Digital Certificate Consultant-Preston or Inverness-6mths-SC-£550pdy

(Digital Certificate Management Consultant - Preston or Inverness - 6 months - SC - £550pday)\n
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\nThe role is 5 days on-site in either Preston or Inverness\n
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\nThis role is a The Digital Certificate Management Consultant operates within the Operational Integrator (OI) function within a multi-supplier (SIAM) environment and is responsible for governing, coordinating, and assuring digital certificate management activities across all suppliers.\n
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\nThe role provides oversight of certificate life cycle management, supplier compliance, certificate ownership, inventory accuracy, and certificate-related risk. \n
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\nThis is a governance, coordination, and assurance role and does not perform certificate administration, PKI operations, cryptographic engineering, or technical certificate deployment activities.\n
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skills and experience\n
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Essential\n
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\nExperience in Digital Certificate Management, PKI Governance, Cyber Security Governance, Information Assurance, or GRC\n
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\nStrong understanding of:\n
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\nCertificate life cycle management\n
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\nCertificate-related operational risks\n
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\nGovernance and assurance practices\n
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\nSecurity compliance and audit requirements\n
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\nExperience working within multi-supplier, SIAM, or complex outsourced environments\n
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\nStrong stakeholder management and supplier coordination skills\n
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\nExperience producing governance reporting and risk-based management information\n
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\nAbility to interpret certificate management outputs and reporting without direct operational ownership\n
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Desirable\n
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\nKnowledge of:\n
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\nEnterprise PKI environments\n
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\nPublic Certificate Authorities (DigiCert, Sectigo, Entrust, GlobalSign etc.)\n
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\nISO 27001 and ISMS requirements\n
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\nNIST Cyber Security Framework\n
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\nNCSC guidance\n
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\nExperience within Defence, Government, Critical National Infrastructure, or highly regulated environments\n
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\nExperience supporting audit and assurance programmes\n
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\nExposure to ServiceNow, GRC tooling, or certificate management platforms\n
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Key Deliverables\n
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\nCertificate Management Governance Framework\n
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\nConsolidated certificate inventory reporting\n
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\nCertificate risk and compliance dashboards\n
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\nSupplier performance reporting\n
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\nCertificate life cycle assurance reporting\n
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\nAudit-ready evidence repository\n
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\nGovernance and risk board reporting packs\n
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\nContinuous improvement recommendations and maturity assessments\n

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