Security Solutions Principal - Cryptography, Key Management & Post-Quantum Readiness

Location: Maryland Heights

** Why WWT?*
* At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.

With over 12,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 14 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!

** What is the Solutions Consulting & Engineering (SC&E) Team and why join?*
* Solutions Consulting & Engineering is an organization that is Customer Focused and Solutions Led. We deliver end-to-end and emerging solutions to drive customer satisfaction, increase profitability and growth.  Our success is enabled by our world-class management consulting, delivery excellence and engineering brilliance. Our goal is to bring together business acumen with full-stack technical know-how to develop innovative solutions for our clients' most complex challenges.

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* Position Overview:

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* We are seeking a highly experienced  
** Principal Consultant specializing in enterprise cryptography, key management, and post-quantum readiness
** to lead strategic client engagements focused on cryptographic risk, encryption modernization, key lifecycle management, and quantum-resilient architecture.

This role serves as a senior advisor to CISOs, architecture leaders, and risk executives, helping organizations design and execute comprehensive cryptographic programs that address current operational and regulatory requirements while building resilience against emerging quantum threats.

The ideal candidate blends deep cryptographic expertise across key management, PKI, encryption operations, and post-quantum cryptography with consulting leadership and business acumen to translate complex cryptographic challenges into actionable, risk-based strategies.

** Key Responsibilities*
* ** Client Advisory & Strategy*
* + Advise executives and security leaders on  
** cryptographic risk, key management strategy, quantum readiness, and long-term encryption posture*
* + Lead cryptographic maturity evaluations, PQC readiness assessments, and key management capability reviews

+ Develop enterprise cryptographic roadmaps aligned to business risk, data classification, and regulatory drivers

+ Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership and boards

** Cryptographic Discovery & Inventory*
* + Lead enterprise-wide cryptographic asset discovery across algorithms, certificates, keys, protocols, and encryption dependencies

+ Identify "harvest now, decrypt later" exposure and prioritize remediation based on data sensitivity and shelf life

+ Assess third-party and supply chain cryptographic dependencies including SaaS providers, payment processors, certificate authorities, and embedded systems

+ Develop cryptographic inventories that serve as the foundation for migration planning and risk quantification

** Key Management & HSM Operations*
* + Design and assess  
** enterprise key management programs
** covering the full lifecycle: generation, distribution, rotation,…