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About the Role

Engine is Starling's software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, providing technology to leading banks worldwide. We empower banks to build rapid growth businesses on our platform, enabling them to benefit from innovative digital features and efficient back-office processes that have driven Starling's success. Our technologists work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment focused on building disruptive technology at the forefront of fintech. We foster an open culture where innovation, collaboration, and self-driven individuals who take ownership are core to our success.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with stakeholders to define Google Cloud security architecture, including cloud identity, runtime security, and security posture.
Design, document, build, and maintain a secure and scalable infrastructure on GCP using Infrastructure as Code.
Safeguard systems, applications, and data by ensuring secure user access, authentication, and authorization mechanisms.
Engineer and automate technical controls within GCP to ensure continuous compliance with standards like PCI DSS and 3DS.
Drive security infrastructure deployments across growing environments.
Perform security assessments, audits, threat modeling, and architecture design reviews to identify and mitigate risks and vulnerabilities.
Lead incident response efforts, including investigation and remediation of security breaches.
Support internal security awareness and training programs, advocating for the DevSecOps mindset.

Requirements

Mature understanding of cloud security architecture with deep expertise in GCP and a proven track record.
Experience creating a GCP landing zone, configuring services like organization policies and VPC Service Controls.
Deep understanding of GCP IAM and its limitations.
Experience with service-oriented architecture using containers, distributed systems, and immutable infrastructure on GCP (GKE, Compute Engine, Shared VPC, Cloud SQL).
Expertise in Kubernetes, securing clusters (GKE) and meshes (Cilium preferable), networking best practices, and RBAC implementation.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code and infrastructure provisioning tools, particularly Terraform.
Experience configuring GCP-native security posture and threat management with Security Command Center.
Experience securing the software supply chain with Binary Authorization, Artifact Registry, and Artifact Analysis.
Experience with key and secret management on GCP (Cloud KMS, Cloud External Key Manager, Secret Manager), including cryptographic key ceremonies.
Experience with Workload Identity and Workload Identity Federation for keyless authentication of workloads and CI/CD.
Experience configuring and utilizing cloud-native security logging, monitoring, and detection services.
Strong programming skills in Python, Go, and other languages for security automation and contributing to open-source tools.
In-depth knowledge of security principles, technologies, best practices, and threat detection/mitigation strategies.
Knowledge of common attack vectors and methodologies (OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, social engineering tactics).
Ability to identify potential threats, attack vectors, and vulnerabilities in systems and applications.
Ability to document security requirements from various stakeholders.
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and active listening skills with a passion for security.
Ability to identify security gaps and create solutions to minimize risk and impact.
Proactive approach to staying updated with the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation techniques.
Thorough understanding of the incident response process (preparation, identification, containment, eradication, recovery, lessons learned).

Skills

GCP
GKE
Kubernetes
Terraform
Security Command Center
Binary Authorization
Artifact Registry
Artifact Analysis
Cloud KMS
Cloud External Key Manager
Secret Manager
Workload Identity
Workload Identity Federation
Python
Go
OWASP Top 10
MITRE ATT&CK Framework
PCI DSS
3DS
Cilium
CKA
CKS
Network security
TCP/IP
BGP
VPNs
Firewalls
WAFs
IDS/IPS
Assured Workloads
Access Transparency
NIST
SOC 2
ISO 27001
Sigstore
Notary
SAST
DAST
Cryptography management
ISC2 CC
CISSP
CCSP
CISM
AWS Security Specialty
GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer
Java
AWS
Microservice architecture
EKS
TeamCity
Grafana
RDS
CloudSQL
PostgreSQL

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid Working

Experience Level

Senior level

Benefits

33 days holiday (including public holidays)
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
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
Incentives refer a friend scheme
Perkbox membership (retail discounts, wellness platform)
Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work
Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships
Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing

About the Company

Engine is Starling's software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, providing technology to leading banks worldwide.
We empower banks to build rapid growth businesses on our platform, enabling them to benefit from innovative digital features and efficient back-office processes that have driven Starling's success.
Our technologists work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment focused on building disruptive technology at the forefront of fintech.
We foster an open culture where innovation, collaboration, and self-driven individuals who take ownership are core to our success.
Our purpose is underpinned by five values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.

Equal Opportunity

Engine by Starling is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace.
Individuals seeking employment at Engine by Starling 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.