Wipro

CTO - Cryptography Engineering Lead

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2 months ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Analyze application and platform use of cryptographic libraries, TLS stacks, signing workflows, encryption modules, key stores, HSM/KMS interfaces, and hardcoded cryptographic dependencies.
  • Create reference implementations for hybrid key exchange, signature migration, crypto abstraction, certificate upgrades, and library replacement patterns.
  • Build reusable engineering playbooks for Java, .NET, Python, Go, C/C++, APIs, middleware, and cloud-native services.
  • Support PQC pilots using approved libraries, testbeds, and partner or open-source tooling.
  • Define validation approaches for interoperability, regression, performance, latency, compatibility, and operational impact.
  • Guide application delivery teams and support AI-assisted code analysis and remediation workflows.
  • Perform root-cause analysis, troubleshoot recurring issues, modify software code, adapt to new hardware and software, enhance performance, and upgrade interfaces.
  • Collaborate with technical teams on configuration validation, application integration, deployment dependencies, and user training materials.

Requirements

  • 6-10 years of overall experience, including at least 3-5 years in secure engineering, cryptographic implementation, application security engineering, platform security, DevSecOps, or security-focused software engineering.
  • Strong programming and engineering background in at least two of Java, .NET/C#, Python, Go, C/C++, Rust, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Working knowledge of OpenSSL, Bouncy Castle, crypto APIs, TLS stacks, PKCS#11, key stores, secret management, cloud KMS/HSM, and certificate usage patterns.
  • Knowledge of secure SDLC, DevSecOps pipelines, automated testing, dependency management, and application security controls.
  • Ability to create reference code, integration guides, technical design notes, and reusable implementation patterns.
  • Practical understanding of PQC libraries and hybrid migration concepts.
  • Preferred experience includes liboqs, OQS-OpenSSL, PQClean, service mesh, API gateways, code-signing pipelines, performance testing, protocol testing, fuzzing, regression automation, secure code review, and BFS/payment/core banking environments.

Benefits

  • Applications from people with disabilities are explicitly welcome.
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About Wipro

10,000+ employees

Wipro is a global IT services and consulting firm that provides application development, cloud migration, infrastructure management, data/AI, and business process outsourcing for enterprises. It earns revenue through long-term outsourcing, managed services, and project-based consulting across multiple industries. Founded in 1945 and headquartered in Bangalore, India, Wipro is publicly traded (NYSE: WIT; NSE/BSE: WIPRO).

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