Commercial Post-Quantum Crypto Director

Booz Allen Hamilton; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 303,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, life, disability benefits

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington, DC is seeking a Commercial Post Quantum Cryptography Director to establish and grow its PQC practice, defining direction, standards and requirements for services and solutions. This role focuses on driving PQC strategy across Booz Allen’s commercial customers and aligning architectures with quantum-resistant practices.

You will educate client executives and engineering teams on PQC best practices, collaborate with product, IT, networking, and infrastructure

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading technical teams across Post-Quantum Cryptography, Classical Cryptography, or Secure Communications.
• 5+ years of experience with infrastructure component management or design with hardware or software, including interoperability of cryptographic protocols.
• Experience presenting recommendations and roadmaps to executive stakeholders.
• Experience developing and testing interoperability of quantum resistant algorithms.
• Experience leading teams in the implementation of large-scale software or hardware deployments.
• Knowledge of quantum-safe technologies, timelines, and standards, including NIST publications.
• Knowledge of EU cyber regulations and PQC recommendations.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.
• Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Establish and grow Booz Allen’s Commercial Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) practice.
• Define the PQC team’s direction, standards and requirements for services, and solutions sold to Booz Allen Commercial customers.
• Enable businesses to understand risks and overall security posture of their existing and new quantum cryptography constructs.
• Educate and influence client executive and engineering teams on PQC best practices.
• Work proactively with leaders across all levels to design, implement, and support PQC solutions for enterprise.
• Lead, hire, and inspire teams of PQC experts to perform security reviews and pilots, migrate tools to be quantum resistant.
• Lead the delivery of assessments of cryptographic environments and remediation plans.

Skills

Post-Quantum Cryptography

Cryptography

Leadership

Executive stakeholder communication

Security reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington, DC is seeking a Commercial Post Quantum Cryptography Director to establish and grow its PQC practice, defining direction, standards and requirements for services and solutions. This role focuses on driving PQC strategy across Booz Allen’s commercial customers and aligning architectures with quantum-resistant practices.

You will educate client executives and engineering teams on PQC best practices, collaborate with product, IT, networking, and infrastructure