Information Security Lead

emerchantpay is a leading global payment service provider and acquirer for online, mobile, in-store and over the phone payments. Our global payments solution is available through a simple integration, offering a diverse range of features, including global acquiring, global and local payment methods, advanced fraud management and performance optimisation. We empower businesses to design seamless and engaging payment experiences for their consumers.

We are looking for an experienced Information Security Lead to own the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of information security across our cloud-native, DevOps-driven engineering environment, as well as our corporate IT and office infrastructure.

The role combines hands-on technical delivery with security leadership. The Information Security Lead will set security direction and personally drive its execution - securing our cloud platform, delivery pipelines, and microservices, leading security operations and incident response, and embedding security into how engineering builds and ships.

The role works closely with Engineering, DevOps, and the IT Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) function.

The role has a strong focus on AWS and cloud-native security across a modern microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain the information security strategy, standards, and roadmap, aligned to applicable regulations, rules, and security best practices.

Steer security architecture across a cloud-native environment, defining secure-by-design patterns for microservices, APIs, and shared platform services.

Establish and govern secure software development lifecycle (secure SDLC) practices, embedding automated security controls into CI/CD pipelines.

Define and drive adoption of cloud security guardrails - identity, network segmentation, encryption, secrets management, and configuration baselines.

Build and run security monitoring, logging, and threat detection across cloud, infrastructure, and application layers.

Lead the security incident response lifecycle - preparation, detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review - and act as incident commander for security events.

Own vulnerability and threat management: scanning, risk-based prioritization, remediation tracking, and reporting across infrastructure, containers, and application code.

Plan and coordinate penetration testing and offensive-security exercises (in-house or co-sourced) and drive findings to closure.

Govern identity and access management, privileged access, and least-privilege principles across cloud and corporate systems.

Define and oversee data protection controls - encryption, key management, data classification, and loss prevention - for sensitive and cardholder data.

Secure corporate IT and office infrastructure, including endpoints, networks, and productivity and collaboration platforms.

Partner with Engineering and DevOps teams to make the secure path the easy path, providing tooling, standards, threat modelling, and design reviews.

Provide security input into architecture and change decisions, including the adoption of new technologies and third-party services.

Run security awareness and phishing-resilience programs for technical and non-technical staff.

Implement and evidence the technical security controls underpinning PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and SOC audits.

Monitor the evolving threat landscape and emerging security technologies.

Act as a key member of the internal security center of excellence and contribute to cross-functional security working groups.

Build, lead, and mentor a small security team.