AVP PKI & Automation Engineer — Certificate Lifecycle

State Street; Kilkenny; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street in Kilkenny, Ireland is seeking a hands-on PKI Engineer to support enterprise PKI, certificate lifecycle management and machine identity services, focusing on automation, integrations and platform improvements under PKI leadership.

You will develop automation for issuance, renewal and remediation, help with ServiceNow and cloud integrations, and contribute to incident response, audits and operational risk reduction. Strong scripting and cross-team collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of PKI, security engineering, infrastructure automation or related technology experience.
• Working knowledge of TLS, SSL, certificate authorities, certificate lifecycle management and basic cryptographic concepts.
• Experience with scripting or automation using PowerShell, Python, APIs or similar tools.
• Familiarity with Windows, Linux, networking and cloud environments.
• Experience with Keyfactor, DigiCert, Microsoft ADCS or similar platforms is preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Support engineering and maintenance of enterprise PKI and certificate lifecycle management platforms.
• Develop and maintain automation for certificate issuance, renewal, reporting and remediation workflows.
• Assist with integrations across ServiceNow, cloud platforms, monitoring tools and enterprise security systems.
• Support certificate discovery, inventory enrichment, ownership mapping and remediation activities.
• Support machine identity management and certificate deployment patterns across infrastructure and application teams.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, support procedures and automation runbooks.
• Assist with testing, implementation and transition of engineering changes into operations.
• Participate in incident investigation, problem management and service improvement activities.
• Support audit, compliance and risk evidence requests related to PKI and certificate management.

Skills

PKI

Security engineering

Automation

TLS/SSL concepts

APIs

Communication

Tools

PowerShell

Python

ServiceNow

Cloud platforms

Job description

State Street in Kilkenny, Ireland is seeking a hands-on PKI Engineer to support enterprise PKI, certificate lifecycle management and machine identity services, focusing on automation, integrations and platform improvements under PKI leadership.

You will develop automation for issuance, renewal and remediation, help with ServiceNow and cloud integrations, and contribute to incident response, audits and operational risk reduction. Strong scripting and cross-team collaboration are essential.