It security administrator

Location: Work-from-Home (Within the US)

Length: 6+ month Assignment with high chance of fulltime conversion down the road.

Overview: Supports Post Quantum Cryptography based software, tools and solutions to progress analysis and implementation efforts. Identify and process application specific data to help enumerate cryptographic connections that fall in scope of the project. Engage with stakeholders, product owners and leadership to obtain appropriate buy-in and to communicate technical specifics about cryptography, network architecture, software libraries and downstream considerations. Works closely with related teams to build holistic solutions for the PQC effort. Organizing separate teams and workstreams to delivery unified results. Works closely with the cyber incident teams, threat hunting teams, and various lines of business to mitigate risk. Identify and drive process improvement within Secure Data Management, including suggested process improvements, automation efforts and AI considerations.

Required Qualifications: Cyber Security background (3-5 years' experience). Basic understanding of cryptography is required. Basic understanding of network architecture, servers and other potential PQC endpoints is desirable. Ability to communicate effectively clearly and concisely verbally and through technical writing. Actively support security collaboration with internal and external parties.

Desirable Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in CIS, Cybersecurity, Computer Science or other related field. Understanding of Certificate Lifecycle Management and PKI. Understanding of Network protocols, libraries and other in-scope PQC technology. Experience in automation and scripting of applications and systems. Knowledge of relational databases and structured query language. Knowledge of client/server relationships and multi-tier environments. Experience with IBM Guardium tools a plus. Experience with PKI, PQC, Venafi and other cryptography. Security+; Network+, other certifications are a plus.