Information Security Engineer - Vulnerability Management

Starling is the UK's first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! Our vision is fast technology, fair service, and honest values. All at the tap of a phone, all the time.

We are about giving customers a new way to spend, save and manage their money while taking better care of the planet which has seen us become a multi-award winning bank that now employs over 2800 across five offices in London, Cardiff, Dublin, Southampton, and Manchester. Our journey started in 2014, and since then we have surpassed 3.5 million accounts (and four account types!)

with 350,000 business customers. We are a fully licensed UK bank but at the heart, we are a tech first company, enabling our platform to deliver brilliant products.

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.

We have a Hybrid approach to working here at Starling - 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. In Technology, we're asking that you attend the office a minimum of 1 day per week.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Vulnerability Management Engineer to join our Cyber Security team. As a Vulnerability Management Engineer, your primary responsibility will be to manage vulnerability management tooling, and have an active role in improving existing processes. You will achieve this by creating automated solutions through collaboration with technical teams across Starling.

• Design, build, and maintain robust vulnerability management tooling and technical solutions.
• Drive efficiency by implementing automated solutions that eliminate manual overhead and streamline operations.
• Partner with internal engineering teams and remediators to intelligently prioritise remediation activities.
• Synthesise raw vulnerability data into actionable insights, reports, and metrics to support a risk-based security posture.
• Engineer custom integrations between internal and external platforms to enhance data capture throughout the remediation lifecycle.
• Maintain strict adherence to global security standards, regulatory requirements, and industry frameworks.
• Keep at the forefront of the industry by monitoring emerging trends in vulnerability management and shifting regulatory landscapes.
• Treat security as a continuous engineering challenge to outpace the threat landscape, proactively identifying vulnerabilities and architecting technical solutions to fortify our global ecosystem.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive technical playbooks and runbooks to standardise vulnerability triage, remediation, and incident response procedures, ensuring consistent, repeatable, and efficient security operations across the team.
• Utilise pattern and trend analysis to identify "Vulnerability Hotspots" (e.g., recurring issues in specific base Images or teams) to drive strategic risk reduction rather than just individual remediation.

• Strong engineering and automation background with a keen interest in Vulnerability Management
• Strong technical knowledge, including:
  • Cloud Experience (AWS, GCP)
  • Kubernetes and Container experience
  • Infrastructure as code (terraform)
  • Proficiency with at least one programming language (ideally Java, Golang, Python, SQL.)
• Strong automation skills
• Experience with developing integrations by interacting with APIs
• Ability and willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to evolving security landscapes
• Capability to understand the bigger picture while effectively managing details
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders

• Deep understanding of container & orchestration security: practical knowledge of securing containerised environments, including image scanning, runtime protection, and hardening K8s manifests.
• Proficiency in cloud posture management: familiarity with tools and frameworks to monitor cloud configuration drift and ensure adherence to security…