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

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

Job summary

A leading FinTech company is seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer to lead compliance and cybersecurity initiatives. This fully remote role requires excellent knowledge of regulations and strong experience in data protection and security practices. You will drive automation, manage compliance frameworks, and act as Data Protection Officer, ensuring regulatory adherence while facilitating scalable growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in compliance and infosec.
• Strong regulatory knowledge (UK GDPR, ISO27001).
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain compliance frameworks.
• Act as Data Protection Officer (DPO).
• Design and implement security controls.
• Drive compliance automation initiatives.
• Collaborate to embed compliance and security practices.

Skills

UK GDPR

DPA 2018

ISO27001

FCA AISP

Compliance

Data Protection Officer

Cybersecurity

Risk Management

Internal Audits

Communication Skills

Education

CIPP/E

CISSP

Job description

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

Client:

VirtueTech Recruitment Group

Location:

south west london, 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