IT Compliance Support Engineer

• Rate: £415/day (via Umbrella)
• Contract Length: Initial 6 months
• Location: 3 days per week onsite in Canary Wharf (Non-negotiable)
• Opportunity: Contract (Inside IR35)
• Rate: £415/day (via Umbrella)
• Contract Length: Initial 6 months
• Hybrid:3 days per week onsite (Non-negotiable)
• Office Location: Harbour Exchange, Canary Wharf
• Client Sector: Financial Services

About the Role and Client
Our client, a leading financial services company, is seeking an IT Compliance Support Engineer to join their development team and act as the primary liaison with internal/external audit, compliance, and IT security counterparts. This role combines governance with technical capability supporting audits, demonstrating IT controls, and troubleshooting or coordinating resolution of issues across Azure DevOps pipelines, ServiceNow change management, and Jira requirement workflows.

Key Responsibilities

Audit & Compliance Liaison

• Act as the single point of contact for internal/external audit, compliance, and IT security.
• Handle audit requests, walkthroughs, and create timely evidence (C# source code, SQL scripts, server config, Azure DevOps logs, ServiceNow change records, Jira artefacts).

Interpret Technical Details for Auditors

• Ability to understand C# code and SQL scripts to verify logic and queries.
• Interpret permissions (Windows, Azure AD, Azure DevOps) and explain them clearly to auditors.

IT Controls & Governance

• Operate and improve general IT controls (GITC) across change management, access control, backups/recovery, incident/problem management.

Evidence & Documentation

• Create and maintain clear documentation: SOPs, control narratives, diagrams, audit evidence packs.

Support Risk Assessments

• Assist or act on behalf of the Application Service Owner in completing required risk and compliance assessments (eg, security, operational resilience, regulatory checks) as per internal governance standards and workflows.

Coordinate Audit/Assessment/Security Defect Remediation

• Track and manage remediation of audit findings, control gaps, and assessment defects.

Essential Requirements

• Ability to understand C# code and SQL scripts, including logic and queries.
• Ability to interpret permissions (Windows, Azure AD, Azure DevOps) and explain them clearly to auditors.
• Ability to digest technical details and translate them into auditor-friendly narratives.
• Proven knowledge of general IT controls (GITC) and audit requirements in a regulated environment.
• Working knowledge of change management processes and ITIL principles.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git).
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, and Jira workflows.
• Awareness of IT security best practices (least privilege, secure SDLC).
• Experience supporting IT audits and compliance assessments.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps pipelines and troubleshooting build/deployment issues.
• Experience coordinating change management and release processes using ServiceNow.
• Exposure to risk assessment processes and remediation tracking.

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