Cryptography Engineer
McLean, VA
Category: Engineer
Industry: Financial Services
Standard Hours: Open
Reference ID: JN -092026-108697
Date Posted: 09/20/2026
Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/fMoqzk
Description:
Hybrid Onsite in Plano, TX or McLean, VA preferred but may work remotely in McLean, VA
Our client seeks a Cryptography Engineer to lead diverse technology projects focused on data protection, cryptography, and cloud-native security. The role includes hands-on contributions, collaboration with product and architecture teams, and ownership of Protegrity-based data protection services across mission-critical environments.
Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $60.00 to $70.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities:
- Lead a portfolio of technology projects with emphasis on cryptography, distributed microservices, and full stack systems to meet regulatory needs.
- Collaborate with Cyber product managers and architecture to deliver cloud-based security capabilities protecting financial services users.
- Assess security risks for data confidentiality and integrity by identifying vulnerabilities and understanding crypto threat impacts.
- Design and implement cryptographic solutions, including encryption, hashing, and digital signatures, with secure key management and enterprise integration.
- Mature and enhance cryptography governance frameworks, including policies, standards, guidelines, and auditability.
- Serve as SME and lead for a 5x9 mission-critical environment using Protegrity Data Encryption and Tokenization.
- Deliver automation with Ansible for large RHEL server environments to manage Protegrity agent lifecycle.
- Use Terraform Enterprise for AWS serverless deployments and integrate with Protegrity Cloud Protector.
- Implement at-rest encryption with Protegrity Fuse File Encryption.
- Maintain, enhance, and support Protegrity Data Protection policies.
- Manage integrations with data platforms such as Snowflake and Teradata.
Experience Requirements:
- At least 2 years of cryptography-related experience.
- At least 3 years in cyber security engineering.
- At least 2 years with cloud-native technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- At least 2 years of Unix or Linux administration and 1+ year of SELinux experience.
- At least 2 years with Protegrity Data Protection solutions.
- At least 2 years of DevOps experience using Ansible Automation Platform.
- At least 2 years using Terraform Enterprise.
- Preferred: 7+ years in cyber security engineering.
- Preferred: 3+ years with coding and scripting (Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript, Golang, Bash, Perl, or Ruby).
- Preferred: 4+ years with Protegrity Data Protection platform.
- Preferred: 2+ years with Linux file system concepts (FUSE, GPFS, NFS).
- Preferred: 2+ years with Linux storage subsystems, clustering, high availability, fault tolerance, and replication.
- Preferred: 3+ years with DevOps principles and agile practices.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree.
Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.
W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:
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· Eliassen Group will never ask you for personal information (home address, bank account, or check routing number) until you have worked with someone clearly associated with Eliassen Group.
If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact fraud@eliassen.com.
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