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PKI Engineer

Basingstoke
1 month ago
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PKI Engineer

Salary: £55,000k + £6K allowance + bonus (upto 10%) + 10% DV Allowance
Total Compensation: circa - £70,000

Clearance: You will hold or be eligible for DV Clearance

The company:

Global IT Consultancy delivering digital transformation to Defence and National Security end clients.

Overview:

The PKI Engineer will be responsible for applying security best practices and industry standards derived from threat analysis to implement PKI technology according to Design requirements.

The position requires strong theoretical knowledge as well as industry experience in applying ad-vanced cryptography schemes to secure complex IT infrastructure, customer-facing services, and sensitive customer and enterprise data.

Your skills and experience:

Experience of delivering on-premise PKI using technologies such as Keyfactor (EBJCA), Microsoft PKI and OpenSSL;
Experience of delivery of high assurance PKI to support Microsoft and Linux platforms;
Expertise in both mainstream encryption schemes and key exchange protocols as well as quan-tum-safe cryptography;
Experience in Powershell and OpenSSL;
Experience in creation of policy documentation via interpretation of customer Certificate Policies in relation to PKI usage i.e. CPS / Key Signing Ceremonies;
Good interpersonal skills who is able to learn and adapt to work across both legacy and new technologies as part of a live system transitioned programme.
Responsible for the delivery of new and ongoing change to work packages, in response to evolving user requirements.
Creation and ownership of all related documentation artefacts relating to work packages including HLD, LLD, Installation guides.
This role will require you to be eligible and willing to undergo a high level of security clearance

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