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Our client is seeking a lead-level engineer with deep experience in enterprise encryption and key management to play a pivotal role in advancing their data protection strategy. This is a highly visible role where you’ll own the design, implementation, and operation of encryption solutions across a global enterprise. If you’ve worked with platforms like Fortanix DSM, and know how to mentor teams while navigating complex regulatory and technical environments, this is your chance to lead at scale.
- Location: Orange County, CA (preferred) but open to Remote travel 1x/month
- Compensation: This job is expected to about 150-160k base plus strong benefits package
- No Visa Sponsorship Available for this role
What You’ll Do:
- Operate and optimize enterprise encryption and key management platforms, with a strong focus on Fortanix DSM
- Design and implement scalable encryption solutions for applications, databases, and storage—on-prem and in the cloud
- Lead integration efforts across application and DevOps teams, including onboarding and support frameworks
- Define and enforce policies for key lifecycle management, from generation to secure destruction
- Provide mentorship and create training resources to support internal teams and offshore partners
What Gets You the Job:
- Proven expertise in enterprise encryption platforms—Fortanix DSM highly preferred, but AWS KMS, HashiCorp Vault, or Thales acceptable
- Strong understanding of symmetric vs. asymmetric cryptography and common algorithms like AES and RSA
- Experience implementing storage-level encryption, file-level encryption (TDE), and field-level encryption strategies
- Prior experience leading or mentoring technical teams, with excellent documentation and communication skills
- Familiarity with security standards and compliance frameworks such as PCI-DSS, NIST, and HIPAA
If you’re passionate about building secure systems and ready to lead enterprise-level encryption initiatives, we’d love to connect. Apply today and help shape the future of data protection.
PLEASE NOTE: If we are still actively screening for this role, our AI Recruiter, Avery will email you to schedule a virtual meeting to learn more about your background.
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