Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - Encryption & HSM Expert

Client of Salt; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Salt is seeking a hands-on Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to manage enterprise encryption, cryptographic key-management and HSM environments for a large government-related organisation. You will ensure critical systems, sensitive data, and cryptographic keys remain secure, available, and audit-ready.

In this role you will administer Thales CipherTrust Manager, CipherTrust Transparent Encryption and Luna HSMs, handle the full key lifecycle, and collaborate with infrastructure,

Qualifications

• Experience with Thales CipherTrust Manager and Luna HSM.
• Knowledge of encryption, cryptography, HSM, key management and PKI.
• Experience with KMIP, PKCS#11, REST APIs, JCE and MS CNG/CAPI.
• Exposure to regulated environments and frameworks such as PCI DSS or ISO 27001.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, upgrade and support CipherTrust Manager and Luna HSM environments.
• Manage the full cryptographic key lifecycle including creation, rotation, backup and recovery.
• Configure high-availability groups, backups, disaster-recovery and secure partitions.
• Deliver and support encryption, tokenisation, masking and database file encryption use cases.
• Integrate CipherTrust and HSM services with apps, databases, middleware, PKI and cloud services.
• Investigate and resolve complex incidents related to encryption certificates and HSM connectivity.
• Monitor platform health, key activity, access controls and suspicious admin activity.
• Produce documentation, procedures and audit evidence.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, database, cyber and audit teams on changes.

Skills

Encryption knowledge

HSM experience

PKI expertise

Production troubleshooting

Tools

CipherTrust Manager

CipherTrust Transparent Encryption

Luna HSM

KMIP

PKCS#11

Job description

Client of Salt is seeking a hands-on Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to manage enterprise encryption, cryptographic key-management and HSM environments for a large government-related organisation. You will ensure critical systems, sensitive data, and cryptographic keys remain secure, available, and audit-ready.

In this role you will administer Thales CipherTrust Manager, CipherTrust Transparent Encryption and Luna HSMs, handle the full key lifecycle, and collaborate with infrastructure,