Cryptography Operations Engineer – Key & HSM Specialist

Barclays; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in Knutsford is seeking an experienced Cryptography Operations professional within the CISO. This hands-on role focuses on encryption key management, cryptographic services across enterprise applications, and operation of HSM tools from Thales and Entrust.

You will work across Windows and Linux environments and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to safeguard cryptographic assets. The role emphasizes policy-driven security controls, risk management, and collaboration with

Qualifications

• Experience in Cryptography and Information Security.
• Experience in Key Management.
• Experience in HSM configuration/installation/support.
• Certificate management experience.
• Stakeholder management with the ability to influence and negotiate.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Manage cryptographic assets and ensure confidentiality, integrity and authenticity of data.
• Operate and support production-grade cryptographic applications and key management solutions.
• Collaborate across Windows and Linux infrastructure and data centres.
• Provide training content and document cryptographic designs and standards.
• Manage incident/problem/change/vulnerability aspects of cryptography services.
• Present complex information to leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Cryptography

Information Security

Key Management

HSM configuration

Certificate management

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Tools

Thales HSM tooling

Entrust tooling

SharePoint

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Barclays in Knutsford is seeking an experienced Cryptography Operations professional within the CISO. This hands-on role focuses on encryption key management, cryptographic services across enterprise applications, and operation of HSM tools from Thales and Entrust.

You will work across Windows and Linux environments and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to safeguard cryptographic assets. The role emphasizes policy-driven security controls, risk management, and collaboration with