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

JR United Kingdom; Kingston upon Hull; Remote; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech firm is searching for a Senior Information Security Engineer to spearhead compliance and data protection initiatives. You will lead efforts in maintaining regulatory workflows, act as a DPO, and implement security measures while fostering growth in a remote setting. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience, excellent verbal communication skills, and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain compliance frameworks (UK GDPR, DPA 2018, ISO27001).
• Act as DPO, managing SARs, breaches, ROPAs.
• Design and implement security controls and oversee incident response.

Skills

Compliance frameworks

Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Information Security

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Education

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

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

Senior Information Security Engineer - £75,000 per annum - Fully Remote - FinTech, kingston upon hull, east yorkshire

col-narrow-left

Client:

VirtueTech Recruitment Group

Location:

kingston upon hull, east yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

col-narrow-right

Job Views:

2

Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

col-wide

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