Job Title: Senior Security Engineer - w2 only
Location: Southlake, TX ; Austin, TX / Onsite
Duration: 6 months
Rate: $60/hr on w2
Responsibilities
Key Management & Cryptographic Architecture
· Design and evolve secure key management architectures leveraging HSMs, MPC, and distributed cryptographic models.
· Establish end-to-end key lifecycle controls including generation, storage, rotation, signing, and recovery.
· Define architecture patterns across hot, warm, and cold storage models, articulating trade-offs and risk considerations.
· Ensure cryptographic implementations meet security, regulatory, and audit expectations.
· Embed defense-in-depth and zero trust principles in collaboration with security and risk teams.
Policy Frameworks & Transaction Governance
· Lead the design and implementation of policy-driven control frameworks, including:
o Authorization and approval workflows
o Transaction limits and exception handling
o Role-based access and segregation of duties
· Ensure policies are deterministic, code-driven, testable, and observable.
· Translate business, legal, and risk requirements into enforceable technical controls.
· Provide technical guidance on governance and control mechanisms.