Remote PQC & Quantum-Resistant Crypto Architect

Xcede Recruitment Solutions; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working

6-month contract

Job summary

Xcede Recruitment Solutions is seeking an experienced Cryptography Architect for a 6-month contract with a September start. This hands-on role focuses on deploying crypto-inventory tooling, mapping cryptographic assets, and building a CBOM across critical applications as part of a PQC readiness programme.

You will work with application owners, security teams and developers to identify cryptography usage, assess risks and advise remediation and migration strategies while aligning with PQC

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data security, cryptography or security architecture.
• Strong knowledge of symmetric and asymmetric encryption, digital signatures, hashing, certificates and key management.
• Good understanding of PQC algorithms, crypto-agility and NIST standardisation.
• Previous experience with cryptographic discovery tools and CBOM creation.
• Hands-on experience deploying enterprise security or source-code analysis solutions.
• Ability to review source code and script using Python, Java or C#.
• Strong consulting, stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, CISM or specialist cryptography qualifications would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of the PQC-readiness programme.
• Act as the subject-matter expert for cryptography, crypto-agility and quantum-resistant security.
• Deploy, configure and manage cryptographic inventory and code-analysis tools.
• Discover and document cryptographic algorithms, protocols, certificates, libraries and keys.
• Develop and maintain detailed CBOMs for critical applications and platforms.
• Review bespoke application source code where automated discovery tools are insufficient.
• Use scripting to automate crypto discovery and inventory generation.
• Assess current cryptographic implementations against emerging PQC standards.
• Identify vulnerable, deprecated and non-PQC-compliant algorithms and dependencies.
• Produce risk assessments, technical findings and remediation recommendations.
• Support the development of a practical roadmap for migration to quantum-resistant cryptography.
• Present findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Cryptography

PQC (Post-Quantum Cryptography)

Crypto inventory tooling

CBOM creation

Python/Java/C#

Security architecture

Stakeholder management

Tools

Crypto inventory tools

Code-analysis tools

Job description

Xcede Recruitment Solutions is seeking an experienced Cryptography Architect for a 6-month contract with a September start. This hands-on role focuses on deploying crypto-inventory tooling, mapping cryptographic assets, and building a CBOM across critical applications as part of a PQC readiness programme.

You will work with application owners, security teams and developers to identify cryptography usage, assess risks and advise remediation and migration strategies while aligning with PQC