CTO - Security Architect

Wipro; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro in Bengaluru seeks an experienced senior security architect to lead quantum-safe architecture initiatives across applications, infrastructure, cloud, PKI, keys and certificates. The role requires deep cryptography expertise and hands-on design capabilities.

You will drive risk analyses, define hybrid cryptography strategies, and partner with security, enterprise architecture and delivery teams to produce implementable migration roadmaps and guidance.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in cryptography, PKI, and security architecture.
• Proven ability to design quantum-resistant architectures.
• Experience in risk assessment and migration planning.
• Strong stakeholder management and consulting skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead crypto discovery across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, network protocols, certificates, keys and signing workflows.
• Define quantum-risk assessment method covering RSA, ECC, TLS, SSH, IPsec, code signing, PKI, HSM/KMS, data confidentiality and integrity exposure.
• Design crypto-agility target architecture, hybrid cryptography strategy and reference migration patterns.
• Review discovery findings and convert them into prioritized remediation roadmaps.
• Lead client technical workshops with security architecture, CISO, infrastructure, application and enterprise architecture teams.
• Guide pilot scope selection and validate whether migration designs are implementable and aligned to standards.
• Mentor consultants and engineering specialists on PQC, cryptographic risk and client delivery methods.

Skills

RSA & ECC

PKI & X.509

TLS/SSL & SSH

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Cloud security

NIST PQC

Crypto migration

Tools

OpenSSL

liboqs

PQClean

Bouncy Castle

PKCS#11

Cloud KMS/HSM

Job description

10-14 years overall experience; at least 5-7 years in cybersecurity, cryptography, PKI, cloud security, security architecture, or applied cryptographic engineering.

Lead quantum-safe architecture, risk analysis, hybrid cryptography design and migration planning across applications, infrastructure, cloud, PKI, keys and certificates.

Key Responsibilities

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Job Description

Role Purpose

10-14 years overall experience; at least 5-7 years in cybersecurity, cryptography, PKI, cloud security, security architecture, or applied cryptographic engineering.

Lead quantum-safe architecture, risk analysis, hybrid cryptography design and migration planning across applications, infrastructure, cloud, PKI, keys and certificates.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead crypto discovery strategy across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, network protocols, certificates, keys and signing workflows.
• Define quantum-risk assessment method covering RSA, ECC, TLS, SSH, IPsec, code signing, PKI, HSM/KMS, data confidentiality and integrity exposure.
• Design crypto-agility target architecture, hybrid cryptography strategy and reference migration patterns.
• Review discovery findings and convert them into prioritized remediation roadmaps.
• Lead client technical workshops with security architecture, CISO, infrastructure, application and enterprise architecture teams.
• Guide pilot scope selection and validate whether migration designs are implementable and aligned to standards.
• Mentor consultants and engineering specialists on PQC, cryptographic risk and client delivery methods.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of RSA, ECC, PKI, X.509, TLS/SSL, SSH, IPsec, digital signatures, certificate lifecycle, HSM and KMS concepts.
• Hands-on familiarity with security architecture, threat modeling, cloud security and enterprise cryptographic controls.
• Working knowledge of NIST PQC standards, ML-KEM/Kyber, ML-DSA/Dilithium, SLH-DSA/SPHINCS+ and hybrid migration patterns.
• Ability to create reference architectures, migration roadmaps, risk scoring models and executive-ready technical narratives.

Strong stakeholder management and consulting communication skills

Preferred / Advantageous Skills

• Exposure to BFS security environments, regulated workloads, payment systems, identity platforms or high-value data protection programs.
• Experience with OpenSSL, liboqs, PQClean, Bouncy Castle, PKCS#11, cloud KMS/HSM platforms or cryptographic tooling.
• Familiarity with NIST, FIPS, ETSI, CNSA 2.0 and sector-specific regulatory expectations.

Expected Deliverables / Outputs

• Quantum-risk assessment approach
• Crypto-agility reference architecture
• Hybrid crypto design patterns
• Prioritized migration roadmap
• Client workshop outputs and architecture assurance notes

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