
Sunlit Centre Kenya
June 19, 2025 at 05:25 AM
🚀We are #hiring: Senior Cryptography Engineer. 🚀
Location: Nairobi
Model: Hybrid
Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Cryptography Engineer to join our security engineering team. This role is critical in managing cryptographic key lifecycles, designing and maintaining secure key management systems, and ensuring compliance with industry standards such as PCI DSS. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cryptographic principles, hands-on experience with on premise and cloud environments (AWS and Azure), and a strong understanding of risk management practices.
What You Will Do:
✔️Provide specialist advice and support to safeguard information
systems and associated assets through the identification and management
of security risks. Identify, diagnose and recommend improvements and
provide specialist advice and support to ensure that solutions are
appropriate and effective.
✔️ Provide support and contribute to a culture of customer
service excellence that meets and exceeds exceptional service. Build
relationships with customers that contribute to a culture of customer service
excellence:
✔️ Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full
compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management
Framework and internal Policies and Policy Standards:
✔️ Contribute to the effective reduction of cost and financial wastage
in line with organisational policies and procedures:
✔️ Perform security audits and clean-ups to ensure accurate
and up to date access within the organisation:
✔️ Analyze IT related access reports to identify discrepancies and anomalies and recommend remedial action. Provide specialist advice and support in defining standard operating procedures:
Qualifications:
✨Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or a
related field. 🎓
✨5+ years of experience in cryptography, key management, or security
engineering roles.🖊
✨Strong knowledge of cryptographic algorithms, protocols (TLS, PKI, etc.),
and standards (FIPS 140-2/3, NIST SP 800 series).⚙️
✨Hands-on experience with AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, and on-prem HSMs.⌨️
✨Familiarity with PCI DSS requirements and audit processes.🖊
✨Proficiency in scripting languages and and infrastructure-ascode
tools.🖊
📧 How to Apply:
Does this sound like you? If YES, share your application to [email protected] not later than 24th June 2025.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.