Senior Quantum Readiness & Cryptography Engineer

Work

This is a hands-on engineering role. The selected candidate will:

• Deploy, configure, and tune automated cryptographic discovery and inventory tooling across enterprise endpoints, servers, and network infrastructure
• Design, schedule, and operate cryptographic discovery scans, including scope definition, credential and sensor configuration, and performance tuning to minimize operational impact
• Configure and maintain visualization and analytics platforms to render cryptographic inventory data into dashboards, reports, and risk views for technical and executive audiences
• Build and operate data pipelines and queries in Splunk (preferred) to ingest, normalize, and analyze cryptographic discovery output
• Design and execute test plans for tooling deployment, scan accuracy, data fidelity, and platform integration, including documenting test cases, acceptance criteria, and results
• Implement and operationalize a continuous monitoring capability for the Department's cryptographic inventory, including recurring scan cadence, change detection, alerting, and trend reporting
• Develop migration roadmaps and engineering artifacts to move the enterprise toward quantum-safe algorithms and crypto-agile architectures

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide quantum readiness programs and cryptographic modernization efforts
• Define and execute engineering strategies for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) transition
• Build and operationalize automated cryptographic discovery, inventory, and risk analysis capabilities
• Evaluate tools and technologies for cryptographic inventory, quantum-safe algorithms, and crypto-agile architectures
• Interface with stakeholders to translate mission needs into secure, scalable engineering designs
• Develop system architecture, migration roadmaps, and engineering artifacts for PQC deployments
• Integrate quantum readiness outputs into governance, risk, and compliance reporting and tooling
• Mentor and coach mid-level engineers to grow capabilities in cryptographic engineering and quantum risk management
• Support audit, compliance, and continuous monitoring efforts for cryptographic controls and lifecycle management

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive cybersecurity systems engineering experience
• Active CISSP in good standing and/or willingness to earn a CISSP within 90 days of hire
• Hands-on experience running system scans and integrating data and reporting into a SIEM (e.g. Splunk, Elastic, etc.) and other big data platforms
• Demonstrated experience configuring visualization and analytics platforms to present security or asset inventory data
• Experience running, scheduling, and tuning enterprise security or cryptographic discovery scans
• Demonstrated expertise in cryptographic engineering, algorithm transition planning, and large-scale security programs
• Understanding of emerging quantum threats and "harvest now, decrypt later" risk models
• Proficiency with post-quantum cryptography standards and migration paradigms
• Strong background in PKI, key lifecycle management, and secure protocol engineering
• Experience translating security requirements into systems architecture in federal/CIO environments
• Familiarity with NIST, NSA, or equivalent standards driving quantum-resilient cryptography
• Proven ability to develop engineering documentation, test plans, technical roadmaps, and operational playbooks
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience configuring, administering, or building content in Splunk
• Prior experience with federal PQC readiness or mandatory federal timelines (e.g., M-23-02, National Security Memorandum-10 goals)
• Experience with automation and scripting for cryptographic discovery and governance (Python, PowerShell, etc.)
• Understanding of emerging quantum threats and “harvest now, decrypt later” risk models