Certificate Lifecycle/ PKI Engineer - Venafi Exp. (1152667)

The Judge Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

The Judge Group is seeking an experienced PKI Engineer with Venafi expertise to lead identity and access security initiatives in a hybrid Chicago-based team. You will manage PKI, TLS certificates, and automation across Azure, Kubernetes, and cloud services, delivering scalable, zero-trust security solutions.

Five-plus years in PKI and three-plus years with Venafi are expected, along with strong troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting PKI, TLS Certificates, or Certificate Lifecycle Management.
• 3+ years of hands-on Venafi administration and engineering experience.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Identity centric Workforce Security team to develop authentication and access management solutions.
• Drive the development of identity solutions, access patterns, modern security protocols, practicing Zero trust, least privileged, defense in depth principles.
• Good understanding of AI concepts, patterns and impact on identity and access management domain.
• Participate in AI adoption with Identity focus, knowledge of Entra ID agentic Identity, authentication flows and patterns.
• Review and provide feedback on Identity and access management related security solutions proposed by stakeholders.
• In-depth knowledge on Entra ID, EPM, Sentinel, Azure, AWS Security.
• Knowledge on Okta, PingFederate, Entitlement management solutions.
• Strong knowledge on Identities management on Azure AD with OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SSO, MFA, CA policies, Kerberos, LDAP, Identity Federations, etc.
• Experience in providing security solutions for Java microservices, React frontends, and mobile apps on Azure.
• Hands-on experience in JWT, session handling, Code signing, TLS/SSL, API Security, application registration and integration scenarios.
• Awareness of API Management, Firewalls, DLP, VPNs, DNS, Azure Defender, MCAS, Sentinel, WAFs, App Gateways, NSGs, App Proxy, Radius clusters, CDN.
• Understanding CIEM to manage entitlements and risky combinations.
• Threat modeling concepts and methodologies familiarization.
• OWASP security practices and cloud security basics.
• End-to-end workforce cybersecurity expertise across identity, MFA, SSO, Secrets management, RBAC, and Privileged Identity Management.

Skills

PKI & Cryptography

Venafi Expertise

TLS/SSL

X.509 Certificates

Public Key Infrastructure

HSM

Certificate Lifecycle Management

DevOps & Automation

Azure

Kubernetes

Windows IIS

Automation

Python

Azure Key Vault

Tools

Venafi TPP

Job description

PKI Engineer with Venafi Expertise

Location: Chicago, IL, USA

Salary: $150,000.00 USD Annually - $160,000.00 USD Annually

Remote:

Fulltime:

• Linux/Unix

5+ years of experience supporting PKI, TLS Certificates, or Certificate Lifecycle Management.

3+ years of hands-on Venafi administration and engineering experience

• PKI & Cryptography
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• X.509 Certificates
• TLS/SSL
• Certificate Authorities (CA)
• Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL)
• OCSP
• Key Management
• Hardware Security Modules (HSM)
• Code Signing Certificates
• Root and Intermediate CA Management
• Venafi Expertise
• Venafi Trust Protection Platform (TPP)
• Venafi SaaS
• Certificate Discovery
• Certificate Automation o Venafi APIs
• Adaptable Apps
• Native Drivers
• Reporting and Governance
• Certificate Lifecycle Workflows
• Platforms & Integrations
• Windows IIS
• Linux/Unix
• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Key Vault
• Kubernetes
• F5 Load Balancers
• Apache
• Tomcat
• WebLogic
• Kafka
• Solace
• Ping Federate
• ServiceNow Integrations
• DevOps & Automation
• GitHub Actions
• Azure DevOps
• CI/CD Pipelines
• PowerShell
• Python
• REST APIs
• Ansible
• Infrastructure Automation
• Security Domains
• Authentication
• Authorization
• Identity & Access Management
• Secrets Management
• Zero Trust Principles
• Cloud Security
• Security Monitoring
• Strong understanding of PKI architecture and certificate lifecycle processes.
• Experience implementing certificate automation patterns and DevSecOps integrations.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale certificate environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead Identity centric Workforce Security team to develop authentication and access management solutions
• Drive the development of identity solutions, access patterns, modern security protocols, practicing Zero trust, least privileged, defense in depth principles
• Good understanding of AI concepts, Patterns and impact on identity and access management domain
• Participate and engage in AI adoption with Identity focus, knowledge and understanding of Entra ID agentic Identity, authentication flows and Patterns
• Review and provide feedback on Identity and access management related security solutions proposed by stakeholders and can provide consultation to the partners and IT Management
• In-depth knowledge and experience on Entra ID, EPM, Sentinel, Azure, AWS Security
• Knowledge on Okta, PingFederate, Entitlement management solutions
• Strong knowledge on Identities management on Azure AD with OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SSO, MFA, Conditional access policies, MFA, Ker beros, LDAP, Identity Federations etc.
• Experience in providing security solutions for Java based Micro services, React based frontends and Android/iOS based mobile applications on the Azure
• Hands-of experience in JWT, session handling, Code signing, Certificate authentication, TLS/SSL, API Security, Application registration, application integration scenarios etc.
• Awareness of API Management, Firewalls, DLP, VPNs, DNS, Azure Defender, MCAS, Sentinel, WAFs, Application Gateways, NSGs, App Proxy, Radius clusters, CDN etc.
• Good understanding of Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management solution (CIEM) to ensure smooth remediation of toxic combinations, high risk entitlements etc.
• Understanding and application of threat modeling concepts and methodologies
• Understanding of Applications security, OWASP standards, security best practices, browser compatibilities/storages/cookies
• Acts as Workforce cybersecurity expert to in solutions spanning end user computing, proxy solutions, MFA, SSO, conditional accesses, Passwordless, Yubikey, bio-metric solutions, identity and governance scenarios, Secrets Management, automation, role based access control, Privileged identity management, Just in time accesses etc.
• Participates in solutions to support- token handling, OIDC/ OAuth flows, authorization patterns, identity federation, cloud architectures, cryptography, cloud native services, cloud security etc.
• Deeper understanding on Cloud Security areas such as Policies, RBAC, activities, identities, privileged access management etc.
• Ability to support operations in troubleshooting complex identity scenarios with hands‑of experience on Sentinel/KQL/Audit logs etc.
• Good understanding of concepts related to docker Security, container orchestrations/Kubernetes

Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement savings plan with company contribution, paid time off, holidays, and opportunities for professional growth and career development. Additional benefits and perks will be discussed during the interview process.

Contact: [e-mail]