Principal Cyber Security Engineer (PKI and Cryptography)

The Principal Cyber Security Engineer will lead and oversee cyber security operations, develop solution architectures, and provide strategic advice on security strategies within NATO Communications and Information Agency. The role involves managing complex cyber security initiatives and ensuring high standards in service delivery and technical planning.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day operations, including delegating tasks and ensuring that all work is completed on time and to a high standard.
• Develop and implement strategies to achieve goals and objectives, in line with the organisation's overall mission and vision.
• Lead the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.
• Lead the preparation of technical plans and ensures that appropriate technical resources are made available.
• Provide advice and guidance on security strategies to manage identified risks and ensure adoption and adherence to standards.
• Plan and drive scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for large, complex initiatives.

Requirements

• A Master’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 5 years post-related experience. Or a Bachelor’s degree with 8 years post related experience.
• Hold, or have held, a nationally recognised qualification in Service Management, preferably ITIL V3, V4, V5 at Practitioner/Intermediate/Manager/Professional/Leader level.
• Hold, or have recently held, a nationally recognised qualification in CIS Leadership/Management.
• Remarkable IT experience, including at least 5+ years in a senior leadership or deputy role managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Proven track record overseeing large-scale IaaS, PaaS, and NaaS environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, or private enterprise clouds).
• Experience managing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), hardware security modules (HSMs), cryptographic key lifecycles, and data-at-rest/in-transit encryption standards.
• Experience managing extensive financial resources, and strictly enforcing vendor Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Proven experience managing teams, resources, projects and service delivery.
• Demonstrable experience in the development and use of Cyber Security Architectures, Technologies and Tools in securing Enterprise Level CIS environments.
• Experience of high-assurance cryptographic equipment, COMSEC (Communications Security) account management, and Key Management Infrastructure (KMI).
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

Skills

• Public Key Infrastructure
• Hardware Security Modules
• Cryptographic Key Lifecycle Management
• Data Encryption Standards
• Cloud Infrastructure Management
• IaaS Management
• PAAS Management
• NaaS Management
• AWS
• Azure
• Cyber Security Architecture
• Cybersecurity Technologies
• COMSEC Account Management
• Key Management Infrastructure
• Service Level Agreement Enforcement
• Vendor Management
• IT Service Management
• CIS Leadership
• Team Management
• Project Management
• Financial Resource Management

Languages

English