Application Security - Penetration Testing - FinTech
Posted 2 weeks ago by Oliver Bernard
£600 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Application Security Engineer focuses on enhancing the security of trading platforms for a growing FinTech company. The position requires strong penetration testing skills and involves identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities within applications. This is a 6-month contract with hybrid working arrangements, emphasizing collaboration with development teams and the implementation of security best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities and risks within applications.
- Build security tools and perform penetration testing.
- Conduct security assessments and update internal security processes and documentation.
- Investigate and respond to security-related incidents within applications.
- Collaborate closely with development teams throughout the security process.
- Perform API testing, ideally with tools like REST and Postman.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience as an Application Security Engineer.
- Extensive experience in penetration testing.
- Hands-on experience with tools such as Burp Suite and Metasploit.
- Ability to design security policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Experience in investigating and responding to security incidents.
- API testing experience.
Salary (Rate): £600 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Application Security - Penetration Testing - FinTech
Our client is a growing FinTech, building cutting edge trading platforms for hedge funds and investment managers around the world. In London, they’re looking for an Application Security Engineer, with strong Penetration Testing experience, to join them. This is an initial 6 month contract, hybrid working (3 days a week in the office), outside IR35 and paying ~£550 - £600 per day.
This hire is part of a security -focused transformation and you’ll be responsible for identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities, and risk, within their applications. You’ll focus on building security tools, penetration testing and performing security assessments, whilst updating internal security processes and documentation in the process.
Required:
- Strong experience as an App Sec Engineer
- Extensive experience of Penetration Testing
- Hands-on experience with tools such as Burp Suite and Metasploit
- Capable of designing Security policies, procedures and best practices
- The ability to investigate and respond to Security related incidents within applications, and work closely with Dev teams throughout
- API Testing experience (with the likes of REST and Postman) would be ideal