Application Security Specialist

Job description

Contract type: [Permanent]] Location: [[A]] Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based Closing date: 19th May 2026 About the role: The Application Security Specialist, working in our cyber testing team, plays a key role in protecting Royal London’s internally developed software by identifying, assessing and helping remediate application security risks early in the delivery lifecycle. This role is ideal if you come from an application development background and you’re looking to build a rewarding career in cyber security and secure software engineering, with support from a collaborative team. You will partner closely with development teams, penetration testers and platform specialists to embed secure‑by‑design principles, interpret findings from application security tools, and turn them into clear, practical actions. Drawing on your development experience, you’ll help translate security concepts into meaningful, risk‑based decisions—enabling teams to deliver with confidence and strengthening the organisation’s overall cyber resilience. - Collaborate with development and engineering teams to embed application security principles and guardrails across the software development lifecyc...