timely resolution of outstanding findings
• Utilise a risk-based approach to prioritise vulnerabilities based on their potential impact and exploitability

• Coordinate with resolver groups to ensure timely and efficient remediation of identified vulnerabilities

• Maintain and update a wide range of Vulnerability Management tools (Build Phase VM, CWPP, Endpoint VM, VM Intelligence) to ensure their effectiveness and reliability

• Review and update Vulnerability Management related documentation to align with internal and external compliance requirements (e.g. ISO 27000, PCI-DSS, SOC2), industry best practices and emerging threats

• Create custom, automated remediation plans to close identified vulnerabilities and threats.

• Process vulnerability data to provide reports, insights and metrics, that aid in the risk-based approach to vulnerability management.

• Develop integrations for internal and external tools to capture data relevant to the vulnerability remediation process (e.g. by interacting with APIs)

• Ensure compliance with relevant security standards, frameworks, and regulations

• Stay up to date with the latest trends and developments in vulnerability management, security standards, and regulation

Requirements:

• Demonstrated vulnerability management experience in at least one of the following roles: Vulnerability Analyst/Specialist/Engineer, Cyber/Threat Analyst, IT Engineer (Cloud, DevOps, Workplace)
• Experience in a Cloud based environment
• Basic scripting skill for automation purposes (Python, Go, Bash etc.)
• Experience with developing integrations by interacting with APIs
• Experience with vulnerability management at any stage of the process
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to identify vulnerabilities and assess their potential impact
• Ability and willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to evolving security landscapes
• Capability to understand the bigger picture while effectively managing details
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders

What you can expect from us:

• Join a group of highly skilled individuals and have the opportunity to learn and grow with them
• Work in a supportive and creative environment that encourages initiative and experimentation
• Receive strong mentorship from senior members and peers to unlock your full potential
• Collaborate with members of the wider security organisation and technical teams, fostering knowledge sharing and collaboration

Interview process

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:

• 30 minutes with Vulnerability Manager
• 60 minutes with Vulnerability Manager and a member of the team
• 45 minutes with Senior member of the Tech Organisation and People Partner

Benefits:

• 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
• 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 and Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships

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.

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