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PKI Engineer

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Job Location
Reston • 
Frisco • 
East Brunswick • 
Olathe • 
Peoria • 
Farmington Hills • 
Morrisville
Remote Work Policy

In office

Visa Sponsorship

Not Available

Preferred Timezones
Eastern Time
RelocationAllowed
Skills
Cryptography
Puppet
Linux
Bash
LDAP
Redhat
PKI
SSH
Phyton
PowerShell
Ansible
PGP
AWS
Ksh
Tls
RBAC
RDS
HSM
ICAM
CI/CD
Venafi
Lambada
OCSP
MFA
ALB/NLB
Hiring contact
Sahul Rajhansa
Founder
San Jose
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About the job

We are seeking an experienced PKI Engineer to design, implement, and maintain enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), certificate management, and security solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Venafi, cryptography, encryption technologies, identity management, and infrastructure automation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage enterprise PKI, Certificate Authorities, and certificate lifecycle processes.
  • Configure and administer Venafi, including key management, RBAC, integrations, and reporting.
  • Implement and maintain encryption, authentication, and data protection solutions.
  • Support MFA, LDAP, OCSP, ICAM, TLS, PGP, and HSM technologies.
  • Automate certificate management and infrastructure processes using Python, Bash, KSH, and PowerShell.
  • Collaborate with security and infrastructure teams to improve automation, compliance, and system protection.
  • Identify security vulnerabilities and support remediation.
  • Design and support Linux, Windows Server, and cloud infrastructure environments.

Required Qualifications

  • 10+ years of IT Infrastructure experience, including infrastructure design.
  • 3+ years of experience working in a PKI environment.
  • Hands-on experience with Venafi Certificate Lifecycle Management.
  • Strong knowledge of Venafi key management, RBAC, workflows, and reporting.
  • Experience with Certificate Authorities, MFA, LDAP, OCSP, and ICAM.
  • Strong understanding of cryptography, key management, and data protection.
  • Experience with TLS, PGP, PKI, and HSM.
  • Knowledge of SSH keys, system security, and vulnerability remediation.
  • Scripting experience with Python, Bash, KSH, or PowerShell.
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Ansible, Puppet, or other infrastructure automation tools.
  • AWS cloud experience (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ALB/NLB).
  • Experience with Red Hat products, Linux, and enterprise server infrastructure.
  • Knowledge of IBM Identity Management (TIM/TAM).
  • Experience with Dell or HP enterprise hardware.
  • Background in Technical Architecture or Solutions Architecture.
  • IoT device management experience.

Technical Skills

  • PKI & Security: Venafi, PKI, TLS, PGP, HSM, Cryptography.
  • Identity & Access: MFA, LDAP, OCSP, ICAM, RBAC, SSH.
  • Scripting: Python, Bash, KSH, PowerShell.
  • Cloud: AWS EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ALB/NLB.
  • Infrastructure: Linux, Windows Server, Red Hat.
  • Automation: Ansible, Puppet, CI/CD.

Interview Requirements

  • An in-person interview is required. Candidates may attend at one of the following locations:
  • Santa Clara, CA
  • New York City, NY
  • East Brunswick or Parsippany, NJ
  • Reston, VA
  • Frisco or Houston, TX
  • Morrisville or Greensboro, NC
  • Farmington Hills, MI
  • Peoria, IL
  • Olathe, KS

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