Engine is Starling's software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, the technology that was built to power Starling, and two years ago we split out as a separate business. Starling has seen exceptional growth and success, and a large part of that is down to the fact that we have built our own modern technology from the ground up.

This SaaS technology platform is now available to banks and financial institutions all around the world, enabling them to benefit from the innovative digital features, and efficient back-office processes that has helped achieve Starling's success.

As a company, everyone is expected to roll up their sleeves to help deliver great outcomes for our clients. We are an engineering led company and we’re looking for people who are will be excited by the potential for Engine’s technology to transform banking in different markets around the world.

Our purpose is underpinned by five 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 Engine - our preference is that you're located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so that we're able to interact and collaborate in person.

About the Role To support our growth, we are looking for talented and motivated SOC engineers to join our foundational in-house SOC team.

In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in supporting the development, implementation, and operating of our security monitoring, detection, and response capabilities, with a particular focus on our cloud environments.

You'll be at the forefront of responding to incidents and alerts, and helping shape the future of our security operations capabilities.

What you'll get to do:

Security Monitoring & Alert Triage: Monitor security alerts and events generated by various security tools, perform triage and analysis of security incidents and anomalies, distinguishing between true positives and false positives.

Prioritise alerts based on severity, potential impact, and business criticality.

Incident Detection & Response: Investigate security incidents thoroughly, leveraging logs from platforms, endpoints, applications, and other security tools.

Create and follow incident response playbooks and contribute to their continuous improvement.

Collaborate with Technology, Product and Engineering Teams to contain, eradicate, and recover from security incidents.

Document incident details, findings, and remediation steps accurately and comprehensively.

Additionally:

Stay informed about the latest cyber threats, attack techniques, and vulnerabilities, especially those targeting cloud environments.

Participate in proactive threat hunting activities using available tools and data sources.

Contribute to the optimisation, tuning, and maintenance of SOC tools.

Identify opportunities for automation to streamline security operations and enhance detection capabilities.

Maintain detailed records of security incidents, investigations, and remediation actions.

Requirements:

3+ years of hands-on experience in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or similar cybersecurity role.

Demonstrable experience with cloud security monitoring and incident response.

Familiarity with various attack vectors, threat intelligence frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK).

A cyber/information security related degree and/or relevant cybersecurity qualifications would be beneficial e.g. CompTIA Security+, (ISC)² SSCP or CySA+

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