Encryption & KMS Engineer - Onsite, Dammam

Cloud Consultancy - CCDS; Dammam; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Consultancy - CCDS in Dammam is seeking an Encryption & KMS Engineer to operate and support a centralized Key Management System and enterprise encryption infrastructure. You will manage key lifecycles and support integrations with databases, applications, and security platforms.

The role requires 5+ years of encryption and data security experience, strong cryptography knowledge, and hands-on experience with KMS platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in encryption, data security, KMS, key management, or enterprise cybersecurity.
• Strong understanding of symmetric/asymmetric cryptography, key lifecycle, TLS/SSL, certificates, and secure key storage.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise KMS/encryption platforms is highly preferred.
• Experience with AD/LDAP, KMIP, databases, servers, applications, or storage integrations.
• Experience with enterprise security infrastructure and regulated environments is an advantage.
• Willingness to work full-time onsite in Dammam.

Responsibilities

• Operate and administer the centralized Key Management System (KMS).
• Perform cryptographic key generation, storage, rotation, backup, recovery, revocation, archival, and secure destruction.
• Configure and maintain encryption policies according to approved security standards.
• Administer KMS connectors, agents, and integrations across enterprise systems.
• Support AD/LDAP integration and identity-based access controls.
• Support KMIP integrations and enterprise key-management workflows.
• Monitor KMS health, system events, audit logs, and security alerts.
• Investigate key-management and encryption-related incidents.
• Coordinate with database, application, infrastructure, and security teams during system onboarding.
• Support encryption-at-rest and data-protection implementations.
• Maintain configuration records, operational documentation, procedures, and runbooks.
• Participate in testing, disaster recovery, maintenance, and knowledge-transfer activities.
• Escalate complex technical issues to senior engineers and OEM/vendor support.

Skills

KMS

Encryption

Cryptography

Data security

Security operations

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Thales CipherTrust Manager

CipherTrust Transparent Encryption

KMS platforms

Job description

Cloud Consultancy - CCDS in Dammam is seeking an Encryption & KMS Engineer to operate and support a centralized Key Management System and enterprise encryption infrastructure. You will manage key lifecycles and support integrations with databases, applications, and security platforms.

The role requires 5+ years of encryption and data security experience, strong cryptography knowledge, and hands-on experience with KMS platforms.