Senior Application Security Analyst

Job Purpose

The Senior Application Security Specialist is a senior technical role leading advanced application security testing, complex vulnerability analysis and threat modelling across the Application & Product Security function. You will provide technical leadership, mentor analysts and specialists, act as a security point of contact for engineering, and contribute to security strategy and standards.

Scope & Autonomy

Leads testing workstreams and sets the technical approach for complex assessments; acts as an escalation point for L1/L2 and a security partner to engineering.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead advanced security testing of critical applications and services, including deep-dive manual testing and targeted penetration tests across web, mobile and API surfaces.
• Own threat modelling using structured frameworks (STRIDE, PASTA), producing threat models for new features and architecture changes.
• Support and engage in the penetration testing programme.
• Design security test strategies for new products and major changes.
• Act as subject-matter expert and primary point of contact between engineering and the Application Security team.
• Provide oversight of scanning-tool usage and KPIs in the CI/CD pipeline.
• Own the overarching triage, escalation and evidence-quality framework across all scanning tools and testing streams, resolving the most complex or contested findings and setting the standard L1/L2 analysts and specialists are mentored against.
• Track and report key security testing metrics (e.g. time-to-remediate, recurring defect patterns) to senior stakeholders.
• Build and maintain advanced test cases, automation frameworks and custom tooling to improve coverage and efficiency.
• Own the security release process, including remediation verification and closure standards.
• Mentor and coach analysts and specialists; provide training material, playbooks and quality review of finding reports.
• Act as an escalation point for L1/L2 security analysts.
• Provide expert-level root-cause analysis and remediation guidance for the most complex or systemic security defects and set remediation standards developers and L1/L2 analysts follow across the programme.
• Develop and maintain process documentation and testing standards.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years’ hands-on experience in application security testing.
• Advanced knowledge of internet and network technologies.
• Expert understanding of web and API technologies and common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10, API/LLM Top 10, Mobile Top 10).
• Advanced mobile security testing (Android/iOS) — reverse engineering, runtime manipulation, Frida scripting, Objection.
• Advanced knowledge of container orchestration and Kubernetes security, including cluster hardening, RBAC and workload isolation.
• Advanced AI/LLM security assessment.
• Expert understanding of security controls (access control, encryption, logging/monitoring, secure configuration) and how to assess their effectiveness at scale.
• Strong offensive security skillset — manual web and API testing, authentication/authorisation bypass, session management, business-logic abuse and data-protection testing.
• Advanced knowledge of threat remediation techniques specific to the programming languages in use at Global Relay.
• Strong awareness of advanced persistent threats (APTs), threat actor tactics (e.g. MITRE ATT&CK) and emerging vulnerability classes, and ability to apply this awareness to test strategy design.
• Ability to build and own automation: scripting test cases (Python, Bash), integrating with TestRail and Jira, building automated Burp Suite Pro scanning workflows in CI/CD, and working knowledge of supporting tools such as Postman and SonarQube.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Recognised advanced certifications preferred (e.g. OSCP, OSWE).

Global Relay is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.