Application Security Specialist - Manchester
<p><b>Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year</b></p>
<b>Requirements:</b>
<ul><li>Hands-on experience with static and dynamic application security testing tools</li><li>Strong understanding of OWASP principles and their use within threat modelling</li><li>Experience conducting and reporting on web application penetration testing</li><li>Knowledge of software development practices and common programming languages</li><li>Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and associated security tooling</li><li>Experience performing manual and automated code reviews</li><li>Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to work closely with developers</li></ul>
<b>Responsibilities:</b>
<ul><li>Focus on securing applications across the organisation</li><li>Analyse code, supply chains, and application designs to identify and mitigate risk early</li><li>Work closely with Software Development teams to ensure application-based vulnerabilities are understood, prioritised, and remediated effectively</li><li>Contribute to threat modelling, penetration testing, secure design reviews, and the continuous improvement of security testing methodologies</li><li>Enhance existing security processes through automation and the responsible use of AI</li><li>Support senior team members and mentor junior colleagues</li><li>Take an active role in projects to ensure security is considered from design through to delivery</li><li>Contribute to and improve application security testing methodologies and documentation</li><li>Support development teams to embed security throughout the development lifecycle</li><li>Contribute to supply chain assurance and dependency risk management</li><li>Perform risk assessments, threat modelling, and secure design reviews</li><li>Identify opportunities to convert manual security tasks into automated processes</li></ul>
<b>Technologies:</b>
<ul><li>AI</li><li>CI/CD</li><li>Support</li><li>OWASP</li><li>Security</li><li>Web</li></ul>
<p><b>More:</b></p>
<p>We are a well-established organisation focused on secure software delivery, and we are excited to expand our Application Security capability. This hybrid role can be based in Manchester or Stoke-on-Trent, offering a salary of up to £80,000 depending on experience. You will have the opportunity to influence application security practices at scale and gain exposure to modern application security tooling and AI-enhanced security processes. We maintain a supportive and collaborative security and engineering culture, working closely with modern software development teams to embed security throughout the application lifecycle.</p>
<p>last updated 8 week of 2026</p>
<b>Requirements:</b>
<ul><li>Hands-on experience with static and dynamic application security testing tools</li><li>Strong understanding of OWASP principles and their use within threat modelling</li><li>Experience conducting and reporting on web application penetration testing</li><li>Knowledge of software development practices and common programming languages</li><li>Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and associated security tooling</li><li>Experience performing manual and automated code reviews</li><li>Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to work closely with developers</li></ul>
<b>Responsibilities:</b>
<ul><li>Focus on securing applications across the organisation</li><li>Analyse code, supply chains, and application designs to identify and mitigate risk early</li><li>Work closely with Software Development teams to ensure application-based vulnerabilities are understood, prioritised, and remediated effectively</li><li>Contribute to threat modelling, penetration testing, secure design reviews, and the continuous improvement of security testing methodologies</li><li>Enhance existing security processes through automation and the responsible use of AI</li><li>Support senior team members and mentor junior colleagues</li><li>Take an active role in projects to ensure security is considered from design through to delivery</li><li>Contribute to and improve application security testing methodologies and documentation</li><li>Support development teams to embed security throughout the development lifecycle</li><li>Contribute to supply chain assurance and dependency risk management</li><li>Perform risk assessments, threat modelling, and secure design reviews</li><li>Identify opportunities to convert manual security tasks into automated processes</li></ul>
<b>Technologies:</b>
<ul><li>AI</li><li>CI/CD</li><li>Support</li><li>OWASP</li><li>Security</li><li>Web</li></ul>
<p><b>More:</b></p>
<p>We are a well-established organisation focused on secure software delivery, and we are excited to expand our Application Security capability. This hybrid role can be based in Manchester or Stoke-on-Trent, offering a salary of up to £80,000 depending on experience. You will have the opportunity to influence application security practices at scale and gain exposure to modern application security tooling and AI-enhanced security processes. We maintain a supportive and collaborative security and engineering culture, working closely with modern software development teams to embed security throughout the application lifecycle.</p>
<p>last updated 8 week of 2026</p>