Cyber Data Protection/PKI Specialist Senior Consultant

Recruiting for this role ends on 12/31/2026.

About the role

Join our Deloitte Cyber team to deliver powerful solutions that help clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape. As a subject matter expert and trusted advisor, you will evaluate strategic and practical data protection and encryption requirements, advise on best practices, and design, implement, and operate technology and process solutions to reduce data risks across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor to clients, assisting them in evaluating data protection and encryption requirements based on emerging data risks.
• Advise on best practices for data encryption, decryption, and secure key management.
• Design, implement, and operate technology and process solutions to reduce data risks, including encryption strategies to protect sensitive data.
• Manage the deployment and lifecycle of PKI systems, ensuring robust and scalable certificate management processes.
• Monitor and maintain the health of certificate infrastructures to prevent downtime and security breaches.
• Assist with developing requirements, evaluating vendor solutions, architecting, implementing, and operating data protection solutions.
• Aid in the delivery of client engagements by:
  • Driving day-to-day execution and communicating updates to clients and firm leadership.
  • Providing leadership and support to delivery teams to ensure high-quality work products.
  • Tracking and reporting on project timelines to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Stay up to date on emerging encryption technologies (e.g., post-quantum cryptography, confidential computing, secure enclaves, envelope encryption) and industry trends around cyber risk, data protection, and cryptography practices.
• Proactively evaluate and recommend new tools and solutions to enhance data security.
• Support strategy, architecture, roadmap, and implementation workstreams.
• Demonstrate hands-on understanding of integration points across F5, load balancers, WAFs, Kubernetes, API gateways, web/app servers, and cloud platforms.
• Utilize client-facing skills for requirements gathering, stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and executive communication.
• Lead small teams/workstreams and produce structured, client-ready deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional experience within data protection and information security, which may include:
  • Data Discovery, Data Classification, and Rights Management
  • Data Access Governance, Data Loss Prevention, Cloud Access Security Broker
  • Encryption, Certificate Lifecycle Management, Cloud Security, SaaS Security
• 5+ years with PKI concepts: certificates, CAs, RA, CSR, OCSP, CRL, HSM, key management, trust chains.
• 2+ years of professional experience managing and implementing various encryption technologies (e.g., database encryption, file encryption, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), certificate lifecycle management (CLM), transport layer security (TLS)).
• Strong understanding of Cloud encryption concepts such as client-side encryption, bring your own key (BYOK), server-side encryption.
• 2+ years of professional experience developing data protection strategies, roadmaps, and frameworks.
• 2+ years of total hands-on technical experience with one or more data protection technologies.
• 2+ years with CLM platforms such as AppViewX, Venafi, Keyfactor, DigiCert, or similar.
• 2+ years with cryptographic standards and protocols including TLS/SSL, SSH, S/MIME, code signing, and NIST-aligned practices.
• 2+ years with certificate discovery, inventory, automation, renewal, and compliance monitoring.
• 2+ years supporting strategy, architecture, roadmap, and implementation workstreams.
• 2+ years of hands-on understanding of integration points across F5, load balancers, WAFs, Kubernetes, API gateways, web/app servers, and cloud platforms.
• 2+ years of client-facing skills: requirements gathering, stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and executive communication.
• 2+ years leading small teams/workstreams and producing structured, client-ready deliverables.
• Ability to travel 25-50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Limited sponsorship may be available.

Preferred Qualifications

• Quantum readiness and AI protection experience.
• Significant industry work experience.
• Experience with market-leading data protection and encryption vendors (e.g., Thales, AppViewX, Venafi, Fortanix, DigiCert, Protegrity).
• Experience with public cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) security and modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Starburst).
• Experience or familiarity with emerging data protection technologies for user communications, e.g., Secure Access Service Edge, Data Security Posture Management, Data Security Platforms, and Synthetic Data.
• Familiarity with networks, firewalls, IDS/IPS, and endpoint security.
• Familiarity with popular databases on both Windows and UNIX platforms, including Oracle and MS SQL.
• Familiarity with common identity, authentication, and directory services, such as Active Directory and LDAP.
• Familiarity with sophisticated multinational companies and distributed business models.
• Experience defining data protection use cases, documenting business requirements, and evaluating technology solutions.
• Experience with data risk program design, including alignment to cybersecurity and compliance programs.
• Experience working with data protection and information security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Experience leading collaborative efforts across organizational silos, including multifunctional teams of IT professionals, legal/compliance teams, and business executives.
• Experience with cloud collaboration tools and security/compliance, particularly Microsoft 365.
• Familiarity with change management, deployment, and operational processes in large IT organizations.
• Experience with vendor relationship management.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or similar.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $118,700 - $218,600. You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.