Cryptography Specialist (HSM) (Polish required)

 

Card Cryptography Specialist

About Capco

Capco is a global technology and management consultancy specializing in driving transformation across the financial services industry. We combine deep industry expertise with technology, data, and innovation capabilities to help our clients address complex challenges and deliver sustainable change.

Our teams work with leading banks and financial institutions on business-critical initiatives across banking, payments, capital markets, wealth and asset management, and insurance. At Capco, we value collaboration, ownership, continuous learning, and a pragmatic approach to solving complex problems.

We are currently looking for a Card Cryptography Specialist to join our team and support secure, highly available payment card environments for our clients.

About the Role

As a Card Cryptography Specialist, you will be responsible for the administration and security of cryptographic infrastructure supporting payment card systems. You will work with Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), cryptographic keys, digital certificates, payment authorization platforms, and card-processing environments.

The role requires close cooperation with card, security, infrastructure, application, and operations teams, as well as external vendors and payment schemes such as Visa and Mastercard.

You will play an important role in maintaining the security, availability, and compliance of cryptographic services used across Issuing, Acquiring, and Clearing & Settlement processes.

What You'll Do

• Administer, configure, maintain, and monitor HSM devices used by payment card systems.

• Coordinate the full lifecycle of cryptographic keys supporting Issuing, Acquiring, and Clearing & Settlement processes.

• Generate, import, export, rotate, renew, and retire cryptographic keys in accordance with Visa, Mastercard, PCI, and internal security requirements.

• Coordinate digital certificates used by card systems, payment platforms, and secure communication channels.

• Coordinate certificate and cryptographic key renewal processes.

• Support payment authorization and clearing systems from a cryptography perspective.

• Provide cryptographic support for the implementation of new card products, services, integrations, and platform changes.

• Maintain secure communication between banking systems, payment schemes, processors, and external partners.

• Investigate incidents related to cryptographic operations, payment authorization, certificates, and key exchange.

• Diagnose issues related to EMV cryptography, PIN Translation, PIN Verification, MAC Validation, and other card security mechanisms.

• Monitor the availability and correct operation of cryptographic infrastructure.

• Cooperate with card, cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, and operations teams as well as technology vendors.

• Work with Visa and Mastercard during cryptographic changes, key-management activities, and certification processes.

• Participate in security audits and activities related to PCI compliance.

• Create, maintain, and improve operational documentation, security procedures, and cryptographic runbooks.

• Report on the status, security, and operational performance of cryptographic infrastructure.

• Participate in on-call support and respond to production incidents when required.

What You'll Need

• Strong knowledge of applied cryptography in payment card environments.

• Hands-on experience with the administration and configuration of Hardware Security Modules (HSMs).

• Practical understanding of cryptographic key-management processes within card-processing environments.

• Knowledge of Visa and Mastercard security standards, requirements, and operational processes.

• Good und