Cryptography PKI & SSH Engineer

Job description

Cryptography PKI & SSH Engineer – Knutsford (Hybrid) - 2 days a week on site.

Guide salary: ~45-70k / Annum + benefits & bonus.

A leading global financial institution is expanding its cryptography and secure‑access engineering function and is seeking an experienced PKI & SSH Engineer to help design, maintain and evolve mission‑critical security infrastructure.

This role suits someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, strengthening enterprise‑scale platforms, and contributing to a collaborative engineering environment focused on resilience, automation and secure‑by‑design principles.

The role:

• Designing, implementing and maintaining PKI, SSH and secure key‑management frameworks across a global banking environment
• Supporting and enhancing cryptographic services, secure connectivity, system hardening and Zero Trust integrations
• Analysing logs, incidents and system behaviour to identify root causes and drive long‑term stability
• Executing preventative maintenance, tuning monitoring tools and improving alerting, capacity and resiliency
• Driving automation across support activities to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk
• Participating in a 24/7 on‑call rotation to support urgent cryptographic or access‑related incidents
• Contributing to engineering strategy, risk mitigation, governance and continuous improvement initiatives

Experience required:

• Strong background in PKI, encryption standards, secure key management and SSH‑based access frameworks (Open to candidates from more generic security or IAM background too)
• Solid Unix/Linux/Windows system administration experience
• Ability to design and maintain secure communication architectures aligned with regulatory and banking security standards
• Experience with automation or scripting (Python, Go or similar)
• Strong networking and security troubleshooting skills
• Familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST, FIPS 140‑3 or similar security frameworks
• Excellent communication, analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Experience in large‑scale, highly regulated environments (Financial Services advantageous)

Please apply within if you match the criteria above and I’ll be sure to get in touch.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Knutsford

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

09-03-2026

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English