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About the Role

We’re seeking a passionate and skilled Detection Engineer and Threat Hunter to join our growing Security Operations team, and proactively defend Starling’s customers, assets, and systems against emerging threats. The analyst’s primary responsibility will be to proactively identify and defend against potential threats to the bank by developing, tuning, and maintaining detection rules, conducting intelligence-driven threat hunts, and participating in collaborative defence improvement activities like Purple Teaming to identify and mitigate risks before they impact the bank.

Responsibilities

Design, build, test, and maintain high-fidelity detection rules and analytics in our SIEM and other security platforms.
Formulate hypotheses and hunt for undetected attacker TTPs across our cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure), SaaS, and endpoint environments.
Collaborate with our Adversarial Simulation team in Purple Team exercises to test, validate, and improve detection logic and response.
Act as a Subject Matter Expert during security incidents, providing deep technical analysis and aiding remediation.
Integrate and operationalise threat intelligence to inform detection strategies and hunting projects.
Work closely with the wider Security Operations team, and other stakeholders to uplift Starling's security posture and improve detective controls.
Maintain clear documentation for detection rules, hunting playbooks, and processes.

Requirements

3+ years in a technical security role, such as detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response, or threat intelligence.
Practical experience analysing attacker behavior, with a strong understanding and application of threat analysis models like MITRE ATT&CK to prioritize and enhance detective controls.
Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Google SecOps, Elastic, Sentinel) for rule/query creation and analytics.
Experience conducting proactive threat hunts, defining hypotheses, and developing hunting methodologies.
Solid knowledge of security risks and detection strategies for AWS, GCP, Azure.
Experience with EDR tools (e.g., Crowdstrike, SentinelOne, Cortex XDR).
Good understanding of OS internals (macOS, Linux, Windows) and network security principles.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Self-starter, able to lead projects, and highly collaborative.
Eagerness to learn and apply knowledge to new security challenges.
Experience with at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) for security automation or analysis.
Experience with container security monitoring (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with Detection-as-Code.
Experience with SOAR platforms.
Knowledge of digital forensics and incident response procedures.
Understanding of malware analysis techniques.

Skills

Detection Engineering
Threat Hunting
SIEM
Splunk
Google SecOps
Elastic
Sentinel
AWS
GCP
Azure
EDR
Crowdstrike
SentinelOne
Cortex XDR
OS Internals
Network Security
Python
Go
Bash
Docker
Kubernetes
Detection-as-Code
SOAR
Digital Forensics
Incident Response
Malware Analysis

Location

London
Cardiff
Dublin
Southampton
Manchester

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

3+ years

Education Level

GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
GIAC Cloud Threat Detection (GCTD)
GIAC iOS and macOS Examiner (GIME)

Benefits

25 days holiday
An extra day's holiday for your birthday
Option 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
Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing

About the Company

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.

Equal Opportunity

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.