About this role
<table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:1.65in;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><strong><span style="">Job Title:</span></strong></p> </td> <td style="width:370.15pt;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="">Principal Platform Engineer – Identity Cryptographic Services</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:1.65in;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><strong><span style="">Corporate Title:</span></strong></p> </td> <td style="width:370.15pt;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="">Vice President</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:1.65in;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><strong><span style="">Division:</span></strong></p> </td> <td style="width:370.15pt;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="">CTO - Group Platform and Services Engineering</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:1.65in;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><strong><span style="">Department / Group:</span></strong></p> </td> <td style="width:370.15pt;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="">Group CIO</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:1.65in;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><strong><span style="">Location:</span></strong></p> </td> <td style="width:370.15pt;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="">Mumbai, India (Powai – Winchester)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:8.2pt"> <td style="width:1.65in;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><strong><span style="">Hiring Manager:</span></strong></p> </td> <td style="width:370.15pt;padding:0.0in 5.4pt 0.0in 5.4pt" valign="top"> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"><span style="">Dominic Cobo</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:12.0pt"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;line-height:14.0pt"><strong>1) Job/Group Overview<br></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:normal"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:normal"><span style="">Nomura is currently undergoing a substantial modernisation programme across its identity and access management platforms. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Identity Engineering function leading the engineering of the next-generation Public Key Infrastructure and Key Management platform solutions for the firm and driving Group technology standardization initiatives.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:normal"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;line-height:12.0pt"><strong><span style="">2) Responsibilities:</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:normal"><strong><span style=""> </span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Work with the product owner & other engineers to design, implement and scale new and existing systems in the Identity Cryptographic Services domain to support Certificate Lifecycle Management Certificate Authorities, Key Management Services, and Hardware Security Module Platforms.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Provide technical engineering leadership for Key Management and Public Key Infrastructure platforms.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Support the modification of Key Management and Public Key Infrastructure platforms to drive strategic road map through consolidation and build out of new capabilities.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Provide technical guidance and coaching to junior engineers within the team.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Contribute towards ongoing automation and continuous improvement of existing services, including working closely with operational colleagues to improve general platform operability & stability.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Maintain high quality documentation and designs.</li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:14.0pt"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:normal"> </p> <p><strong><span style=""> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt;text-indent:0.0in;line-height:normal"><strong><span style=""> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 6.0pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;line-height:12.0pt"><strong><span style="">3) Requirements (indicate mandatory </span></strong><strong><span style="">and/or</span></strong><strong><span style=""> preferred)</span></strong><strong><span style="">:<br></span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;line-height:14.0pt"><strong>Skills & Experience Mandatory:</strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">7+ years of demonstrable experience with Key Management systems (e.g. Entrust Key Control / CSP, Thales Cipher Trust Manager),</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">7+ years of demonstrable experience with HSM platforms (e.g. Entrust nShield HSMs, Thales Luna HSMs)</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">7+ years of demonstrable experience with Internal and External Public Key Infrastructure</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Strong background in modern platform delivery toolchains, techniques and fundamentals to drive automation of deployment and configuration (e.g. Gitlab, Ansible, Terraform, Powershell, Bash, etc)</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Experience with hybrid cloud architectures (including AWS, Azure, GCP, etc).</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Experience working in agile environment (e.g. Scrum)</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Computer Science or similar degree</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or vendor-specific qualifications.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Strong understanding of how Key management and PKI operate to enable data protection and identity capabilities.<br><br></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;line-height:14.0pt"><strong>Preferred:</strong><br><br></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Experience with ServiceNow.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Exposure to Atlassian products (JIRA, Confluence)</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Awareness of and familiarity with ITIL</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Familiarity with modern telemetry and observability platforms (Prometheus, Loki, Grafana or similar).</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Financial Services Industry experience.</li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;line-height:14.0pt"><br><strong>Soft Skills Required:</strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.5in;line-height:14.0pt"> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Excellent English written and verbal communication skills</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Ability to work with minimal supervision and on multiple tasks simultaneously</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Strong Self-motivation, enthusiasm and proven rapid learning capability</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Excellent self-management and prioritization skills</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Exceptional interpersonal skills including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Business and analytical problem-solving skills.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 48.0px;line-height:14.0pt">Ability to understand business context and requirements and discuss technical details at different levels based on the audience</li> </ul> <p style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-left:48.0px;line-height:14.0pt"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in 43.55pt 0.3pt 0.0in;text-align:justify;line-height:113%;Times New Roman', serif"><em><span style="line-height:113%">We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age.</span></em></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 43.55pt 0.3pt 0.0in;text-align:justify;line-height:113%;Times New Roman', serif"><em><span style="line-height:113%"> </span></em></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 43.55pt 0.3pt 0.0in;text-align:justify;line-height:113%;Times New Roman', serif"><em><span style="line-height:113%"> </span></em></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 43.55pt 0.3pt 0.0in;text-align:justify;line-height:113%;Times New Roman', serif"><em><span style="line-height:113%">*Applying for this role does not amount to a job offer or create an obligation on Nomura to provide a job offer. The expression "Nomura" refers to Nomura Services India Private Limited together with its affiliates.</span></em></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in"><em><span style="">*The benefits are subject to change and will be in accordance with Company’s policies as may be applicable from time to time). </span></em></p>