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

(Digital Certificate Management Consultant - Preston or Inverness - 6 months - SC - £550pday)

The role is 5 days on-site in either Preston or Inverness

This 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.

The role provides oversight of certificate life cycle management, supplier compliance, certificate ownership, inventory accuracy, and certificate-related risk.

This is a governance, coordination, and assurance role and does not perform certificate administration, PKI operations, cryptographic engineering, or technical certificate deployment activities.

skills and experience

Essential

Experience in Digital Certificate Management, PKI Governance, Cyber Security Governance, Information Assurance, or GRC

Strong understanding of:

Certificate life cycle management

Certificate-related operational risks

Governance and assurance practices

Security compliance and audit requirements

Experience working within multi-supplier, SIAM, or complex outsourced environments

Strong stakeholder management and supplier coordination skills

Experience producing governance reporting and risk-based management information

Ability to interpret certificate management outputs and reporting without direct operational ownership

Desirable

Knowledge of:

Enterprise PKI environments

Public Certificate Authorities (DigiCert, Sectigo, Entrust, GlobalSign etc.)

ISO 27001 and ISMS requirements

NIST Cyber Security Framework

NCSC guidance

Experience within Defence, Government, Critical National Infrastructure, or highly regulated environments

Experience supporting audit and assurance programmes

Exposure to ServiceNow, GRC tooling, or certificate management platforms

Key Deliverables

Certificate Management Governance Framework

Consolidated certificate inventory reporting

Certificate risk and compliance dashboards

Supplier performance reporting

Certificate life cycle assurance reporting

Audit-ready evidence repository

Governance and risk board reporting packs

Continuous improvement recommendations and maturity assessments

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