Application Security Engineer

Reporting to the Application Security Team Lead, this role provides product security expertise to digital product and engineering teams as part of the Cyber Security function. This is a hands-on engineering position - not just advisory. You'll actively contribute to code, set up and integrate security tooling, respond to product-related security incidents, and work directly on solutions. The aim is to take as much of the security burden off product and engineering teams as possible, while embedding best practices throughout. You'll be integrated into multiple engineering squads, acting as their dedicated security expert and trusted partner. Day to day, that means building strong relationships with stakeholders, demonstrating the value of security, and influencing positive outcomes-all while enabling teams to move quickly and deliver safely. Beyond supporting individual products, you'll also play a pivotal role in raising our overall software security maturity-helping to shape governance, champion secure development practices, and drive Motability Operations toward operational excellence in application security.

You are passionate about the technical security aspects of application development, with a focus on protecting customer data and driving high standards of engineering. You'll bring a background in hands-on secure software development or application security testing, along with proven experience working directly with development teams on security-related topics. Strong communication skills are essential: you'll need to influence engineers and stakeholders at all levels while building trusted partnerships. You understand the importance of "shifting left" in secure development, helping teams get early security feedback through the right practices and tooling. You'll also have a solid grasp of modern software delivery approaches, including agile, and experience with technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, React, and Node. Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and cloud platforms like AWS is also important. A strong working knowledge of the OWASP Top Ten, common application security frameworks and best practices, and threat modelling techniques is critical. Hands-on experience with application security tooling and the ability to apply it effectively in engineering contexts will set you up for success. Minimum criteria:

• Experience in a hands-on Cyber Security focused role, primarily in the application security domain. Strong hands-on application development experience
• A demonstratable level of cyber security knowledge and its application within a development environment would be considered.

• An annual discretionary bonus
• 15% non-contributory pension (9% non-contributory pension during probation period)
• Life assurance at 4 times your basic salary to give you peace of mind that your loved ones will receive some financial help
• Employee Discount Scheme with a huge number of retailers and an app to save on the go
• Discounted Electric/Hybrid Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme (we have showers, changing rooms and secure bike sheds on site)

As well as financial benefits, our staff's health and well-being are very important to us, so we also offer:

• 28 days annual leave with option to purchase and sell days
• Funded Private Medical Insurance cover
• Critical illness insurance
• Free access to healthcare apps, such as Peppy, Unmind, Aviva Digital GP
• Funded health screening for over 50s
• 1 day per year to volunteer - Staff can support a local charity or do a sponsored event whilst being paid for it
• Access to our fully accessible company allotment - Where we grow our own produce for local charitable organisations
• Access to Prayer room and quiet spaces whilst working in the office

We also understand that not everyone is the same so offer several voluntary benefits that you can select outside the core package, these include;

• Dental Insurance
• Health and cancer screenings for you and your partner
• Discounted gym memberships
• Charitable giving

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they're rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and as such, all our offices provide first rate disability access. With our hybrid working environment, we do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests where possible, building on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.

Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 800,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10. Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They represent ambition, and we look for our people to live and breathe them every day: * We find solutions * We drive change * We care We operate hybrid working across the organisation where we split our time between working on-site at our offices, and at home, remotely within the UK. We believe hybrid working achieves a good work/life balance for our colleagues, allowing us to connect with each other, collaborate on important work, and perform together to deliver for our customers. It allows us to have the flexibility to work remotely up to 2-days per week whilst also using the great office spaces we have available.