Build the Future of
Post-Quantum Cryptography & Cyber Defense
Join Australia's premier team of mathematical cryptographers, zero-trust kernel architects, and security-cleared defense cyber engineers defending critical national infrastructure.
Work on Mathematical Problems with National Impact
Post-Quantum Frontiers
Deploy NIST FIPS 203 (Kyber) and FIPS 204 (Dilithium) in real hardware environments, eliminating quantum threat vectors before they manifest.
Sovereign Cyber Defense
Defend Australia's critical infrastructure, banking grids, and government cloud meshes against state-sponsored espionage actors.
Hardware Enclaves & HSMs
Work directly with FIPS 140-3 Level 4 HSMs, silicon TPM 2.0 chips, Multi-Party Computation shards, and tamper-resistant cryptographic root keys.
Research & RFC Freedom
20% dedicated time for peer-reviewed cryptographic papers, RFC contributions, and speaking at global defense symposiums.
An Elite Environment for Elite Engineers
Top 1% Compensation & Equity
We benchmark against tier-one global tech firms with top-percentile base salaries, milestone bonuses, and direct equity ownership.
Workstation of Choice
Choose between custom 64-Core Linux Threadripper builds or top-spec Apple M4 Max MacBook Pros with 4K dual displays and hardware dev-kits.
Clearance Sponsorship
We fully sponsor and guide eligible Australian citizens through Australian Government NV1 and NV2 National Security Clearance vetting.
Sydney Headquarters & Lab
Modern headquarters at 100 Mount St, North Sydney with state-of-the-art facilities, on-site barista, and air-gapped sovereign hardware enclaves.
$10,000 Annual Learning Stipend
Every engineer receives $10,000 AUD per year for travel, specialized certifications, and attending DEF CON, Black Hat, or Real World Crypto.
Comprehensive Health & Family Care
Private health insurance top-up, mental wellness coverage, annual gym subsidies, and 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers.
Open Engineering & Research Roles
Principal Post-Quantum Cryptographer
Lead the mathematical design, optimization, and microservice integration of NIST FIPS 203 (CRYSTALS-Kyber) and FIPS 204 (CRYSTALS-Dilithium) lattice algorithms for sovereign defense and tier-1 banking clusters.
- Architect and benchmark high-performance C++20 / Rust post-quantum cryptographic primitives.
- Implement SIMD assembly kernels (AVX-512 and ARM NEON) for sub-millisecond key encapsulation.
- PhD or Master's in Mathematics, Computer Science, or Cryptography.
- 5+ years engineering production cryptographic systems or high-assurance security protocols.
Staff Zero-Trust Network Mesh Architect
Design and scale kernel-level eBPF micro-segmentation service meshes across multi-cloud Kubernetes clusters with continuous silicon TPM 2.0 attestation and automated 60-second ephemeral key rotation.
- Design wire-speed packet interception engines utilizing Cilium eBPF and custom XDP filters.
- Integrate SPIFFE/SPIRE workload attestation directly with hardware TPM 2.0 and AMD SEV-SNP chips.
- 7+ years in distributed systems, network engineering, and Kubernetes container internals.
- Hands-on mastery of Linux kernel system calls, eBPF / BCC, and Go / C systems programming.
Senior Cloud DevSecOps & Sentinel Engineer
Engineer immutable CI/CD deployment pipelines featuring SLSA Level 4 cryptographic supply chain attestation, automated SBOM generation, and continuous Open Policy Agent (OPA) sentinel enforcement.
- Implement hermetic build environments and in-toto provenance signing via Sigstore/Cosign.
- Automate policy-as-code guardrails across Terraform, OpenTofu, and Helm charts.
- 5+ years in DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud security architecture.
- Demonstrated expertise with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, and Kubernetes admission controllers.
24/7 Sovereign SOC Incident Commander
Lead real-time threat hunting, cryptographic anomaly triage, and nation-state adversary mitigation within our Australian-sovereign Security Operations Centre.
- Direct triage and forensic isolation of high-severity cybersecurity alerts within a 15-minute SLA.
- Analyze eBPF kernel telemetry feeds and anomalous TLS handshake versions for quantum harvesting probes.
- 4+ years as a Senior SOC Analyst, Incident Responder, or Threat Hunter.
- Active Australian Government NV2 Security Clearance (or current NV1 with rapid NV2 eligibility).
FIPS 140-3 HSM & Embedded Firmware Engineer
Develop embedded firmware, Multi-Party Computation (MPC) secret-sharing algorithms, and hardware zeroization drivers for FIPS 140-3 Level 3 & Level 4 certified physical enclaves.
- Write bare-metal Rust and C firmware for physical Hardware Security Modules and secure enclaves.
- Implement threshold secret sharing (Shamir / Feldman MPC) for decentralized master key escrow.
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- 5+ years in embedded C/Rust, microcontrollers, PKCS#11, and cryptographic hardware modules.
ACSC Essential Eight Compliance & Audit Lead
Guide Australian critical infrastructure operators and defense supply chain partners through ACSC Essential Eight Maturity Level 3 uplift, technical policy hardening, and continuous attestation.
- Conduct comprehensive maturity gap analyses against ACSC Essential Eight ML3 criteria.
- Deploy and configure Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) and FIDO2 passwordless MFA fleets.
- 5+ years in cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) or technical audit in Australia.
- Deep technical mastery of the Australian Information Security Manual (ISM) and SOCI Act 2018 CIRMP rules.
Submit Your Candidacy or Expression of Interest
All applications and cryptographic research profiles are reviewed directly by our Principal Architects and treated with strict sovereign confidentiality.
Transparent, Engineer-First Evaluation
Technical Conversation
45-minute architectural discussion with a Principal Engineer focused on your past projects and technical intuition.
Practical System Design
90-minute collaborative design session on real-world cryptographic or distributed system challenges. No whiteboard trickery.
Leadership Alignment
60-minute meeting with our founders and research directors to discuss sovereign mission alignment, growth, and team culture.
Offer & Clearance Vetting
Fast-tracked formal offer delivered within 48 hours, followed by immediate NV1 / NV2 clearance sponsorship initiation.
Have Questions About Working at Vanguard Lattice?
Reach out directly to our Head of Engineering Talent for a confidential briefing on security clearance eligibility and project scopes.