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Remote Security Analyst, Year in Placement

2 months ago

Luton

🚀 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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