Overview

Cryptography Infrastructure Engineer (Payshield HSM) – Test Triangle

Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Employment type: Permanent/Contract
Working time: Full time
Seniority level: Specialist

Role summary: Subject Matter Expertise & Engineering skills are required to be part of a project that improves HSM observability for the organization’s encryption estate. The existing HSM observability is to be taken to the next level, improving resilience, monitoring capabilities and alerting.

Your Responsibilities

• Be part of a team that implements a new monitoring and alerting solution based upon Splunk
• Have specific knowledge about Thales Payshield HSMs and pull relevant data from the device (via SNMP)
• Collaborate with team members as SME for Thales Payshield HSMs, and with other HSMs
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand requirement details
• Write a design and test specification for your responsibility in the observability project
• Contribute to documentation of the project
• Help define the roadmap for continual improvements in the management of cryptographic services
• Identify potential issues timely and propose innovative solutions

Skills & Experience We Require

• Good knowledge about HSMs, specifically Thales Payshield
• Understanding of how monitoring for HSMs works with expertise in SNMP
• Stakeholder management skills with experience of balancing needs across multiple stakeholders
• Team-oriented mindset with active contribution to discussions
• Innovative mindset; able to contribute ideas for new in-house developments
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles and global financial services regulatory environments
• Knowledge of cryptographic modules and solutions (e.g., TPMs)
• Strong IT infrastructure knowledge across platforms
• Understanding of SSH/SSL functionality and usage
• Experience interfacing with technology teams to bring concepts to market and build scalable operational models
• Familiarity with industry cybersecurity frameworks and standards (e.g., OWASP, ISO2700x, PCI DSS, GDPR, NIST)
• Windows and Linux server administration
• Strong documentation skills

Optional / Nice to Have

• Academic or professional qualification in cryptography or cybersecurity
• Formal education in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science or related field
• Industry qualifications (CISSP, CISA, CISM)

What We Offer

• Stable role in a professional team
• Career progression in an international organization
• Clear scope of responsibilities
• Private healthcare and employee benefits