Cryptography Operations Analyst Barnsley, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
Job description
Job Title: Cryptography Operations Analyst
Big Bank Funding. FinTech Thinking.
Our technology teams in the UK work closely with HSBC’s global businesses to help design and build digital services that allow our millions of customers around the world, to bank quickly, simply and securely. We also run and manage our IT infrastructure, data centres and core banking systems that power the world’s leading international bank.
Our multi-disciplined teams include: DevOps engineers, IT architects, front and back end developers, infrastructure specialists, cyber experts, as well as project and programme managers.
Role Description:
The HSBC Cryptography team looks after the encryption technology and key material which protects, validates and assures critical functions and billions of pounds worth of transactions across the organization.
Dynamic and varying demands on the cryptography team mean an interface to IT and the broader business is necessary. This role is the delivery part of the function. Managing the hardware, software and services from inception to deployment to redundancy to ensure the best outcomes possible for the business and its use of encryption technology.
Responsibilities:
- Managing the cryptographic hardware and related software used in cryptography and its configuration, crypto-load and installation into data centres and/or external hosting environment.
- Develop applicable knowledge objects, procedures and secondary standards to support agreed upon SLA or project deliverables.
- Maintain and enhance the delivery of cryptographic technology, process and relevant controls.
- Support peers who deliver and maintain the bank’s encryption technology and the projects consuming the services by understanding their needs and delivering to them.
- Report progress and identify and raise any issues/risks, escalating as appropriate to enable satisfactory resolution.
- Build trusting relationships with stakeholders by consistently meeting and delivering upon their business needs; demonstrating and being respected for your domain knowledge.
- Deliver fair outcomes for our customers and ensure own conduct maintains the orderly and transparent operation of financial markets.
Essential Skillset/Experience:
- Background understanding in cryptography technologies applicable to financial service companies, cloud security, data security, internet and cyber security.
- Prior experiences in IT development, IT services management and system administration a plus
- Technical knowledge in one or more of the followings: encryption devices (HSM, software Crypto and Standards), data at rest encryption, data in motion encryption, Unix/Linus platform and scripting, basic programming experience in Java or Python, Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), network, database, mainframe, midrange
- Working knowledge in collaboration technologies such as Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, MS Team, Sharepoint is necessary.
The role will be based in Barnsley.
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