Associate Ethical Hacker – Penetration Tester (£40,590) in Swansea

Associate Ethical Hacker – Penetration Tester (£40,590)

Company: Government Recruitment Service

Salary: £40,590 to £40,590 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Swansea

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 5 Nov 2026

Closing date: 15 Nov 2026

Do you have a passion for cyber security and a keen eye for identifying vulnerabilities?

Can you analyse data and problem-solve to help protect critical systems and data?

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Join our Ethical Hacking Services team and play a pivotal role in protecting critical digital services. You'll provide penetration testing and vulnerability management activities, and help ensure our systems remain resilient against current and emerging threats.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensionshere




• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday




• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working atDVLAroles:Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - Department for Transport Careers

This is a hands‑on role, carrying out penetration testing activities on applications and infrastructure and helping to support our IT Services (ITS) strategy.

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has an extensive change program, and you will engage in a rolling program of security testing covering multiple IT domains and environments, you'll also be testing new software and infrastructure projects to ensure that DVLA remains responsive and adaptable to the changing threat environment, business requirements and Central Government policies.

You will have the opportunity to:-

• Apply and extend your knowledge of Ethical Hacking to cover a wide range of new technologies.




• Work as part of a team to deliver Penetration Testing services.




• Develop your own skills and broaden your experience.




• Be actively engaged in the major change program being implemented at DVLA.




• Develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

This is a fast‑paced and varied role. Our opportunity will offer you the challenge you are looking for, to build on your professional experience and development whilst working within DVLA premises without the need to travel to other locations.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Working within the Ethical Hacking Services Team as a skilled Ethical Hacker / Penetration Tester, in support of ITS strategy and wider Government strategy.




• Assisting in the execution of a Penetration Testing Program of systems and applications, against known vulnerabilities highlighting weakness ensuring coverage of the whole IT estate and multiple environments.




• Assist in Vulnerability Management activities including triage of vulnerabilities by relevance and criticality to the organisation, identifying mitigations and advise on implementation.




• Contributing to the definition of operational processes and dealing with customer related issues.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile.

Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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