Technical Lead - Cryptographic CBOM Development
First seen by Alion on Oct 16, 2026.
Role :
- Lead technical discovery, cryptographic inventory and CBOM development.
- Validate architecture, discovery methods and inventory data quality.
- Assess cryptographic dependencies across enterprise infrastructure and applications.
- Guide technical implementation and migration planning.
- Coordinate with customer technical teams and the CBOM partner.
Requirements :
- 7 - 10 years hands-on in enterprise security architecture, cryptography, PKI, TLS, HSMs, IAM or cloud security.
- Demonstrated expertise in PQC, crypto-agility, cryptographic discovery, CBOM and migration planning.
- NIST PQC standards, TLS 1.3, certificate lifecycle management and key management.
- Cryptographic discovery methods : code and binary scanning, network traffic analysis, configuration review, certificate and key store inspection.
- CBOM structure (CycloneDX/SPDX) and inventory data quality against the >90% accuracy benchmark.
- Enterprise network architecture : WAF, load balancers, API gateways, DMZ, service mesh.
- Assessing applications, databases, OS, network devices and third-party products for crypto dependencies.
- At least one enterprise-scale PQC readiness, cryptographic inventory or modernisation engagement.
- Exposure to banking systems and payment rails (UPI, IMPS, NEFT, RTGS, cards, SWIFT, ATM networks).
Good-to-have :
- Hands-on experience with crypto discovery and CLM tools (e.g., Keyfactor, Venafi, AppViewX).
- HSM platforms (e.g., Thales, Entrust, Utimaco) and cloud KMS.
- Python scripting.
- Treasury and trade finance system exposure.
Skills
Security Architect, Cryptography, Cloud Security, Identity Management, NIST, Information Security, Cyber Security, WAF