CTO - PKI & Certificate Lifecycle Specialist

Wipro; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro Bengaluru invites an experienced PKI and certificate management specialist. The role requires 6-10 years overall experience, with at least 3-5 years in PKI operations, certificate management, network security, IAM or server administration.

You will own certificate discovery, PKI dependency analysis, and lifecycle inputs for quantum-safe migration, document SOPs, coordinate with application, infrastructure, IAM, cloud and security teams, and help ensure timely renewal and remediation.

Qualifications

• Experience with PKI operations and certificate lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with certificate discovery and risk assessment for PQC roadmap.
• Ability to document SOPs and runbooks for certificate migration.

Responsibilities

• Discover and document certificates across TLS/SSL, code signing, S/MIME, internal services, APIs, and cloud services.
• Capture certificate metadata: ownership, algorithm, key size, issuer, expiry, renewal method.
• Coordinate remediation with application, infrastructure, IAM, and security teams.
• Maintain reporting for expiring and non-compliant certificates.
• Document SOPs and runbooks for certificate migration and key compromise.

Skills

PKI operations

Certificate management

X.509

OCSP

TLS/SSL

CSRs

Key generation

Python scripting

PowerShell

Bash

Automation scripting

Tools

Certificate management platform

Job description

Job description

6-10 years overall experience; at least 3-5 years in PKI operations, certificate management, network security, infrastructure security, IAM or server administration.

Own certificate discovery, PKI dependency analysis and lifecycle management inputs required for quantum-safe migration.

Areas of responsibility

• Monitoring and Incident Detection – Identify alerts and review log sources to detect unauthorized access, malware signatures, and suspicious network traffic.
• Incident Handling and Analysis – Assist in triaging security incidents and document findings in the incident management system.
• Threat Assessment and Analytics – Support vulnerability assessment activities and assist in gathering basic security data.

Key Responsibilities

• Discover and document certificates used across TLS/SSL, code signing, S/MIME, internal services, APIs, load balancers, servers, cloud services and partner integrations.
• Capture certificate metadata including ownership, algorithm, key size, issuer, chain, expiry, usage, renewal method and associated application/service.
• Identify weak algorithms, outdated key sizes, unmanaged certificates and high-risk certificate dependencies.
• Support certificate renewal, revocation, replacement, installation and validation activities with client PKI and infrastructure teams.
• Maintain reporting for expiring certificates, non-compliant certificates and remediation progress.
• Document SOPs and runbooks for certificate migration, exception handling, key compromise and operational controls.
• Coordinate with application, infrastructure, IAM, cloud and security operations teams to align certificate remediation with PQC roadmap.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of X.509, CA/RA models, CRL, OCSP, TLS/SSL, certificate chains, CSRs, key generation and digital signatures.
• Exposure to enterprise PKI or certificate management platforms and operational workflows.
• Basic scripting ability in Python, PowerShell or Bash for reporting, inventory extraction and automation support.
• Working knowledge of Windows/Linux server environments, load balancers, web servers, cloud services and common deployment models.
• Operational discipline for runbooks, change coordination, outage prevention and audit evidence.

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