Lead PQC Architect & SME — Remote Federal Cybersecurity

ShorePoint

Herndon (VA)

Remote

USD 180,000 - 230,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

PTO 144 hours

401(k)

Healthcare coverage

Continuing education

Job summary

ShorePoint seeks a Principal System Architect/SME to lead an enterprise Post-Quantum Cryptography program for a federal agency and guide the technical direction for transitioning from classical to quantum-resistant cryptography. This hands-on team lead role directs senior architects and engineers, coordinates workloads with stakeholders, and advances PQC migration and crypto-agility.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in systems architecture, CISSP/CISM certification, and proven experience

Qualifications

10+ years in systems architecture with leadership responsibilities.
Active CISSP or CISM certification.
Experience designing enterprise cybersecurity architectures and capabilities.
Experience developing enterprise cybersecurity architecture requirements with customers and stakeholders.
Experience baselining enterprise cybersecurity capability configurations and validating implementations.
Experience creating policy aligned with CISA maturity models and NIST standards.
Applicants must currently be a U.S. citizen for federal contracts.

Responsibilities

Lead and supervise a team of senior systems architects and engineers, providing daily direction and mentorship.
Advise the project manager on workload distribution and staffing across the systems team.
Shape and support the agency’s PQC migration strategy in alignment with NIST post-quantum standards and CNSA 2.0 requirements.
Lead cryptographic inventory and discovery efforts to identify systems exposed to quantum decryption risk.
Establish crypto-agility standards to enable transitions between classical and post-quantum algorithms.
Advise on hybrid classical/PQC implementation approaches to protect systems during migration.
Evaluate NIST-selected PQC algorithms for enterprise use cases and system requirements.
Gather and develop enterprise cybersecurity architecture requirements with federal stakeholders.
Produce design architectures covering software, hardware and communications.
Design, implement and baseline enterprise cybersecurity capability configurations.
Validate and verify capability implementations and ongoing configuration changes.
Develop policy aligned with CISA maturity models and NIST standards.
Foster collaboration across government and contractor teams.