Senior Cryptographic Engineer

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Plano
Posted on: October 30, 2024

Job Description:

Job Description:About us:At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!Job Description:This job is responsible for leading the most complex technical designs that enable business strategies in accordance with architectural governance, standards and policies. Key responsibilities include facilitating deployment of the most complex technical solutions by developing templates, playbooks and automation used during implementation. Job expectations include consistently looking for opportunities to improve the reliability and efficiency of implementing the services, and influencing a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.Overview: The Senior Cryptographic Engineer will be responsible for leading design, implementation, and maintenance of critical key management systems used to protect sensitive data within the bank and on the cloud. This role involves leading work efforts from inception to lifecycle management i.e. secure generation, storage, distribution, and rotation of cryptographic keys in compliance with NIST, FIPS and GDPR standards following all the best practices. Ability to develop detailed architectural diagrams to meet complex business/technical requirements.Responsibilities:

• Serves as a consultant on a broad range of technologies, platforms, and vendor offerings to drive targeted business outcomes
• Develops software solutions to address manual and repeatable work or inefficient processes and contributes to the technology strategy for end-to-end engineering solutions and provides feedback to the architecture teams
• Translates business requirements into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks for deployment in compliance with architecture standards and policies
• Participates in various steering committees for technical and infrastructure service domains
• Leads the evaluation of reference models, blueprints and playbooks to ensure they are fit for purpose
• Mentors and guides team members to ensure system design technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards
• Creates an inclusive and healthy working environment and help to resolve organizational impediments/blockers
• Ability to independently lead or manage small work efforts providing guidance to involved parties
• Ability to interact with senior management and present, solicit feedback and/or debate on subjects pertaining to the primary role
• Participates and provides feedback in the development of internal and external policies and procedures
• In-depth knowledge of AWS Security, Identity and compliance suite of services i.e. Amazon Detective, Inspector, GuardDuty, Audit Manager, Certificate Manager, CloudHSM, Directory Service, FW Manager, AWS KMS, IAM, etc. and working knowledge of Azure Security i.e. Defender for Cloud, Application Gateway, Microsoft Entra ID, Key Vault, etc. and their use with on-prem or cloud SaaS offerings
• Ensure compliance with internal standards, procedures and regulatory requirements related to key management. Participate in security audits and assessments
• Available to respond to security incidents involving the compromise or corruption of cryptographic key scenarios. Devise, implement and document corrective actions to prevent future incidents. Familiarity of Incident and Problem Management systems like Remedy or ServiceNow
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of key management processes, configurations, and incident responses
• Conduct training sessions and awareness programs for employees on best practices in key management and cryptographic security. Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies related to key management and cryptographic standardsRequired Qualifications:
  • 7+ years of Cryptographic engineering and architecture experience that includes designing, implementing and maintaining complex enterprise scale solutions and security systems
  • Overarching broad and deep technical knowledge of cryptographic standards i.e. FIPS, NIST and GDPR
  • Hand-on experience implementing security services on AWS, Azure and/or GCP
  • Extensive experience and advanced knowledge implementing key management systems i.e. HSMs and other hardware/software appliances
  • Extensive knowledge of KMS best-practices, latest security threats/trends and mitigation thereof
  • Advanced scripting experience and capabilities using python, perl, java and/or powershell
  • Strong working knowledge on Linux and windows systems and familiarity with DNS, networks, DMZs, firewalls, network security zones and IPv6
  • Deep, in-depth working knowledge of Kerberos and NTLM authentication, MFA, SSO and federation technologies
  • Experience performing large scale security implementation, upgrades, migrations, transitions and consolidation of IM and Cryptographic solutions
  • Experience and confidence to be the subject matter expert (SME) in an environment of this size and scale in order to coordinate technical efforts and resolve issues across multiple teams
  • Working knowledge of Certificate/CA/PKI infrastructure
  • Excellent communication skills, including proven experience effectively communicating technical challenges and solutions to peers, customers and senior management
  • Cryptography, Key Management dealing with HSMs
  • Thales CipherTrust Manager and Luna HSMs
  • Encryption and key management tools, processes and procedures including end to end key ceremony lifecycle
  • General understanding of Certificate Authorities and PKI
  • Authentication tools and services
  • Security event and incident management systems and/or incident reporting systems and networks
  • Experience developing scripts using python, jython, java, shell scripts on linux systems.
  • Extensive experience using various technologies such as REST, WebApi, SQL, ORM, IoC, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, CI/CD
  • Experience with LDAP queries
  • Experience implementing workflows and enterprise distributed applications with general understanding of databases and the ability to handcraft SQL queries when needed
  • Understanding of software development patterns and best practices
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or relevant experienceDesired Qualifications:
    • Certifications of Microsoft Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500) or AWS Certified Security Specialty
    • Thales CipherTrust Manager and Luna HSMs
    • Encryption and key management tools, processes and procedures
    • Strong scripting experience
    • Knowledge of managing network appliances in both form factors (hardware and virtual)Skills:
      • Adaptability
      • Business Acumen
      • Production Support
      • Solution Design
      • Stakeholder Management
      • Automation
      • Influence
      • Innovative Thinking
      • Solution Delivery Process
      • Technical Strategy Development
      • Application Development
      • Architecture
      • Collaboration
      • Project Management
      • Result OrientationShift:1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week: 40Pay Transparency detailsUS - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101)Pay and benefits informationPay range$150,000.00 - $190,700.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.Discretionary incentive eligibleThis role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.BenefitsThis role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

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