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Job Description We’re recruiting a Senior Information Security Analyst to support the Chief Information Security Officer in strengthening and evolving the organisation’s security posture across Technology Services. This is a hands-on, operational role where you’ll play a key part in protecting our systems and customers by identifying, analysing and responding to security threats. In many ways, you’ll act as a digital detective, investigating unusual activity, uncovering potential risks, and helping to keep both our customers and organisation safe. You’ll also help drive continuous improvement across our security operations capability, influencing how we detect, prevent and respond to risk across the organisation. Key responsibilities • Act as a first responder for security incidents, including participation in on-call support, • Monitor, triage and respond to security alerts and events, prioritising based on risk and impact, • Analyse security data to identify trends, vulnerabilities and emerging threats, • Support incident response activity, ensuring effective investigation and resolution, • Oversee vulnerability management and support patching activities, validating effectiveness through scanning and review, • Operate and support key security technologies including SIEM, endpoint protection and email/web security tools, • Monitor external threat intelligence sources and assess relevance to the organisation, • Produce and report on security metrics, KPIs and operational performance Technical expertise • Strong understanding of information security principles, risk management and the threat landscape, • Experience operating and monitoring security tooling such as SIEM, endpoint protection and email/web security solutions, • Ability to conduct proactive threat hunting and contribute to improving detection capability, • Awareness of cloud security controls and standards, • Experience working with enterprise systems such as Microsoft Active Directory, Windows and Linux, • Understanding of network security technologies such as proxies, DLP and endpoint controls Skills and experience • Experience working within recognised information security frameworks (e.g. ISO27001, NIST), • Proven experience in an information security role, ideally within financial services or a regulated environment, • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and support decision-making, • Confident taking ownership and driving issues through to resolution, • Comfortable challenging processes to improve security outcomes, • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, • Well organised with the ability to manage competing priorities, • Commitment to continuous professional development (e.g. CISSP or equivalent) About AJ Bell At AJ Bell, we believe investing should feel good. Whether you're looking for an ISA, pension or dealing account, whether you want to invest with the help of a financial adviser or do it yourself, we have easy-to-use solutions to suit people from all walks of life. We're one of the UK's fastest-growing investment platform businesses, trusted by everyone from professional financial advisers to first-time investors. Today, over 723,000 customers trust us to manage more than £108.7 billion of assets. By continually striving to make investing simpler and more accessible, we're helping more people take control of their financial futures. We're proud to be recognised as one of the UK's Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years, and a Great Place to Work in 2025 and 2026, a reflection of our supportive and collaborative culture. What we offer • Competitive starting salary, • 26 days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays, • 7% Pension with matched contributions, • Discretionary bonus scheme, • Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE), • Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare, • Free gym, • Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria), • Travel and bike loan schemes, • Employee Assistance Programme Life at AJ Bell • Regular social events including summer and Christmas parties, • Learning and development opportunities tailored to you, • Casual dress code, • Friendly, supportive team environment Our ways of working At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you'll spend a minimum of 50% of working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be spent full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues. Inclusion & diversity We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience and potential. Agency information This vacancy is being managed exclusively by our in-house Recruitment team. We are not partnering with recruitment agencies on this opportunity and will only accept applications submitted directly by candidates.

🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone. We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking. After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as and bank accounts, we offer , , a and in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also , and _ 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 ❤️ _ ✨ Security Analyst [Year in placement] Closing date: Friday February 6th 2026 📍London or UK Remote | 💰 £30,600 | Start Date: September 2026 We are seeking 2 highly motivated and passionate individuals to join our Security team at Monzo for 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. It will consist of two six-month rotations in our Information Security and Security Operations Squads. Key activities: We have listed the type of work done by an information security and security operations analyst below. You won’t be responsible for every activity over the course of your six month rotation but will have opportunities to contribute in a range of these areas. Information Security • 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. We want to leverage new technologies such as generative AI to transform traditional approaches to Security, • Understand how to support the business to delivery change safely by assessing and helping to mitigate any security risks associated with the change, including product launches, • Engage with our Security Engineering, Offensive Security, Security Operations and Data Protection teams in everything that you do at Monzo. This will give you exposure to a wide variety of security domains, • Experience working with our 1st, 2nd and 3rd line risk teams when they are delivering Internal Audits, completing 2nd line risk reviews or controls testing, • Participate in promoting a security-conscious culture throughout the organisation, • Support us in making sure we’re compliant with relevant laws and regulations 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, • Document incident response procedures and outcomes for post-incident analysis and improvement, • 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 🤩 We’d love to hear from you if… • You are excited to experience working in information security, and have drive and passion to learn through an internship experience, • You are currently pursuing a Bachelor'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, • You have an understanding of information security principles, practices, and technologies, • You have a strong interest in security operations, incident response, and threat detection methodologies, • You have an analytical mindset with the ability to analyse and interpret data effectively, • You are confident in communicating, in writing and verbally, • You’re excited to experience opportunities in a wide range of security roles, • You have some 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 Please note you must hold the right to work in the UK through the full duration of this placement. 🙌 What’s in it for you Starting September 2026 💰£30,600 annual gross salary 📍This role can be based in our London office, or we are open to remote working across the UK with adhoc meetings in London ⏰ 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 💻 Top-spec Macbook to use over the course of your time with us 🧠 Knowledge-sharing sessions with your squad and wider discipline 👯 Team and company wide socials / events 🍝 Lunch on Monzo twice a week from a range of street food vendors 🌈 The application journey has 4 key steps Our application process involves four main stages: • Submit your application with the short questions answered, • Short call with the recruiter, • Initial call with one of the team, • 2 hours of technical and behavioural interviews The closing date for applications is February 6th 2026, but we encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will be extending offers on a rolling basis. We have some guidelines on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ace an application and interview at Monzo. _ Please also use that email to let us know if there's anything we can do to make your application process easier for you, because of disability, neurodiversity or any other personal reason. 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 , 2024 and 2024 _ 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. 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Starling is seeking a Cyber Threat Intelligence analyst to join their team in Manchester. The role involves collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to monitor and analyze cyber threats facing the bank and the financial industry.

Intelligence Analyst role involving data analysis, threat assessment, and product development to support decision-making.

Trainee Intelligence Analyst The Army - United Kingdom From £27,282 a year Become a military intelligence expert. As a full-time soldier, entry-level Intelligence Operative, youll: Become a subject matter expert in a country or enemy threat Patrol with the infantry to gather and analyse information on local developments Write reports that inform officers and brief politicians Help senior commanders make important decisions Work in high-security environments from unit headquarters to government departments To qualify, you must be between 16 years 6 months and 35 years 6 months, pass a basic fitness test, and have GCSEs grade A-C/9-4 in at least English Language and four other subjects. You must have at least Numeracy Level 2. Set yourself up for life. During your initial training, youll earn £27,282 after which your salary will rise to £35,310 on completion of Phase 2 training as you join your unit as a Lance Corporal. Youll also receive 38 days annual leave every year (plus bank holidays and extra leave after operations), free medical and dental care, cheaper living costs, and free gym and sports facilities. And unless you're away on operations or training exercises, you'll normally work 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. From your very first day of training with us, youll be gaining transferrable skills skills that could set you up for life. You dont need to know how to do the job before you get here, because well give you all the entry-level training you need. Youll even get to travel the world, taking part in the Armys adventurous training, and spending dedicated time playing the sports you love. Get skills, get qualified, get confident. You Belong Here. Apply Now. TPBN1_UKTJ