PKI Engineer & Encryption Specialist — Hybrid Role

VGAI Solutions; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

VGAI Solutions seeks a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) & Encryption Engineer in Fort Worth, TX, offering hybrid work on a long-term contract. You will write, test, and document technical work, solve problems, and mentor engineers to raise craftsmanship across systems.

Responsibilities include root-cause analyses, designing scalable secure architectures, managing technical debt, and embedding security early in lifecycles. Strong PKI, automation, and scripting skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of related technical experience.
• Deep knowledge of PKI and X.509 certificates, including TLS/SSL, CA issuance and revocation.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise certificate lifecycle platforms: Keyfactor, Venafi, DigiCert, Sectigo, ADCS.
• Automation and scripting using PowerShell, Python, and REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Write, test, and document technical work products, including code, scripts, and processes, in accordance with organizational standards.
• Solve technical problems and build reusable components and libraries with broad organizational impact.
• Deliver high-quality technical work and mentor junior engineers on technical craftsmanship.
• Perform root cause analysis on systemic issues, then define and execute corrective action plans.
• Design integrated systems aligned with best practices, allowing product teams to deliver with speed, scale, and reliability.
• Manage and reduce technical debt across existing systems during ongoing implementations.
• Anticipate scaling, latency, and durability challenges, guiding teams on mitigation strategies.
• Partner with the security organization early in system lifecycles to embed security-conscious practices.
• Evaluate technical risks and guide teams toward practical prevention strategies.
• Evaluate squad delivery practices, present improvement recommendations to leadership, and drive implementation.
• Eliminate duplicated effort across teams by identifying and driving opportunities for component reuse.
• Assess team performance and identify individual development areas.
• Prototype emerging technologies independently and integrate them into architectural solutions where appropriate.

Skills

PKI & X.509

Certificate Lifecycle Mgmt

PowerShell

Python

REST APIs

Tools

Keyfactor

Venafi

DigiCert

Sectigo

ADCS

Job description

VGAI Solutions seeks a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) & Encryption Engineer in Fort Worth, TX, offering hybrid work on a long-term contract. You will write, test, and document technical work, solve problems, and mentor engineers to raise craftsmanship across systems.

Responsibilities include root-cause analyses, designing scalable secure architectures, managing technical debt, and embedding security early in lifecycles. Strong PKI, automation, and scripting skills are essential.