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Security Chaos Engineer
Deliberately breaks security controls to prove resilience before attackers do
£55k–£110k Threat-driven
What it involves
Runs controlled chaos experiments that simulate attacker behaviour — killing security tools, flooding alerts, disabling controls — to find gaps in detection and response before real incidents expose them.
Skills & knowledge needed
Chaos engineeringAdversary simulationIncident responseAutomationPython
Why it's emerging now
Systems only prove their resilience when tested under failure — chaos engineering applies that principle to security.
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