Senior Information Security Engineer - £75,000 per annum - Fully Remote - FinTech

JR United Kingdom; Brighton; Remote; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech company in Brighton is seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer to lead compliance and data protection efforts. This remote role offers £75,000 per annum and involves responsibilities like overseeing compliance frameworks and acting as DPO. Ideal candidates should have strong knowledge of UK GDPR and regulatory practices, with a focus on automation in compliance processes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in compliance and infosec.
• Strong regulatory knowledge (UK GDPR, ISO27001).
• Collaborative and pragmatic approach in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain compliance frameworks ensuring policies and controls.
• Act as DPO, manage SARs, breaches, and training across the company.
• Design and implement technical and organisational controls.

Skills

Compliance frameworks

Data Protection Officer

Information security

Regulatory knowledge

Strong communication skills

Education

Relevant certifications (e.g. CIPP/E, CISSP)

Job description

Senior Information Security Engineer - £75,000 per annum - Fully Remote - FinTech, brighton

Client:

VirtueTech Recruitment Group

Location:

brighton, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

2

Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

Job Description:

Senior Information Security Engineer - £75,000 per annum - Fully Remote - FinTech

My client are building a lean, automation-focused team and looking for a Compliance and Information Security Engineer to lead data protection, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity. This strategic, hands-on role involves acting as DPO and embedding scalable, efficient controls across the business. Ideal for someone collaborative and pragmatic, who can balance risk and agility in a fast-paced startup environment.

The role is looking for someone asap and will be offering a fully remote opportunity with the occasional team meet-ups in London.

Key Skills:

• Lead and maintain compliance frameworks (UK GDPR, DPA 2018, ISO27001, FCA AISP), ensuring up-to-date policies, procedures, and controls across data protection, information security, and regulatory risk.
• Act as Data Protection Officer (DPO), managing SARs, breaches, ROPAs, and DPIAs, while delivering scalable training and awareness across the company.
• Design and implement secure, low-overhead technical and organisational controls, overseeing incident response, vendor security, and external certifications.
• Drive compliance automation initiatives to minimise manual processes and support scalable growth, conducting internal audits and monitoring to maintain high standards.
• Collaborate across teams to embed proportionate, automation-friendly compliance and security practices, and communicate risks clearly to leadership.
• Proven experience in compliance and infosec, with strong regulatory knowledge (UK GDPR, ISO27001), excellent communication skills, and ideally relevant certifications (e.g. CIPP/E, CISSP).

If you are interested in the open role please come back on this with an updated CV as soon as possible.

Senior Information Security Engineer - £75,000 per annum - Fully Remote - FinTech

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Created on 04/06/2025 by JR United Kingdom