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

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

Job summary

A leading FinTech company is seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer to establish compliance frameworks and lead data protection initiatives. The role involves strategic oversight of cybersecurity controls and demands excellent communication skills alongside proven experience in regulatory compliance. This fully remote position offers a competitive salary of £75,000 per annum, ideal for candidates adept in balancing risk and agility in a startup environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in compliance and infosec with strong regulatory knowledge (UK GDPR, ISO27001).
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience in managing internal audits and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain compliance frameworks across data protection and information security.
• Act as DPO managing SARs, breaches, ROPAs, and DPIAs.
• Drive compliance automation and oversee incident response.

Skills

Compliance frameworks management

Data Protection Officer (DPO) duties

Design and implementation of controls

Compliance automation

Communication of risks

Education

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

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

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Client:

VirtueTech Recruitment Group

Location:

peterborough, 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