Proactive Cybersecurity Specialist

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Monzo Full time
Monzo

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We're transforming traditional banking with our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award-winning customer service.

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

Security Analyst Year in Placement

We're seeking 2 highly motivated and passionate individuals to join our Security team at Monzo for a placement for a duration of 12 months.

This year in placement offers an opportunity for students pursuing studies in Information Security to gain practical experience in a dynamic fintech environment.

Key Activities:

We have listed the type of work done by an information security and security operations analyst below.

  • Work with the rest of the business to onboard high priority suppliers and partners while managing the associated security risk.
  • Get involved in improving how we manage Security at Monzo.
  • Work closely with the rest of the business to assess and help mitigate the security risks in high priority business changes including product launches.
  • Engage with our Security Engineering, Offensive Security, Security Operations and Data Protection teams in everything that you do at Monzo.
  • Interface with our 1st, 2nd and 3rd line risk teams when they are delivering Internal Audits, completing 2nd line risk reviews or controls testing.
  • Contribute to the development and delivery of security awareness materials and initiatives for employees.
  • Participate in promoting a security-conscious culture throughout the organisation.

Security Operations

  • Assist in monitoring security events and alerts using security information and event management (SIEM) tooling.
  • Analyse security event data to identify potential indicators of compromise (IOCs) and security incidents.
  • Collaborate with incident response teams to escalate and investigate security incidents.
  • Participate in security incident response activities, including containment, eradication, and recovery.
  • Contribute to the collection and analysis of threat intelligence data to identify emerging threats and trends.
  • Assist in integrating threat intelligence feeds into security operations processes for proactive threat hunting.
  • Contribute to the tuning and configuration of security tools to improve detection accuracy and reduce false positives.

Qualifications:

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • You are currently completing your second year at University; you should be completing your final year after the placement years have concluded.
  • Understanding of information security principles, practices, and technologies.
  • Strong interest in security operations, incident response, and threat detection methodologies.
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to analyse and interpret data effectively.
  • Open to experience opportunities in a wide range of security roles.
  • Familiarity with security tools such as Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Intrusion Detection / Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions is desirable.

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

Team and company-wide socials/events.

Lunch on Monzo twice a week from a range of street food vendors.

We're embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us.

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.

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