Senior Cryptography & Cybersecurity Expert - Lisbon/Porto

PrimeIT; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 20,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

PrimeIT is seeking a Senior Cryptography Cybersecurity Expert to strengthen financial-sector security. Based in Lisbon or Porto, you will define security requirements for cryptography, encryption at rest, and key management, translating business needs into concrete controls.

Responsibilities include risk analysis, evaluating architectures, contributing to POCs, and promoting best practices in data protection and crypto-agility.

Qualifications

• Senior level with cryptography focus in finance/security domains.
• Ability to translate business needs into cryptographic security requirements.
• Fluent English communication and collaboration with international teams.

Responsibilities

• Define security requirements and strategy for cryptography and data security.
• Support business entities in implementing cybersecurity and cryptographic security measures.
• Analyze and evaluate security risks, impacts and propose mitigation measures.
• Assess the robustness of security architectures, designs and data protection mechanisms.
• Contribute to technical proofs of concepts (POCs) for security solutions.
• Provide guidance on cryptography, anonymization and masking techniques as needed.
• Write and validate risk assessments and define countermeasures.
• Contribute to inventory of cryptographic assets and crypto-agility initiatives.
• Share cybersecurity knowledge with the community and promote best practices.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Cryptography

Encryption at Rest

Key Management

Data Protection

Security Risk Analysis

Security Frameworks

Tools

Security architectures

Job description

PrimeIT is seeking a Senior Cryptography Cybersecurity Expert to strengthen financial-sector security. Based in Lisbon or Porto, you will define security requirements for cryptography, encryption at rest, and key management, translating business needs into concrete controls.

Responsibilities include risk analysis, evaluating architectures, contributing to POCs, and promoting best practices in data protection and crypto-agility.