Security Tester

Damia Group Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading IT consultancy is seeking an SC Cleared Security Tester for an onsite role in Leeds. The position offers a rate of £350-£400 per day, with responsibilities including identifying security gaps, developing testing strategies, and performing vulnerability management. Applicants must have active SC clearance and strong experience in manual testing, JavaScript, and Python.

Qualifications

• Active SC clearance is mandatory.
• Strong experience identifying security gaps.
• Previous experience in manual testing of systems, APIs, and applications.

Responsibilities

• Identify security gaps across systems and processes.
• Develop and execute a cyber security test strategy.
• Perform vulnerability management including scanning and remediation.

Skills

Manual testing

JavaScript

Python

Risk model creation

Cyber security test strategy

Tools

Confluence

Jenkins

Jira

Splunk

Job description

Overview

Security Tester - Onsite in Leeds on Tuesday & Thursday and home based on the other days - 350-400 per day (inside IR35) - 9 months+

All applicants must hold an active SC clearance.

My client is a global leading IT consultancy. They are on the hunt for an SC Cleared Security Tester to join the current test team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Strong capability to identify security gaps across systems and processes.
• Experience creating and applying risk models.
• Ability to develop and execute a comprehensive cyber security test strategy.
• Strong understanding of Azure security risks, especially related to Azure Storage.
• Knowledge of immutable backups and secure data retention strategies.
• Experience with disaster recovery planning, including full restore testing.
• Expertise in multi-factor authentication (MFA) setup and testing.
• Vulnerability management - scanning, prioritisation, remediation validation.
• Ability to design and interpret security dashboards for monitoring and reporting
• Awareness of system throttling and its security implications.
• Ideally comfortable upskilling the rest of the team so we can cover basic Cybersecurity testing

Essential Industry and Competencies

• Previous experience with manual testing (systems, APIs, and applications)
• Languages: JavaScript and Python
• Tools: Confluence, Jenkins, Jira, Splunk

Desired Industry and Competencies

• Knowledge of authentication mechanisms (OAuth, SAML, JWT, etc.).
• Experience working in healthcare

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