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

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

Job summary

Une entreprise FinTech en pleine croissance recherche un Senior Information Security Engineer pour diriger les initiatives de conformité et de sécurité des données. Le rôle est entièrement à distance et nécessite des compétences solides en conformité, en gestion de la sécurité et en communication. Le candidat idéal aura une expérience pertinente et des certifications telles que CIPP/E ou CISSP.

Qualifications

• Expérience prouvée en conformité et sécurité de l'information.
• Idéalement avec des certifications pertinentes.
• Bonne communication et compétences organisationnelles.

Responsibilities

• Diriger et maintenir les cadres de conformité (UK GDPR, ISO27001).
• Agir en tant que DPO, gérer les incidents et les audits internes.
• Collaborer pour intégrer les pratiques de conformité et de sécurité dans l'entreprise.

Skills

Compliance frameworks

Data Protection Officer

Incident response

Communication skills

Regulatory knowledge

Education

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

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

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Client:

VirtueTech Recruitment Group

Location:

maidstone, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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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