Lead Crypto-Quantum Security Architect, Cloud-Native

Connect Tech+Talent; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Part time

Job summary

Connect Tech+Talent in Frisco, TX is seeking a Lead Cryptography & Next-Gen Infrastructure Security Architect for a 12-month contract to shield our cloud-native platforms from evolving threats. You will drive PQC transitions, privacy-preserving runtimes, kernel-level observability and secure AI/LLM inference pipelines, with hands-on experience in TEEs, SMPC, ZKP, ITDR, SPIFFE/SPIRE and Kyverno.

This role requires 10+ years in enterprise cybersecurity and the ability to integrate security

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise cybersecurity architecture and infrastructure engineering.
• Post-Quantum Strategy: Proven track record designing and implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) strategies alongside robust crypto-agility frameworks.
• Confidential Computing: Hands-on mastery of hardware-level Confidential Computing using Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs).
• Identity & Zero Trust: Experience deploying Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) solutions and establishing workload identities with SPIFFE/SPIRE for service-to-service authentication.
• AI Pipeline Security: Hardened experience protecting live AI inference pipelines built on TensorRT-LLM and Triton Inference Server.
• Cloud-Native Governance: Extensive familiarity managing Kubernetes-native security policies via Kyverno to guarantee multi-cluster policy-as-code enforcement.
• Platform Engineering Integration: Experience embedding security guardrails natively into developer workflows utilizing Backstage IDP.
• Cost Governance: Ability to design security structures that remain strictly aligned with enterprise FinOps principles.

Responsibilities

• Crypto-Agility & Evolution: Formulate and roll out enterprise-wide, future-proofed cryptographic standards resilient against quantum threats.
• Advanced Defense Deployment: Architect systems using SMPC, Homomorphic Encryption, and ZKPs to protect multi-tenant enterprise workflows.
• Runtime Guardrails: Oversee deployment of eBPF-based security monitoring tools and RASP configurations to track and prevent active zero-day runtime exploits.
• AI Infrastructure Hardening: Partner with AI/ML infrastructure squads to guarantee total data isolation and isolation boundaries for foundational large language models.
• Cross-Functional Governance: Sync with risk management, platform infrastructure, and compliance leads to ensure alignment with standard threat modeling frameworks (STRIDE, MITRE ATT&CK).

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

PQC strategy

ITDR & Zero Trust

AI pipeline security

Kubernetes security

Backstage IDP

Security governance

Cost governance

Tools

eBPF

RASP

Kyverno

TEEs

TensorRT-LLM

Triton Inference Server

SPIFFE/SPIRE

Backstage IDP

Job description

Connect Tech+Talent in Frisco, TX is seeking a Lead Cryptography & Next-Gen Infrastructure Security Architect for a 12-month contract to shield our cloud-native platforms from evolving threats. You will drive PQC transitions, privacy-preserving runtimes, kernel-level observability and secure AI/LLM inference pipelines, with hands-on experience in TEEs, SMPC, ZKP, ITDR, SPIFFE/SPIRE and Kyverno.

This role requires 10+ years in enterprise cybersecurity and the ability to integrate security