PKI Engineer — Venafi & Encryption Specialist

VDart Inc; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 165,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

VDart Inc in Dallas, TX is seeking a PKI Engineer for a contract engagement to strengthen our certificate lifecycle management, encryption strategy, and secure key handling within CI/CD pipelines.

The ideal candidate will bring 10+ years in IT infrastructure, deep Venafi expertise, strong Python/Powershell scripting, and hands-on experience with TLS, PKI, HSM, and identity management integrations across enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• Experience with agile development methodologies (Kanban, Scrum).
• Hands-on experience with Venafi certificate lifecycle management tool.
• In-depth knowledge of managing keys and RBAC via Venafi system.
• Integration and enrollment via defined workflows.
• Manual and automated reporting through Venafi system.

Responsibilities

• Manage PKI and encryption workflows and key management across environments.
• Provide reports and metrics through Venafi and related tooling.
• Support continuous delivery and deployment processes in secure architectures.
• Assess data protection approaches, requirements, and activities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across IT and security teams.

Skills

Agile methodology

Venafi

RBAC

Workflows

Reporting

CD/CI

Data protection

PKI/TLS/Encryption

MFA/CA

SSH keys

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Linux

Communication

Project management

IT Infrastructure

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Identity Management tools (TIM/TAM)

Job description

VDart Inc in Dallas, TX is seeking a PKI Engineer for a contract engagement to strengthen our certificate lifecycle management, encryption strategy, and secure key handling within CI/CD pipelines.

The ideal candidate will bring 10+ years in IT infrastructure, deep Venafi expertise, strong Python/Powershell scripting, and hands-on experience with TLS, PKI, HSM, and identity management integrations across enterprise systems.