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Information Security SpecialistPermanentLocation: Stoke-on-Trent (Hybrid – minimum 2 days per week onsite)Salary: up to £55,000 + BonusAbout the ClientOur client is a global, technology-led organisation operating at significant scale, with thousands of developers building entirely in-house systems that power a high-volume, always-on digital platform. Their Application Security team sits at the heart of this environment, working closely with engineering teams to ensure secure-by-design development across a complex, fast-moving estate.The team is evolving rapidly, shifting away from manual, reactive security processes towards more automated, tooling-led and developer-focused approaches. This role offers the chance to work on genuinely challenging application security problems, with real autonomy to influence how security is embedded across the software lifecycle.How you’ll spend your dayYou’ll join a specialist Application Security team, focused on securing internally built web applications used across the business. Working closely with developers, you’ll help identify vulnerabilities early, improve secure coding practices, and evolve the team’s tooling and automation capabilities.Key responsibilities include:Performing application security assessments and web application penetration testingReviewing code to identify security vulnerabilities and advising developers on remediationBuilding, improving and maintaining security tooling for automated code review and DevSecOps workflowsSupporting the transition from manual security processes to more automated, scalable solutionsWorking closely with development teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelinesProviding clear, practical security guidance to a large, fast-moving developer c