Expert Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity Specialist

Krakow-based opportunity with a hybrid work model.

Description

As an Expert Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity Specialist, you will help shape secure digital infrastructure by providing expertise on quantum-safe security strategies. The role focuses on protection against emerging threats and alignment with industry standards and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance on quantum-safe security considerations, including cryptographic risks, key management, transport security, and crypto-agility principles.
• Translate quantum-safe objectives into practical security requirements, guardrails, and guidance for delivery teams.
• Review solution designs, technical approaches, and remediation patterns for alignment with security standards and controls.
• Support threat modeling and security-by-design activities for quantum-safe initiatives.
• Assist workstreams through discovery, prioritization, remediation, and migration-readiness phases.
• Define security success criteria for controlled pilots and proofs of concept, supporting safe deployment.
• Identify and articulate security risks, control gaps, and remediation actions, with rationale and evidence for risk acceptance.
• Communicate risks, decisions, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to a community of practice around quantum-safe security.

Requirements

• 7+ years of cybersecurity experience focused on cryptography and secure engineering, including TLS, PKI, key management, and cryptographic standards.
• Experience working in regulated environments with strong governance and control requirements.
• Ability to influence technical delivery outcomes through pragmatic, risk-based guidance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable insights.
• Fluent English.
• Existing legal right to work in the European Union.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with quantum-safe or post-quantum cryptography concepts and delivery implications.
• Experience supporting large-scale security transformation programs.
• Background in security architecture, technology risk, or formal assurance.
• Experience in financial institutions or highly regulated sectors.

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