Graduate Information & Cyber Security Analyst 2025

London, England, United Kingdom

Starling Bank

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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’re a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. 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, 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.

Hybrid Working

We have a Hybrid approach to working here at Starling - our preference is that you're located within a commutable distance of our London, Cardiff or Manchester offices so that we're able to interact and collaborate in person.

About the role

We’re hiring for a number of Graduate Cyber Security Analysts to join our growing Cyber Security department. You’ll have the opportunity to work and develop skills across multiple areas of Cyber Security, such as Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Assurance, and Identity & Access Management. You’ll receive on-the-job training, and join a cohort of wider graduates within the information and technology organisation. 

As a graduate working at Starling, we will help you learn and develop Information and Cyber Security skills and expertise by getting you to work on real world problems our amazing team are solving on a daily basis! Starling is a tech-led company where you will solve security challenges which could potentially affect millions of our customers whilst we build and run products that change the world for the better.

This is a permanent position, taking part in Starling Bank 12 month graduate scheme with a start date of 1st September 2025

What you’ll get to do?

  • Gain knowledge and understanding of cyber security controls used to protect against a wide range of cyber threats.
  • Learn how to understand, assess, and action cyber security events.
  • Support and participate in embedding cyber security throughout the organisation.
  • Unpick and contribute to cyber security advisory activities.
  • Develop and understand how to apply cyber security risk management.
  • Gain knowledge and understand Cyber Resilience across different domains.

Requirements

  • You will need to have or be on track to achieve a degree (or equivalent) in Cyber Security or a STEM related subject area (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
  • Natural curiosity and passion for how Cyber Security can solve business problems and have an interest in working on projects in the area. This will be assessed during the interview process
  • Ready to take up this full time position from 1st September 2025

Interview and application 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.

  1. Applications will close December 2024
  2. One-way Video Screen - we'll send you some questions for you to record your responses which we'll be looking at your fit for the team, interest in the role and Starling
  3. If this stage is passed there will be a Video Interview with the team
  4. Final Video Interview with some senior members of the team

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 & 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 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

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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* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰

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Region: Europe
Country: United Kingdom

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