PQC Architect

World Wide Technology (WWT) is a global technology integrator and supply chain solutions provider. Through our culture of innovation, we inspire, build, and deliver business results, from idea to outcome. World Wide Technology (WWT) islooking for an experienced PQC Architect for intersection of cryptographic architecture and platform/automation engineering. The ideal candidate will combine deep knowledge of cryptographic primitives and protocols with hands-on engineering skill building APIs, automating manual processes, and integrating with existing core cryptography and security platforms.

This is a contract Role & Inside IR35 PQC Architect Contract Duration : 6months!

Location:

United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Key Responsibilities Build and automate cryptographic service capabilities. Develop APIs, tooling and self-service solutions. Integrate cryptographic services into CI/CD and Dev Sec Ops  pipelines. Simplify and remove manual operational processes. Partner with application, cloud and infrastructure engineering teams. Drive platform reliability, resilience and service adoption. Support crypto-agility and future cryptography initiatives. Champion engineering best practices and continuous improvement. What We're Looking For Essential Strong software, platform or infrastructure engineering background.

Experience building and supporting enterprise-scale services. Strong automation and scripting skills (Python, Power Shell, Java, Go or similar). API development and systems integration experience. CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and Dev Ops practices.

Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP). Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills. Passion for simplifying complex problems through engineering. Desirable Knowledge of PKI and certificate management. Awareness of cryptographic services and key management. Security engineering or Dev Sec Ops  experience.

Experience with Kubernetes, cloud-native platforms or machine identities. Interest in cryptography, crypto-agility and post-quantum security. Candidates will be required to go through background checks before commencing contract. Must be eligible to live and work in the specifiedwork location. Some occasional travel may be required. Only successful candidates will be contacted EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES World Wide Technology is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of sex, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependents, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified.