Post Quantum Cryptography Senior Manager

Key Role:

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 solutions that ensure clients have a quantum-resistant and best practice approach across their enterprise. Work jointly with leaders across products, IT, networking, infrastructure, and other teams to ensure architectures, systems, and designs properly consider PQC best practices.Lead, hire, and inspire teams of PQC experts to perform security reviews, develop cryptographic inventories, develop and implement PQC pilots, and migrate tools and technology to be quantum resistant. Lead the delivery of assessments of cryptographic environments, provide recommendation and remediation plans along with development, implementation, and support of operational models supporting solutions and services meeting client requirements.

Basic 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

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience presenting at industry events focused on Post-Quantum Cryptography

• Experience leading the transition of existing infrastructure to new cryptography protocols and standards

• Experience leading the transformation and implementation of an enterprise scale initiative at a Fortune 500 company

• Experience hiring and growing teams of technical talent

• Knowledge of post-quantum algorithms

Compensation

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Work Model
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• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you'll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you'll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.