Elsevier

Security Assurance Engineer

Company
Location
United Kingdom
Posted At
9/5/2025
Description

About our Team:

Our global team support products education electronic health records that introduce students to digital charting and prepare them to document care in today's modern clinical environment. We have a very stable product that we've worked to get to and strive to maintain. Our team values trust, respect, collaboration, agility, and quality.


About the Role:

We are seeking a Penetration Tester to help strengthen our web and cloud security. In this role, you will perform thorough penetration testing, identify vulnerabilities, and recommend effective solutions. You will collaborate with teams across the organization to improve our overall security posture.


Responsibilities:

  • Conduct manual and automated penetration tests on web and cloud environments
  • Document findings and create clear technical reports
  • Identify vulnerabilities and recommend practical mitigation strategies
  • Support remediation efforts and verify fixes
  • Analyze security incidents and patterns to improve risk detection
  • Suggest and help implement improvements to security tools and processes
  • Develop scripts to automate security tasks as needed
  • Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of security practices and policies


Requirements:

  • Experience with web penetration and platform testing and vulnerability assessment (manual and automated).
  • Understanding of cloud platforms, networking and web-based systems
  • Familiarity with security testing tools and secure coding practices
  • Ability to write scripts (e.g., Python, Bash) to automate security tasks
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Clear and effective communication skills; able to present findings to varied audiences
  • Commitment to continuous learning and inclusion


Work in a way that works for you:

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.


Working for you:

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

● Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days

● Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits

● Wellbeing programs

● Life assurance

● Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme

● Save As You Earn share option scheme

● Travel Season ticket loan

● Electric Vehicle Scheme

● Optional Dental Insurance

● Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave

● Employee Assistance Programme

● Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children

● RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you

● Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer

● Access to extensive learning and development resources

● Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work


About the business:

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. What you do every day will help advance science and healthcare to advance human progress.

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