Security Solutions Consultant - Post-Quantum Readiness (PQC)

About the Company

World Wide Technology (WWT) strives to make a new world happen by bringing together strategy, deep technical expertise, and world-class partnerships to help public and private sector organizations design, build, and scale intelligent AI, digital, cybersecurity, cloud, and infrastructure solutions. Founded in 1990, WWT operates through its Advanced Technology Center (ATC), a collaborative ecosystem featuring state-of-the-art hardware and software, enabling clients to conceptualize, test, and validate innovative technology before deployment at scale.

With over 14,000 team members and 60+ global locations, WWT’s culture is recognized for innovation, trust, and creating a great workplace. WWT serves large enterprise, global service provider, and public sector clients in up to 130 countries across six continents. Softchoice, a WWT company, supports commercial and SMB markets in the U.S. and Canada.

About the Team

Solutions Consulting & Engineering (SC&E) is a customer-focused, solutions-led organization delivering end-to-end and emerging solutions to drive customer satisfaction, profitability, and growth. The team combines business acumen with full-stack technical expertise to develop innovative solutions for clients' most complex challenges.

About the Role

We are seeking a Consultant specializing in cryptography and post-quantum readiness to support client engagements focused on cryptographic risk, encryption modernization, key lifecycle management, and quantum-resilient architecture. This role involves hands-on delivery work under the direction of Lead and Principal Consultants, including cryptographic discovery, assessment analysis, documentation, and remediation support. The Consultant will work directly with client technical teams while developing deep cryptographic and consulting skills.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of cryptographic maturity evaluations, PQC readiness assessments, and key management capability reviews under the direction of Lead and Principal Consultants.
• Conduct interviews, workshops, and data gathering sessions with client technical teams.
• Contribute analysis, findings, and documentation to cryptographic roadmaps and remediation plans.
• Prepare and present workstream-level findings to client technical stakeholders.
• Execute enterprise cryptographic asset discovery across algorithms, certificates, keys, protocols, and encryption dependencies using scanning tools and manual analysis.
• Document and analyze “harvest now, decrypt later” exposure based on data sensitivity and shelf life.
• Gather and document third-party and supply chain cryptographic dependencies, including SaaS providers, payment processors, certificate authorities, and embedded systems.
• Build and maintain cryptographic inventories that support migration planning and risk quantification.
• Assess key management lifecycle practices (generation, distribution, rotation, revocation, escrow, and destruction) against leading practices.
• Analyze PKI environments, including CA hierarchies, certificate lifecycle management, and automated enrollment protocols (ACME, SCEP, EST).
• Review encryption controls across data states (at-rest, in-transit, in-use), including TLS configurations and cipher suite hygiene.
• Support development of risk-based PQC migration plans and prioritization models accounting for data longevity versus quantum timeline estimates.
• Research NIST-selected PQC algorithms, hybrid key exchange approaches (e.g., ML-KEM combined with classical ECDH), and vendor PQC roadmaps.
• Contribute to policies, standards, and crypto baseline documentation.
• Track remediation progress and maintain engagement artifacts and working papers.
• Map findings to NIST guidance, cryptographic controls, and regulatory expectations.
• Support documentation of cryptographic risk in business and regulatory terms.
• Build expertise in cryptography, key management, PKI, and post-quantum readiness through engagement work, training, and certifications.
• Contribute to practice assets such as templates, accelerators, and research summaries.
• Support whitepapers, client workshops, and internal enablement sessions.
• Actively seek and apply feedback and mentorship from Lead and Principal Consultants.

Requirements

• 5+ years in cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, or related technical roles.
• Working knowledge of cryptographic fundamentals, including symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hashing, digital signatures, and TLS.
• Familiarity with PKI concepts, including certificates, certificate authorities, and certificate lifecycle management.
• Exposure to one or more of: key management, HSMs, cloud KMS platforms, secrets management, or network/identity security.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Awareness of post-quantum cryptography concepts and NIST PQC standardization outcomes.
• Experience with certificate lifecycle management tooling or Microsoft ADCS administration.
• Scripting or automation skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for discovery and analysis tasks.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Security+, GSEC, SSCP, or cloud security credentials).
• Prior consulting or client-facing experience.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position is $82,800 to $103,500 annually. Actual salary will be based on factors such as shift, location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure, certification, and business needs. Certain positions may also be eligible for variable incentive compensation, such as bonuses or commissions, not included in the base pay.

Benefits

• Health and Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision care; onsite health centers (MO & IL); employee assistance program; wellness program.
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay; profit sharing; 401k plan with company matching; life and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; tuition reimbursement.
• Paid Time Off: PTO & holidays; parental leave; medical leave; military leave; bereavement; Day of Caring.
• Additional Perks: Family planning benefits; nursing mothers benefits; voluntary legal, supplemental accident/illness/hospital, and ID theft insurance; pet insurance; employee discount program.