About us
GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking.
GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions.
We are headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Leeds, and additional locations in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States.
At GoCardless, we're all about supporting you! We’re committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner — we’re here to help!
And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply!
The role
As a Security Operations Analyst you will provide subject matter expertise on our security detection and response capabilities. We run a small, collaborative team, so you will be involved in the end-to-end process of Security Operations; from defining our security use cases through to incident response.
Your background will ideally be in security operations. In any case, you will be experienced using SIEM tools to develop security monitoring cases and writing scripts to automate tasks and will have previous experience in incident response and threat management.
We want people who can help make security part of our day-to-day operations, so you will be someone who enjoys working across team, function and group to improve the security posture of an organisation.
What excites you
- Working closely with your Security Operations manager and team members, to ensure we take a data driven approach to presenting our security posture
- Analysing logs from multiple sources (SIEM, EDR, DLP, email) to identify and investigate security events and anomalies
- Running day-to-day security operations activities
- Providing technical support for first responder during normal business hours and outside of working hours if absolutely required
What excites us
- You have experience using SIEM tools to develop security monitoring cases and writing scripts to automate tasks
- You can demonstrate ability in using EDR, email analysis and other security tools
- You have good fundamental knowledge on information security
- You can demonstrate previous incident response experience
We don’t expect you to meet every requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply.
Base salary range: £62,400 - £93,600
Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data. Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.
- Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
- Work away scheme - gives you the option to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period
- Adaptive Working - allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle
- Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
- Learning Budget - lead your own development with an annual learning budget
- Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)
We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Working this way creates the GC magic- the reason we all love showing up to work.
As of April 2025, we had 806 employees (GeeCees) globally, with 524 based in the UK, 163 based in Latvia and 119 across our other offices.
To ensure that we're representative of the world around us - and to be able to review relevant benchmarks - we ask GeeCees to voluntarily disclose diversity data. This year, the proportion of GeeCees providing data increased to 88% (up from 79% in 2024). With regards to diversity within GoCardless, we can see GeeCees identifying as:
Asian, Black, Mixed or Other — 25%
Neurodiverse — 9%
LGBTQIA+ — 9%
Disabled — 1%
Average age — 33
Female — 45%
Male — 55%
We’re rooting for you during your application and GoCardless aims to provide reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process as remarkable and accessible as we can. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you need extra support.
Sustainability
We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations.
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