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Cryptography Analyst

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Manchester
6 months ago
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The hiring manager for this position joined them as a graduate and worked their way to lead the team and practice, which speaks volumes about the organisation and how they treat and develop their staff.


Our client is a key player in the financial services space, and they are looking to hire two Cryptographic Engineers, so it’s an exciting time to join their business.


To be successful in this role, you must be able to demonstrate experience across secure key management, HSMs, and cryptographic infrastructure. This is important as you will be stepping into a high-impact, global environment that places security and innovation at the forefront.


The key skills required are that you must be currently in a technical delivery role or infrastructure team where you are working on ITIL processes and can demonstrate experience across HSMs, PKI, and certificate/SSH key management.


What’s on offer:


£37,000--£45,000 + bonus and excellent benefits.


Locations:


Manchester with two days per week onsite.


I know the cryptography community in the UK is tightknit, so if you are reading this and it’s not for you, maybe it could be for someone you know or have worked with before. Please feel free to share this advert with them and I’d be happy to arrange a call and go through the full details.

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