Security Analyst

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After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with us. 

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️

Hear from our UK team about what it's like working at Monzo ✨

📍London OR UK Remote | 💰£40,800 - £50,000 + Benefits | Hear from the team ✨

⭐ Our Security team

We are seeking a proactive, technically-minded, and organised Security Analyst to join Monzo's Security team. As a key member, you'll engage in infrastructure, application, and information security projects, collaborate with fellow analysts and engineers to provide insights and support, while also leading efforts to strengthen Monzo's security controls.

Your role will significantly influence how we protect our information, ensuring robust security measures are seamlessly integrated. At Monzo, we prioritise world-class security without compromising user experience. Be ready to make a notable impact in an environment where security is both a priority and an opportunity for innovation!

🔑 You’ll play a key role by...

• Delivering across a diverse set of projects in Security: contribute to various domains such as identity management and incident response
• Engage in the full project lifecycle: from requirements gathering and design to implementation and rollout of security controls and processes
• Tackle real-world security challenges: help us address security concerns like data protection, endpoint security, and emerging threats, contributing to practical solutions
• Bring fresh perspectives: share your ideas and support the development of new and improved security products and processes
• Collaborate with awesome teams: work closely with developers, product managers, and other teams to understand their needs and help integrate security best practices into their ways of working
• Champion a security-conscious culture: advise and guide colleagues on security best practices
• Manage key access controls: enforce the principle of least privilege across Monzo to maintain secure operations
• Learn and grow continuously: contribute to the ongoing maintenance and improvement of our security controls as Monzo scales, ensuring you're always learning and developing your skills

🤩 We’d love to hear from you if…

• You're passionate about security: you're genuinely excited about the challenges and opportunities within cyber security at Monzo and eager to learn more
• You have a technical curiosity: you have a knack for understanding how things work, are capable of lateral thinking and enjoy crafting solutions to complex problems
• You understand security basics: you have a foundational understanding of security concepts and best practices and can confidently propose solutions to help Monzo progress in line with them
• You are comfortable with varied work: You've managed multiple projects at once and are adept at 
• You understand technical information: you're comfortable reading and interpreting technical documentation and procedures.
• You're proactive and eager to learn: you take initiative, are proactive in seeking information, and are committed to continuous learning
• You're a good communicator: you can clearly communicate your ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences
• You're a team player: you enjoy collaborating with others and contributing to a positive team environment
• Experience in a similar financial services role or a highly regulated environment, and security certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Cyber Security Analyst+, or CISM are a plus!

Don’t tick every box on the list? No worries! Research shows that women and people of colour often shy away from applying unless they meet every single requirement. At Monzo, we’re all about building a diverse and inclusive team, so if you’re excited about this role and eager to grow and learn with us, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t have everything nailed down just yet. Apply anyway and let’s see where this journey takes us together!

🙌 What’s in it for you

💰 £40,800 - £50,000 ➕share options.

📍 This role can be based in our London office or fully remote within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).

⏰ We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team. 

📚 £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences.

🏡 We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup. 

➕ Plus lots more! Read our full list of benefits.

🌈 The application journey has 3 key steps

• Recruiter call (30 mins)
• Initial Call w/ Hiring Manager (30 min)
• 2 hours of technical and behavioural interviews

This process should take around 2-3 weeks - your schedule is really important to us, so we promise to be as flexible as possible! 

We have some guidelines on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ace an application and interview at Monzo. You can read them here.

You’ll hear from us throughout the application process, but if you’ve got any questions, please reach out to business-hiring@monzo.com. You can also use this email address to let us know if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you because of disability, neurodiversity or anything else.

We’ll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out. 

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Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply. We don't need full or birth names at application stage 😊