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From the employer's careers site First seen 5 Nov 2026

Red Team Operator (Cyber Resilience)

Starling Manchester, England Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

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.

As a Red Team Operator (Cyber Resilience), you will participate in end-to-end red and purple team operations, designing and delivering cyber resilience exercises, emulating real-world threat actors, and leveraging MITRE ATT&CK to test the organisation's defences.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Participating in end-to-end red and purple team operations, as well as designing and delivering cyber resilience exercises
  • Emulating real-world threat actors and leveraging MITRE ATT&CK to test the organisation's defences
  • Utilising dedicated research time to identify emerging threats, understand new vulnerabilities, and adapt Threat Actor TTPs
  • Working alongside defensive teams post-engagement to actively remediate vulnerabilities, refine playbooks, and improve the overall security and resilience posture of the organization
  • Engaging in continuous learning and professional development, keeping up to date with current trends in both offensive security and operational resilience

Requirements:

  • 2+ years of experience in Offensive Security (Red Teaming, Pentesting) OR highly technical other cyber security domains
  • Experience emulating real-world cyber threats to test the organisation's defences and response capabilities
  • Relevant industry certifications (e.g., CRTO, OSEP, OSMR, OSCP) OR equivalent practical experience in defensive, offensive, or cyber resilience operations
  • Familiarity with standard C2 frameworks and common offensive security tooling
  • Strong network and operating system fundamentals
  • Big picture understanding of cloud technology and modern software engineering paradigms

Benefits:

  • 33 days holiday (including public holidays)
  • An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
  • Annual leave is increased with length of service
  • 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
  • Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
  • Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
  • Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth
  • Generous family-friendly policies
  • Incentives refer a friend scheme
  • Perkbox membership

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Experience chaining offensive operations
  • Exposure to financial sector threat-led penetration testing frameworks
  • Deep understanding of macOS operating system fundamentals
  • Experience in payload modification, scripting, or software engineering

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