Cryptographic SME

  • Square One Resources
  • Knutsford, Cheshire
  • 30/05/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Job Title

Cryptographic SME

Location

Knutsford - twice a week in the office

Salary/Rate

£355 per day inside IR35

Start Date

15th June

Job Type

Contract

Company Introduction

A major UK-based international bank and financial services group headquartered in London. It operates across retail banking, corporate banking, investment banking, wealth management, and credit card services.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives
  • Manage and support enterprise cryptographic infrastructure and key management services
  • Configure, install, and maintain Hardware Security Modules
  • Perform cryptographic key generation, storage, distribution, recovery, and destruction activities
  • Support SSH key and certificate lifecycle management processes and Ensure adherence to IT security, governance, audit, and compliance standards
Required Skills/Experience
  • Strong experience within Cryptography and Information Security environments
  • Hands on experience managing HSM technologies (Thales preferred)
  • Strong knowledge of PKI, certificate management, SSH key management, and cryptographic controls
  • Experience with enterprise key management and cryptographic lifecycle management
Desirable Skills/Experience
  • Financial services or banking experience
  • Industry security certifications
  • Project delivery or change management qualifications
  • Experience using Confluence, Jira, and SharePoint

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer

Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies. Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.