Penetration Testing Analyst ****** Desired skills: penentration tester, security, dublin, Penetration Testing Analyst Location: Dublin Type: Full-Time Salary: €60,000 - €70,000 A well-established security function is adding a Penetration Testing Analyst to support ongoing application security testing across a broad portfolio of internal platforms.
The role focuses primarily on hands-on testing.
This is a delivery-focused position within a structured environment, offering consistent testing work, good exposure to development teams, and room to deepen technical skill rather than spreading thin across consultancy-style engagements.
The Role You'll carry out manual application penetration testing across web applications, APIs, and supporting services.
Day to day work includes executing tests, validating vulnerabilities, writing clear reports, and working directly with engineers to ensure issues are understood and resolved.
You'll also contribute to improving testing standards, tooling, and repeatable methodologies.
Primary Responsibilities Perform manual web application and API penetration testing Identify, validate, and exploit common and complex vulnerabilities Write clear, evidence-based reports with practical remediation guidance Retest fixes to confirm effective remediation Work with development teams to explain findings and risk Support vulnerability tracking and prioritisation Contribute to testing standards, templates, and internal knowledge sharing Stay current on application security techniques and emerging attack patterns Skills