Encryption & Post-Quantum Architect

Stanley Black & Decker
Towson, MD, United States
5 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
7 years minimum
Compensation
$110,600.0 - $178,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Cloud Computing Cyber Security Information Systems Cryptographic Protocols Key Management Public Key Infrastructure Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture SSL Certificate Management Technical Debt Togaf Information Technology

Job description

As an Encryption & Post-Quantum Architect, you’ll be part of our Corporate IT Team working as a Remote employee. You’ll get to:

  • Develop and maintain enterprise cryptographic architecture standards and technical guidance.
  • Maintain visibility into cryptographic assets, certificates, keys, encryption dependencies, and cryptographic trust relationships across the enterprise.
  • Lead post-quantum cryptography readiness assessments and cryptographic inventory initiatives.
  • Evaluate vendor, supplier, and technology partner readiness for post-quantum cryptography migration.
  • Develop cryptographic modernization and remediation roadmaps.
  • Identify cryptographic risks, technical debt, and improvement opportunities.
  • Partner with infrastructure, application, cloud, manufacturing, and product teams to drive remediation activities.
  • Provide technical leadership for PKI, certificate lifecycle management, encryption services, cryptographic controls, and digital trust technologies.
  • Support security reviews, audits, and regulatory compliance initiatives involving encryption and cryptographic controls.
  • Develop metrics and reporting related to cryptographic maturity, readiness, and risk reduction.

Requirements

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in information security, enterprise architecture, infrastructure engineering, security architecture, or related technical disciplines.
  • Experience with PKI, certificate management, key management systems, and cryptographic protocols.
  • Experience developing technical standards and enterprise architecture guidance.
  • Experience supporting cloud and hybrid enterprise environments.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills., * Experience with NIST cryptographic standards and post-quantum cryptography initiatives.
  • Experience with certificate lifecycle automation and enterprise PKI programs.
  • Experience supporting manufacturing, operational technology, or global enterprise environments.
  • CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, TOGAF, or comparable certifications.
  • Experience conducting enterprise-wide technology assessments and remediation programs.

Benefits & conditions

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

  • Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
  • Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be - and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

  • Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
  • Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
  • Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
  • Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices. ** **

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc).

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The Salary range for this position is $110,600.00 - $178,000.00

  • This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker. ?
  • The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations.?
  • The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases. ?
  • Medical, dental, life, vision, disability,401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being. ?
  • Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tool sand other partner programs., You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

Learning & Development:

Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:

We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:

You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

About the company

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT, BLACK+DECKER, CRAFTSMAN, STANLEY, CUB CADET, and HUSTLER., Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn’t stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths., For the builders and protectors, for the makers and explorers, for those shaping and reshaping our world through hard work and inspiration, Stanley Black & Decker provides the tools and innovative solutions you can trust to get the job done-and we have since 1843.

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