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

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

Job summary

A leading FinTech company is searching for a Senior Information Security Engineer to join their team remotely. This strategic role involves leading compliance initiatives, managing data protection, and driving cybersecurity efforts in a fast-paced startup environment. Ideal candidates should possess strong regulatory insights and relevant certifications to enhance their compliance framework and security measures.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in compliance and infosec with regulatory knowledge.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience with UK GDPR, ISO27001 required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain compliance frameworks including UK GDPR and ISO27001.
• Act as Data Protection Officer (DPO) managing SARs and breaches.
• Design and implement secure controls overseeing incident response.

Skills

Compliance frameworks

Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Information security

Regulatory compliance

Cybersecurity

Communication skills

Education

CIPP/E

CISSP

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

Client: VirtueTech Recruitment Group

Location: oxford district, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views:

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

Job Description:

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

My client is building a lean, automation-focused team and is 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 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 respond with an updated CV as soon as possible.