Technical Analyst - Cryptography & Key Management Specialist

Overview

Role Purpose
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Own private-key security, signing controls, and end-to-end key lifecycle governance for the Digital Asset Custody platform. The role ensures institutional-grade cryptographic controls aligned with regulatory, audit, and security requirements.

• Define and maintain key generation, storage, rotation, backup, and recovery procedures
• Configure and manage MPC and/or HSM quorum rules, approval workflows, and segregation of duties
• Implement and enforce signing controls across custody transaction flows
• Support security audits, penetration tests, and regulatory reviews related to key management
• Participate in incident response activities involving key compromise, recovery, or control failures
• Ensure cryptographic controls are embedded by design across custody operations

• Applied cryptography in regulated financial environments
• Custody key lifecycle governance (institutional asset protection equivalent to trade authorization controls)
• Strong security-by-design mindset with operational and regulatory awareness

• HSMs (Cloud
  
  HSM and/or on-premise HSM solutions)
• MPC frameworks for distributed key custody and signing
• Ripple Custody governance engine
• Supporting security, access control, and audit tooling

• Proven experience in institutional digital asset custody key management
• Deep understanding of blockchain signing models, private-key cryptography, and transaction authorization
• Hands-on experience with HSM and/or MPC-based custody architectures
• Strong exposure to audits, regulators, and security governance processes
• Ability to work closely with security, compliance, product, and platform teams in a regulated environment