PKI Engineer

Experis Australia; City of Monash; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis Australia is seeking an experienced PKI Engineer to lead an enterprise PKI transformation, focusing on authentication, digital identity, and trust across the environment. You will work with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and applications teams to design, implement, and govern PKI solutions, drive automation, and ensure secure certificate lifecycle management.

This senior role offers the opportunity to shape security capabilities within a large enterprise and contribute to identity and

Qualifications

• Experience delivering and supporting large-scale enterprise PKI environments.
• Deep understanding of PKI, digital certificates, cryptographic algorithms, authentication protocols, and certificate lifecycle management.
• Experience with Certificate Authorities, Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), and enterprise identity platforms.
• Strong automation and scripting capabilities, with experience streamlining certificate management processes.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills within complex enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of enterprise PKI services and cryptographic infrastructure.
• Design, implement, and maintain secure certificate management frameworks and PKI architectures.
• Develop and enforce PKI governance, security policies, standards, and Certificate Practice Statements.
• Drive automation of certificate provisioning, renewal, monitoring, and lifecycle management processes.
• Provide technical leadership and consultancy to project teams, developers, and infrastructure engineers on cryptographic services and certificate integration.
• Assess emerging security technologies and recommend improvements to strengthen the organisation's security posture.

Skills

Enterprise PKI

Cryptography

Certificate management

HSM

Automation scripting

Governance & standards

Tools

Certificate Authorities

Hardware Security Modules (HSMs)

Identity platforms

Job description

Our client is a large and complex enterprise undergoing a significant security and infrastructure transformation. With a strong focus on cyber resilience, digital identity, and secure service delivery, the organisation is investing in modernising its enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) capabilities and is seeking an experienced PKI Engineer to lead this critical initiative.

About the role:

As the PKI Engineer, you will act as the organisation's subject matter expert for Public Key Infrastructure, cryptography, and certificate management services. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and governing enterprise PKI solutions that underpin secure authentication, digital identity, encryption, and trust across the environment.

Working closely with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application teams, you will lead the delivery of modern PKI capabilities, drive automation initiatives, and ensure the organisation's certificate lifecycle management processes are secure, scalable, and operationally efficient.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of enterprise PKI services and cryptographic infrastructure.
• Design, implement, and maintain secure certificate management frameworks and PKI architectures.
• Develop and enforce PKI governance, security policies, standards, and Certificate Practice Statements.
• Drive automation of certificate provisioning, renewal, monitoring, and lifecycle management processes.
• Provide technical leadership and consultancy to project teams, developers, and infrastructure engineers on cryptographic services and certificate integration.
• Assess emerging security technologies and recommend improvements to strengthen the organisation's security posture.

About you:

To be successful in this role, you'll be an experienced PKI professional with a strong background in enterprise security and cryptographic services.

You will bring:

• Demonstrated experience delivering and supporting large-scale enterprise PKI environments.
• Deep understanding of PKI, digital certificates, cryptographic algorithms, authentication protocols, and certificate lifecycle management.
• Experience working with Certificate Authorities, Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), and enterprise identity platforms.
• Strong automation and scripting capabilities, with experience streamlining certificate management processes.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills within complex enterprise environments.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior PKI specialist who wants to take ownership of a critical security capability while influencing the future direction of enterprise identity, cryptography, and trust services.

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Experis Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of ManpowerGroup

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