KCS Operations Team Lead

Job Description:

Summary:

The KCS Operations Team Lead is responsible for managing the lifecycle and operational integrity of cryptographic assets including keys certificates and secrets. This role ensures secure provisioning rotation storage and decommissioning of sensitive credentials across enterprise systems while leading a team of engineers and analysts to maintain compliance and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead a team responsible for managing enterprise KCS infrastructure.
• Assign tasks monitor performance and provide mentorship and training.
• Foster a culture of security accountability and continuous improvement.

Operational Oversight

• Oversee the deployment monitoring and maintenance of key management systems (KMS) certificate authorities (CA) and secrets management platforms.
• Manage Certificate Authorities (CAs) Registration Authorities (RAs) OCSP responders CRLs and HSMs.
• Ensure timely rotation and renewal of certificates and secrets to prevent outages or vulnerabilities.
• Manage access controls and audit trails for all cryptographic assets.

Security & Compliance

• Ensure KCS operations comply with internal policies and external standards (e.g. NIST ISO 27001 PCI-DSS).
• Support internal and external audits by maintaining accurate documentation and logs.
• Implement and enforce policies for secure key generation storage and destruction.

Incident Response & Troubleshooting

• Act as the escalation point for KCS-related incidents.
• Lead root cause analysis and remediation efforts for certificate expirations key compromise or misconfigurations.

Collaboration & Reporting

• Work closely with DevOps Infrastructure and Application Security teams to integrate KCS best practices into CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments.
• Provide regular reports on KCS health risk posture and compliance metrics to senior leadership.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in cybersecurity or infrastructure operations with a focus on cryptographic asset management.
• Strong understanding of PKI TLS/SSL HSMs and secrets management tools.
• Proficiency in cryptographic protocols (OCSP CRL TSA).
• Hands-on experience with HSMs (e.g. Thales SafeNet) and PKI platforms (e.g. Entrust eMudhra).
• Experience with cloud-native KMS solutions (e.g. AWS KMS Azure Key Vault GCP Cloud KMS).
• Familiarity with scripting and automation (e.g. Python PowerShell Terraform).
• Excellent leadership communication and problem-solving skills.

What we will do for you:

Competitive compensation

Pension scheme

DXC Select Our comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance childcare vouchers gym membership and more)

Perks at Work (discounts on technology groceries travel and more)

DXC incentives (recognition tools employee lunches regular social events etc)

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