Job Description

End Date Sunday 14 September 2025
Salary Range 35,340 - 37,200
Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share
Summary This is a full time role that can be based in Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh or Manchester.

• JOB TITLE: Junior Penetration Tester
• SALARY: 35,340
• LOCATION(S): Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh or Manchester
• HOURS: Full-time
• WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this Opportunity
At Lloyds Banking Group we're driven by a clear purpose: to Help Britain Prosper. Within the Chief Security Office, our role is to protect the Group and our customers from security threats, and to enable the Group's businesses to make change to their products safely and quickly.
We're looking for a curious, technically-skilled and forward-thinking person to join our Security Testing team as a Junior Penetration Tester. This is a phenomenal opportunity to test and further develop your skills in offensive security testing within a large and highly regulated financial services organisation.
Your key responsibilities will include:

• Identifying, exploiting and reporting vulnerabilities in Web, API, Mobile or infrastructure assets.
• Analysing and documenting identified findings with appropriate impact assessment.
• Identifying and investigating weakness patterns from findings data generated over multiple tests.
• Supporting the management and delivery of security testing operations.

What you'll need

• 1-3 Years experience as a penetration tester
• Demonstrable experience in any two of the following areas - Web, API, Mobile, Infra and Cloud testing.
• CEH, CPSA or equivalent cyber security certification
• Ability to analyse security data generated from different testing capabilities and identify recurring patterns
• Strong analytical thinking, effective communication skills, and the ability to engage confidently with technical and non-technical customers.
• A collaborative demeanour with a passion to mentor others and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Relevant security testing certifications such as OSCP, eCPPT, GPEN, CREST CRT (or equivalent).
• Experience testing applications hosted in cloud native environments
• Exposure to DevOps testing practices

Why Lloyds Banking Group
We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive
About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 24 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?
Apply today and find out more.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Skills Required