Cryptography Engineer - HSM/Key Management
Location: Cheshire - Hybrid, 2-3 days per week onsite
Rate: Up to £700 per day, Inside IR35
Contract: Long-term contract opportunity
Atrium EMEA are in search of an experienced Cryptography Engineer to join a long-term programme with a leading financial services organisation.
This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong practical experience across cryptography, HSM technology, key management and certificate management. The successful candidate will have experience supporting cryptographic infrastructure within complex, operational environments.
Key Skills & Experience
- Strong experience within Cryptography and Information Security
- Hands-on HSM configuration, installation and support
- Strong Key Management experience
- PKI/Certificate Management experience
- Experience within operational IT infrastructure environments
- Incident response and change management experience
- Unix and/or Windows operating system knowledge
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment
Highly Desirable
- Experience with HSM technologies such as Thales, Entrust/nShield or similar
- Strong operational documentation skills
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence and SharePoint
- Previous experience within banking or financial services
Key Details
- Up to £700/day Inside IR35
- Cheshire
- 2-3 days onsite per week - non-negotiable
- Long-term programme with excellent potential longevity
- Hybrid working for the remainder of the week
Due to the hands-on nature of the position, we are particularly interested in engineers who have directly configured, installed and supported HSMs in production environments, rather than purely architectural, advisory or governance-focused backgrounds.