Hybrid PKI & Encryption Engineer - Automation & TLS

ZealHire Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ZealHire Inc. is seeking a PKI and Encryption Engineer in Fort Worth, TX. This hybrid role focuses on enterprise certificate management, X.509, TLS/SSL, and automation to design, maintain, and improve secure PKI solutions across the organization.

Responsibilities include lifecycle management, automation, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and collaborating with security teams to apply secure development practices. Local candidates preferred.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of PKI, encryption, or related security engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of X.509, TLS/SSL, and CA concepts.
• Experience with certificate issuance, renewal, and revocation.
• Enterprise certificate lifecycle management experience.
• Familiarity with major certificate management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support enterprise PKI and encryption solutions.
• Handle X.509 certificates, TLS/SSL, and certificate authorities.
• Build scripts and automation tools for certificate workflows.
• Write tests and document processes and code.
• Perform root cause analysis and tough troubleshooting.
• Design scalable systems with secure development practices.
• Integrate PKI with applications, infra, and DevOps tools.

Skills

PKI & Encryption

TLS/SSL

Scripting: PowerShell/Python

Certificate Lifecycle Mgmt

Root cause analysis

Tools

Keyfactor

Venafi

DigiCert

Microsoft ADCS

Azure Key Vault

HashiCorp Vault

Job description

ZealHire Inc. is seeking a PKI and Encryption Engineer in Fort Worth, TX. This hybrid role focuses on enterprise certificate management, X.509, TLS/SSL, and automation to design, maintain, and improve secure PKI solutions across the organization.

Responsibilities include lifecycle management, automation, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and collaborating with security teams to apply secure development practices. Local candidates preferred.