Remote Quantum-Safe Networking Architect

Physics World; Oregon (WI); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

IonQ, Inc. is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to design how networks become quantum-safe for the world’s largest operators and governments.

You will shape quantum-safe architectures and migration paths, collaborate with GTM colleagues, and lead architecture discussions, proofs of concept, and interoperability tests. You will balance customer-facing work with design authority, standards work, and thought leadership, turning field learnings into reference architectures, playbooks, and

Qualifications

• Experience in network architecture and cryptography.
• Strong communication with CISOs and network engineers.
• Public speaking and thought leadership in quantum-safe networking.

Responsibilities

• Design quantum-safe target architectures and migration paths for customer networks—spanning WAN and transport, data center and campus, segmentation and access control, key management, and the crypto that underpins all of it.
• Lead technical discovery and architecture.

Skills

Quantum-safe networking

Architecture design

Customer-facing communication

Public speaking

Cryptography knowledge

Job description

IonQ, Inc. is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to design how networks become quantum-safe for the world’s largest operators and governments.

You will shape quantum-safe architectures and migration paths, collaborate with GTM colleagues, and lead architecture discussions, proofs of concept, and interoperability tests. You will balance customer-facing work with design authority, standards work, and thought leadership, turning field learnings into reference architectures, playbooks, and