Cryptography Operations and Infrastructure Specialist

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: Approximately 6 months
Work Set Up: Hybrid (3 days per week in office / 2 days remote)
Clearance Required: BPSS eligibility required

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Cryptography Operations and Infrastructure Specialist to support the day-to-day operation monitoring maintenance and continuous improvement of enterprise cryptographic services. The role will focus on maintaining service availability troubleshooting complex technical issues delivering controlled changes and ensuring operational excellence across cryptographic infrastructure.

What you will do:

• Monitor cryptographic platforms and supporting infrastructure to maintain service availability and operational resilience.
• Perform routine operational activities in line with established service procedures.
• Execute health checks service validations and platform maintenance tasks.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across cryptographic infrastructure and supporting platforms.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative measures to reduce recurring incidents.
• Coordinate with resolver groups and vendors where required to progress technical issues.
• Manage production incidents through to resolution within a 24x7 operational environment.
• Support the implementation of approved infrastructure and security changes.
• Participate in deployment planning and execution while ensuring changes comply with governance and operational standards.
• Create and maintain operational runbooks and support documentation.
• Identify service improvement opportunities and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency.
• Contribute to operational readiness reviews and post-implementation assessments.
• Support PKI HSM key management and certificate management environments.
• Support application integrations with cryptographic services.
• Assist with platform upgrades and lifecycle management activities.
• Apply operational governance and documentation standards across cryptographic services.
• Use automation and scripting to support infrastructure operations and service improvements.

Qualifications :

• Hold a Bachelors Degree in Information Technology Computer Science Cyber Security Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Bring 5 years of experience within enterprise infrastructure or security operations environments.
• Possess experience supporting production systems within a 24x7 operational setting.
• Apply experience across incident problem and change management disciplines.
• Bring strong troubleshooting analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Hold ITIL Foundation or ITIL 4 certification preferably.
• Possess relevant infrastructure security or cloud certifications such as Microsoft Azure Administrator RHCSA VMware Security SSCP CISSP CISM GIAC AWS or Google Cloud certifications preferably.
• Apply hands-on knowledge of cryptographic technologies including HSMs PKI certificate management and key management.
• Support platforms such as Thales Luna HSM Entrust nShield Venafi DigiCert Microsoft ADCS Keyfactor or HashiCorp Vault preferably.
• Work with monitoring and operations platforms such as Splunk Microsoft Sentinel Datadog Dynatrace AppDynamics or SolarWinds preferably.
• Bring experience with IT service management platforms including ServiceNow BMC Remedy or Jira Service Management.
• Support infrastructure platforms including Windows Server Linux VMware Azure and AWS.
• Apply scripting and automation skills using PowerShell Python Bash Ansible or Terraform.
• Demonstrate strong operational governance documentation incident management troubleshooting and service improvement capabilities.
• Bring 710 years of cryptography and information security experience for the Senior Cryptography SME profile with strong expertise in HSMs PKI certificate management key management and enterprise security architecture.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead technical delivery and influence senior stakeholders with banking or regulated-environment experience preferred for the Senior Cryptography SME profile.

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based without requiring employer sponsorship.

HelloKindred is committed to fair transparent and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills experience and role-related requirements.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

HelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race colour religion sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract