HSM Card Cryptography Specialist

Capco; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Capco Warsaw is seeking a Card Cryptography Specialist to administer and secure cryptographic infrastructure for payment card systems. You will manage HSMs, keys, digital certificates, and secure communications across Issuing, Acquiring, and Settlement environments.

You will collaborate with card, security, infrastructure, and operations teams, as well as external vendors and payment schemes such as Visa and Mastercard, to maintain compliance and availability. Hybrid work in Warsaw is offered.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of applied cryptography in payment card environments.
• Hands-on experience with the administration and configuration of Hardware Security Modules (HSMs).
• Practical understanding of cryptographic key-management processes within card-processing environments.
• Knowledge of Visa and Mastercard security standards, requirements, and operational processes.
• Good understanding of PCI DSS, PCI PIN Security, and PCI Card Production and Provisioning requirements.
• Knowledge of Issuing, Acquiring, and Clearing & Settlement processes.
• Understanding of EMV, 3D Secure, payment tokenization, and transaction authentication.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, maintain, and monitor HSM devices used by payment card systems.
• Coordinate the full lifecycle of cryptographic keys supporting Issuing, Acquiring, and Clearing & Settlement processes.
• Generate, import, export, rotate, renew, and retire cryptographic keys in accordance with Visa, Mastercard, PCI, and internal security requirements.
• Coordinate digital certificates used by card systems, payment platforms, and secure communication channels.
• Coordinate certificate and cryptographic key renewal processes.
• Support payment authorization and clearing systems from a cryptography perspective.
• Provide cryptographic support for the implementation of new card products, services, integrations, and platform changes.
• Maintain secure communication between banking systems, payment schemes, processors, and external partners.
• Investigate incidents related to cryptographic operations, payment authorization, certificates, and key exchange.
• Diagnose issues related to EMV cryptography, PIN Translation, PIN Verification, MAC Validation, and other card security mechanisms.
• Monitor the availability and correct operation of cryptographic infrastructure.
• Cooperate with card, cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, and operations teams as well as technology vendors.
• Work with Visa and Mastercard during cryptographic changes, key-management activities, and certification processes.
• Participate in security audits and activities related to PCI compliance.
• Create, maintain, and improve operational documentation, security procedures, and cryptographic runbooks.
• Report on the status, security, and operational performance of cryptographic infrastructure.
• Participate in on-call support and respond to production incidents when required.

Job description

Capco Warsaw is seeking a Card Cryptography Specialist to administer and secure cryptographic infrastructure for payment card systems. You will manage HSMs, keys, digital certificates, and secure communications across Issuing, Acquiring, and Settlement environments.

You will collaborate with card, security, infrastructure, and operations teams, as well as external vendors and payment schemes such as Visa and Mastercard, to maintain compliance and availability. Hybrid work in Warsaw is offered.