diff --git a/castellan/common/exception.py b/castellan/common/exception.py
index b2381f09..2ab8ddb6 100644
--- a/castellan/common/exception.py
+++ b/castellan/common/exception.py
@@ -54,3 +54,7 @@ class CastellanException(Exception):
 
 class Forbidden(CastellanException):
     message = u._("You are not authorized to complete this action.")
+
+
+class KeyManagerError(CastellanException):
+    message = u._("Key manager error: %(reason)s")
diff --git a/castellan/key_manager/__init__.py b/castellan/key_manager/__init__.py
index cb38bd3d..879ba246 100644
--- a/castellan/key_manager/__init__.py
+++ b/castellan/key_manager/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ from oslo_utils import importutils
 
 key_manager_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('api_class',
+               default='castellan.key_manager.barbican_key_manager'
+                       '.BarbicanKeyManager',
                help='The full class name of the key manager API class'),
 ]
 
diff --git a/castellan/key_manager/barbican_key_manager.py b/castellan/key_manager/barbican_key_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8240acf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/castellan/key_manager/barbican_key_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,296 @@
+# Copyright (c) The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""
+Key manager implementation for Barbican
+"""
+from barbicanclient import client as barbican_client
+from barbicanclient import exceptions as barbican_exceptions
+from keystoneclient.auth import token_endpoint
+from keystoneclient import session
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_utils import excutils
+
+from castellan.common import exception
+from castellan.key_manager import key_manager
+from castellan.key_manager import symmetric_key as key_manager_key
+from castellan.openstack.common import _i18n as u
+
+from six.moves import urllib
+
+barbican_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('barbican_endpoint',
+               default='http://localhost:9311/',
+               help='Use this endpoint to connect to Barbican'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('api_version',
+               default='v1',
+               help='Version of the Barbican API'),
+]
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+BARBICAN_OPT_GROUP = 'barbican'
+
+CONF.register_opts(barbican_opts, group=BARBICAN_OPT_GROUP)
+
+session.Session.register_conf_options(CONF, BARBICAN_OPT_GROUP)
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class BarbicanKeyManager(key_manager.KeyManager):
+    """Key Manager Interface that wraps the Barbican client API."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._barbican_client = None
+        self._base_url = None
+
+    def _get_barbican_client(self, context):
+        """Creates a client to connect to the Barbican service.
+
+        :param context: the user context for authentication
+        :return: a Barbican Client object
+        :raises Forbidden: if the context is None
+        """
+
+        # Confirm context is provided, if not raise forbidden
+        if not context:
+            msg = u._("User is not authorized to use key manager.")
+            LOG.error(msg)
+            raise exception.Forbidden(msg)
+
+        if self._barbican_client and self._current_context == context:
+                return self._barbican_client
+
+        try:
+            self._current_context = context
+            sess = self._get_keystone_session(context)
+
+            self._barbican_client = barbican_client.Client(
+                session=sess,
+                endpoint=self._barbican_endpoint)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
+                LOG.error(u._LE("Error creating Barbican client: %s"), e)
+
+        self._base_url = self._create_base_url()
+
+        return self._barbican_client
+
+    def _get_keystone_session(self, context):
+        sess = session.Session.load_from_conf_options(
+            CONF, BARBICAN_OPT_GROUP)
+
+        self._barbican_endpoint = CONF.barbican.barbican_endpoint
+
+        auth = token_endpoint.Token(self._barbican_endpoint,
+                                    context.auth_token)
+        sess.auth = auth
+        return sess
+
+    def _create_base_url(self):
+        base_url = urllib.parse.urljoin(self._barbican_endpoint,
+                                        CONF.barbican.api_version)
+        return base_url
+
+    def create_key(self, context, algorithm, length, expiration=None):
+        """Creates a key.
+
+        :param context: contains information of the user and the environment
+                     for the request (castellan/context.py)
+        :param algorithm: the algorithm associated with the secret
+        :param length: the bit length of the secret
+        :param expiration: the date the key will expire
+        :return: the UUID of the new key
+        :raises HTTPAuthError: if key creation fails with 401
+        :raises HTTPClientError: if key creation failes with 4xx
+        :raises HTTPServerError: if key creation fails with 5xx
+        """
+        barbican_client = self._get_barbican_client(context)
+
+        try:
+            key_order = barbican_client.orders.create_key(
+                algorithm=algorithm,
+                bit_length=length,
+                expiration=expiration)
+            order_ref = key_order.submit()
+            order = barbican_client.orders.get(order_ref)
+            return self._retrieve_secret_uuid(order.secret_ref)
+        except (barbican_exceptions.HTTPAuthError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPClientError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPServerError) as e:
+            with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
+                LOG.error(u._LE("Error creating key: %s"), e)
+
+    def store_key(self, context, key, expiration=None):
+        """Stores (i.e., registers) a key with the key manager.
+
+        :param context: contains information of the user and the environment
+                     for the request (castellan/context.py)
+        :param key: the unencrypted secret data. Known as "payload" to the
+                    barbicanclient api
+        :param expiration: the expiration time of the secret in ISO 8601
+                           format
+        :returns: the UUID of the stored key
+        :raises HTTPAuthError: if key creation fails with 401
+        :raises HTTPClientError: if key creation failes with 4xx
+        :raises HTTPServerError: if key creation fails with 5xx
+        """
+        barbican_client = self._get_barbican_client(context)
+
+        try:
+            if key.get_algorithm():
+                algorithm = key.get_algorithm()
+            encoded_key = key.get_encoded()
+            # TODO(kfarr) add support for objects other than symmetric keys
+            secret = barbican_client.secrets.create(payload=encoded_key,
+                                                    algorithm=algorithm,
+                                                    expiration=expiration)
+            secret_ref = secret.store()
+            return self._retrieve_secret_uuid(secret_ref)
+        except (barbican_exceptions.HTTPAuthError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPClientError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPServerError) as e:
+            with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
+                LOG.error(u._LE("Error storing key: %s"), e)
+
+    def copy_key(self, context, key_id):
+        """Copies (i.e., clones) a key stored by barbican.
+
+        :param context: contains information of the user and the environment
+                     for the request (castellan/context.py)
+        :param key_id: the UUID of the key to copy
+        :return: the UUID of the key copy
+        :raises HTTPAuthError: if key creation fails with 401
+        :raises HTTPClientError: if key creation failes with 4xx
+        :raises HTTPServerError: if key creation fails with 5xx
+        """
+
+        try:
+            secret = self._get_secret(context, key_id)
+            secret_data = self._get_secret_data(secret)
+            # TODO(kfarr) modify to support other types of keys
+            key = key_manager_key.SymmetricKey(secret.algorithm, secret_data)
+            copy_uuid = self.store_key(context, key, secret.expiration)
+            return copy_uuid
+        except (barbican_exceptions.HTTPAuthError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPClientError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPServerError) as e:
+            with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
+                LOG.error(u._LE("Error copying key: %s"), e)
+
+    def _create_secret_ref(self, key_id):
+        """Creates the URL required for accessing a secret.
+
+        :param key_id: the UUID of the key to copy
+        :return: the URL of the requested secret
+        """
+        if not key_id:
+            msg = "Key ID is None"
+            raise exception.KeyManagerError(msg)
+        base_url = self._base_url
+        if base_url[-1] != '/':
+            base_url += '/'
+        return urllib.parse.urljoin(base_url, "secrets/" + key_id)
+
+    def _retrieve_secret_uuid(self, secret_ref):
+        """Retrieves the UUID of the secret from the secret_ref.
+
+        :param secret_ref: the href of the secret
+        :return: the UUID of the secret
+        """
+
+        # The secret_ref is assumed to be of a form similar to
+        # http://host:9311/v1/secrets/d152fa13-2b41-42ca-a934-6c21566c0f40
+        # with the UUID at the end. This command retrieves everything
+        # after the last '/', which is the UUID.
+        return secret_ref.rpartition('/')[2]
+
+    def _get_secret_data(self, secret):
+        """Retrieves the secret data given a secret and content_type.
+
+        :param secret: the secret from barbican with the payload of data
+        :returns: the secret data
+        """
+        # TODO(kfarr) support other types of keys
+        return secret.payload
+
+    def _get_secret(self, context, key_id):
+        """Returns the metadata of the secret.
+
+        :param context: contains information of the user and the environment
+                     for the request (castellan/context.py)
+        :param key_id: UUID of the secret
+        :return: the secret's metadata
+        :raises HTTPAuthError: if key creation fails with 401
+        :raises HTTPClientError: if key creation failes with 4xx
+        :raises HTTPServerError: if key creation fails with 5xx
+        """
+
+        barbican_client = self._get_barbican_client(context)
+
+        try:
+            secret_ref = self._create_secret_ref(key_id)
+            return barbican_client.secrets.get(secret_ref)
+        except (barbican_exceptions.HTTPAuthError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPClientError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPServerError) as e:
+            with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
+                LOG.error(u._LE("Error getting secret metadata: %s"), e)
+
+    def get_key(self, context, key_id):
+        """Retrieves the specified key.
+
+        :param context: contains information of the user and the environment
+                     for the request (castellan/context.py)
+        :param key_id: the UUID of the key to retrieve
+        :return: SymmetricKey representation of the key
+        :raises HTTPAuthError: if key creation fails with 401
+        :raises HTTPClientError: if key creation failes with 4xx
+        :raises HTTPServerError: if key creation fails with 5xx
+        """
+        try:
+            secret = self._get_secret(context, key_id)
+            secret_data = self._get_secret_data(secret)
+            # TODO(kfarr) add support for other objects
+            key = key_manager_key.SymmetricKey(secret.algorithm, secret_data)
+            return key
+        except (barbican_exceptions.HTTPAuthError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPClientError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPServerError) as e:
+            with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
+                LOG.error(u._LE("Error getting key: %s"), e)
+
+    def delete_key(self, context, key_id):
+        """Deletes the specified key.
+
+        :param context: contains information of the user and the environment
+                     for the request (castellan/context.py)
+        :param key_id: the UUID of the key to delete
+        :raises HTTPAuthError: if key creation fails with 401
+        :raises HTTPClientError: if key creation failes with 4xx
+        :raises HTTPServerError: if key creation fails with 5xx
+        """
+        barbican_client = self._get_barbican_client(context)
+
+        try:
+            secret_ref = self._create_secret_ref(key_id)
+            barbican_client.secrets.delete(secret_ref)
+        except (barbican_exceptions.HTTPAuthError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPClientError,
+                barbican_exceptions.HTTPServerError) as e:
+            with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
+                LOG.error(u._LE("Error deleting key: %s"), e)
diff --git a/castellan/key_manager/key_manager.py b/castellan/key_manager/key_manager.py
index 2e0ee1f5..5b458ae2 100644
--- a/castellan/key_manager/key_manager.py
+++ b/castellan/key_manager/key_manager.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class KeyManager(object):
     """
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def create_key(self, context, algorithm='AES', length=256,
-                   expiration=None, **kwargs):
+    def create_key(self, context, algorithm, length,
+                   expiration=None):
         """Creates a key.
 
         This method creates a key and returns the key's UUID. If the specified
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class KeyManager(object):
         pass
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def store_key(self, context, key, expiration=None, **kwargs):
+    def store_key(self, context, key, expiration=None):
         """Stores (i.e., registers) a key with the key manager.
 
         This method stores the specified key and returns its UUID that
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class KeyManager(object):
         pass
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def copy_key(self, context, key_id, **kwargs):
+    def copy_key(self, context, key_id):
         """Copies (i.e., clones) a key stored by the key manager.
 
         This method copies the specified key and returns the copy's UUID. If
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class KeyManager(object):
         pass
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def get_key(self, context, key_id, **kwargs):
+    def get_key(self, context, key_id):
         """Retrieves the specified key.
 
         Implementations should verify that the caller has permissions to
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class KeyManager(object):
         pass
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def delete_key(self, context, key_id, **kwargs):
+    def delete_key(self, context, key_id):
         """Deletes the specified key.
 
         Implementations should verify that the caller has permission to delete
diff --git a/castellan/tests/key_manager/test_barbican_key_manager.py b/castellan/tests/key_manager/test_barbican_key_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0098e8c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/castellan/tests/key_manager/test_barbican_key_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+# Copyright (c) The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""
+Test cases for the barbican key manager.
+"""
+
+import array
+
+import mock
+
+from castellan.common import exception
+from castellan.key_manager import barbican_key_manager
+from castellan.key_manager import symmetric_key as key_manager_key
+from castellan.tests.key_manager import test_key_manager
+
+
+class BarbicanKeyManagerTestCase(test_key_manager.KeyManagerTestCase):
+
+    def _create_key_manager(self):
+        return barbican_key_manager.BarbicanKeyManager()
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(BarbicanKeyManagerTestCase, self).setUp()
+
+        # Create fake auth_token
+        self.ctxt = mock.Mock()
+        self.ctxt.auth_token = "fake_token"
+
+        # Create mock barbican client
+        self._build_mock_barbican()
+
+        # Create a key_id, secret_ref, pre_hex, and hex to use
+        self.key_id = "d152fa13-2b41-42ca-a934-6c21566c0f40"
+        self.secret_ref = ("http://host:9311/v1/secrets/" + self.key_id)
+        self.pre_hex = "AIDxQp2++uAbKaTVDMXFYIu8PIugJGqkK0JLqkU0rhY="
+        self.hex = ("0080f1429dbefae01b29a4d50cc5c5608bbc3c8ba0246aa42b424baa4"
+                    "534ae16")
+        self.key_mgr._base_url = "http://host:9311/v1/"
+        self.addCleanup(self._restore)
+
+    def _restore(self):
+        try:
+            getattr(self, 'original_key')
+            key_manager_key.SymmetricKey = self.original_key
+        except AttributeError:
+            return None
+
+    def _build_mock_barbican(self):
+        self.mock_barbican = mock.MagicMock(name='mock_barbican')
+
+        # Set commonly used methods
+        self.get = self.mock_barbican.secrets.get
+        self.delete = self.mock_barbican.secrets.delete
+        self.store = self.mock_barbican.secrets.store
+        self.create = self.mock_barbican.secrets.create
+
+        self.key_mgr._barbican_client = self.mock_barbican
+        self.key_mgr._current_context = self.ctxt
+
+    def _build_mock_symKey(self):
+        self.mock_symKey = mock.Mock()
+
+        def fake_sym_key(alg, key):
+            self.mock_symKey.get_encoded.return_value = key
+            self.mock_symKey.get_algorithm.return_value = alg
+            return self.mock_symKey
+        self.original_key = key_manager_key.SymmetricKey
+        key_manager_key.SymmetricKey = fake_sym_key
+
+    def test_copy_key(self):
+        # Create metadata for original secret
+        original_secret_metadata = mock.Mock()
+        original_secret_metadata.algorithm = mock.sentinel.alg
+        original_secret_metadata.bit_length = mock.sentinel.bit
+        original_secret_metadata.name = mock.sentinel.name
+        original_secret_metadata.expiration = mock.sentinel.expiration
+        original_secret_metadata.mode = mock.sentinel.mode
+        content_types = {'default': 'fake_type'}
+        original_secret_metadata.content_types = content_types
+        original_secret_data = mock.Mock()
+        original_secret_metadata.payload = original_secret_data
+
+        # Create href for copied secret
+        copied_secret = mock.Mock()
+        copied_secret.store.return_value = (
+            'http://http://host:9311/v1/secrets/uuid')
+
+        # Set get and create return values
+        self.get.return_value = original_secret_metadata
+        self.create.return_value = copied_secret
+
+        # Create the mock key
+        self._build_mock_symKey()
+
+        # Copy the original
+        self.key_mgr.copy_key(self.ctxt, self.key_id)
+
+        # Assert proper methods were called
+        self.get.assert_called_once_with(self.secret_ref)
+        self.create.assert_called_once_with(
+            payload=self.mock_symKey.get_encoded(),
+            algorithm=mock.sentinel.alg,
+            expiration=mock.sentinel.expiration)
+        copied_secret.store.assert_called_once_with()
+
+    def test_copy_null_context(self):
+        self.key_mgr._barbican_client = None
+        self.assertRaises(exception.Forbidden,
+                          self.key_mgr.copy_key, None, self.key_id)
+
+    def test_create_key(self):
+        # Create order_ref_url and assign return value
+        order_ref_url = ("http://localhost:9311/v1/orders/"
+                         "4fe939b7-72bc-49aa-bd1e-e979589858af")
+        key_order = mock.Mock()
+        self.mock_barbican.orders.create_key.return_value = key_order
+        key_order.submit.return_value = order_ref_url
+
+        # Create order and assign return value
+        order = mock.Mock()
+        order.secret_ref = self.secret_ref
+        self.mock_barbican.orders.get.return_value = order
+
+        # Create the key, get the UUID
+        returned_uuid = self.key_mgr.create_key(self.ctxt,
+                                                algorithm='AES',
+                                                length=256)
+
+        self.mock_barbican.orders.get.assert_called_once_with(order_ref_url)
+        self.assertEqual(self.key_id, returned_uuid)
+
+    def test_create_null_context(self):
+        self.key_mgr._barbican_client = None
+        self.assertRaises(exception.Forbidden,
+                          self.key_mgr.create_key, None, 'AES', 256)
+
+    def test_delete_null_context(self):
+        self.key_mgr._barbican_client = None
+        self.assertRaises(exception.Forbidden,
+                          self.key_mgr.delete_key, None, self.key_id)
+
+    def test_delete_key(self):
+        self.key_mgr.delete_key(self.ctxt, self.key_id)
+        self.delete.assert_called_once_with(self.secret_ref)
+
+    def test_delete_unknown_key(self):
+        self.assertRaises(exception.KeyManagerError,
+                          self.key_mgr.delete_key, self.ctxt, None)
+
+    def test_get_key(self):
+        original_secret_metadata = mock.Mock()
+        original_secret_metadata.algorithm = mock.sentinel.alg
+        original_secret_metadata.bit_length = mock.sentinel.bit
+        original_secret_data = mock.Mock()
+        original_secret_metadata.payload = original_secret_data
+
+        self.mock_barbican.secrets.get.return_value = original_secret_metadata
+        key = self.key_mgr.get_key(self.ctxt, self.key_id)
+
+        self.get.assert_called_once_with(self.secret_ref)
+        self.assertEqual(key.get_encoded(), original_secret_data)
+
+    def test_get_null_context(self):
+        self.key_mgr._barbican_client = None
+        self.assertRaises(exception.Forbidden,
+                          self.key_mgr.get_key, None, self.key_id)
+
+    def test_get_unknown_key(self):
+        self.assertRaises(exception.KeyManagerError,
+                          self.key_mgr.get_key, self.ctxt, None)
+
+    def test_store_key_base64(self):
+        # Create Key to store
+        secret_key = array.array('B', [0x01, 0x02, 0xA0, 0xB3]).tolist()
+        _key = key_manager_key.SymmetricKey('AES', secret_key)
+
+        # Define the return values
+        secret = mock.Mock()
+        self.create.return_value = secret
+        secret.store.return_value = self.secret_ref
+
+        # Store the Key
+        returned_uuid = self.key_mgr.store_key(self.ctxt, _key)
+
+        self.create.assert_called_once_with(algorithm='AES',
+                                            payload=secret_key,
+                                            expiration=None)
+        self.assertEqual(self.key_id, returned_uuid)
+
+    def test_store_key_plaintext(self):
+        # Create the plaintext key
+        secret_key_text = "This is a test text key."
+        _key = key_manager_key.SymmetricKey('AES', secret_key_text)
+
+        # Store the Key
+        self.key_mgr.store_key(self.ctxt, _key)
+        self.create.assert_called_once_with(algorithm='AES',
+                                            payload=secret_key_text,
+                                            expiration=None)
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.store.call_count)
+
+    def test_store_null_context(self):
+        self.key_mgr._barbican_client = None
+        self.assertRaises(exception.Forbidden,
+                          self.key_mgr.store_key, None, None)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index d494076d..40b57211 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ hacking>=0.9.2,<0.10
 
 coverage>=3.6
 discover
+python-barbicanclient>=3.0.1
 python-subunit
 sphinx>=1.1.2
 oslosphinx