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BCforward

Senior Engineer

On site

Plano, United states

$ 70 /hour

Senior

Freelance

04-02-2026

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Skills

Leadership Encryption Express

Job Specifications

*Candidates must be able to work onsite from day 1*

*Presently we are unable to sponsor and request applicants to apply who are authorized to work without sponsorship*

*Candidates must be able to work on the BCForward W2 without a vendor or employer*

The client is looking for a Senior Engineer (Mainframe & Network) with deep platform credibility and security/cryptography transformation experience, specifically around post-quantum cryptography (PQC).

Location(s): Tampa, FL and Plano, TX

Contract to Hire (Y/N): N

Schedule: 5 days onsite

Possible 6-month extension

Mainframe-first expertise

Hands-on familiarity with z/OS ecosystem
Comfortable discussing ICSF, RACF, CPACF, Crypto Express, key management
Must have operated at scale (enterprise mainframe environments)

Large-scale delivery leadership

Ownership of end-to-end delivery, not just coordination
Experience driving multi-year, high-risk, compliance-heavy initiatives
Strong governance, dependency management, and stakeholder control

Security & Cryptography Transformation

Assessment of existing cryptographic algorithms
Understanding of quantum risk to classical encryption
Ability to design and execute migration roadmaps (classical → PQC)
Awareness of emerging standards (e.g., NIST PQC)

About the Company

Job seekers from around the globe join our talent community to advance their careers and leverage their expertise to enable organizations in leading industries to reach their goals. BCforward is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) with Global headquarters in Indianapolis, IN and Asian headquarters in Hyderabad, India. Know more