HashiCorp Vault Consultant- Remote

Summary: The HashiCorp Vault Consultant role involves conducting architecture reviews, risk and gap analyses, and assessing observability and health metrics related to Vault and its dependent services. The consultant will also focus on logging and traceability to ensure incidents can be effectively managed and will prioritize quick wins and scaling paths for improvements. This position is remote, allowing for flexibility in work arrangements. The consultant will play a critical role in enhancing security, resilience, and operational efficiency within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess current Vault architecture including HA, storage backend, and network boundaries within AWS/Azure.
• Identify gaps in security policies, authentication methods, and operational ownership.
• Review metrics, health checks, and alerting for Vault/Consul and dependent services.
• Audit application logs and distributed tracing for incident management and compliance.
• Prioritize low effort, high impact fixes and develop a roadmap for larger changes.

Key Skills:

• Experience with HashiCorp Vault and its architecture.
• Strong understanding of security policies and authentication methods.
• Knowledge of observability metrics and health checks.
• Experience with logging, traceability, and incident management.
• Ability to prioritize and implement quick wins and scaling strategies.

Salary (Rate): £80/hr

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT