Junior Penetration Tester – Hybrid Security Testing

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension (up to 15%)

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Discount shopping

28 days holiday

Wellbeing & parental leave

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Penetration Tester to join the Security Testing team. You will help strengthen the Group's security posture by planning and delivering offensive security testing across multiple technologies in a highly regulated financial environment.

As a junior tester, you will develop hands-on expertise, report findings clearly, and help design repeatable detection mechanisms at scale, with hybrid working and disability-friendly policies.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a penetration tester.
• Certifications such as CREST (CRT, CCT), OSCP, OSCE, GPEN or GXPN.
• Demonstrable knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and common vulnerabilities.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute and report on penetration testing engagements across web, API, mobile, infrastructure and cloud assets.
• Perform manual exploitation and post-exploitation activities.
• Review findings to ensure high-quality outputs.
• Contribute to the design of scalable detection mechanisms that identify recurring weaknesses.

Skills

Penetration testing

Web testing

API testing

Mobile testing

Cloud testing

Infrastructure testing

AI testing

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Penetration Tester to join the Security Testing team. You will help strengthen the Group's security posture by planning and delivering offensive security testing across multiple technologies in a highly regulated financial environment.

As a junior tester, you will develop hands-on expertise, report findings clearly, and help design repeatable detection mechanisms at scale, with hybrid working and disability-friendly policies.