PKI Engineer with Venafi Expertise | Contract | Chicago-IL. 100% onsite

Tech Mirrors; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mirrors is seeking a PKI Engineer with Venafi expertise for an on-site Chicago contract. Responsibilities include administering enterprise Certificate Lifecycle Management, managing the full certificate lifecycle, and supporting Venafi platform operations.

Collaboration with application teams to ensure compliant and automated workflows is expected. The role emphasizes onboarding activities, platform administration, and ongoing maintenance to align with enterprise standards and security

Qualifications

• Experience administering enterprise Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM).
• Manage complete certificate lifecycle: discovery, issuance, renewal, revocation, deployment, monitoring, retirement.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Venafi platform and supporting infrastructure.
• Configure policies, workflows, certificate authorities, integrations, discovery jobs, notifications, reporting.

Skills

Venafi

PKI

Certificate Lifecycle

Automation patterns

Onboarding

Tools

Venafi Platform

Job description

PKI Engineer with Venafi Expertise
Contract

Chicago-IL. 100% onsite

Role Descriptions: Certificate Lifecycle Management Administer and support enterprise Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) services. Manage the complete certificate lifecycle including: oDiscoveryoRequestoIssuanceoRenewaloRevocationoDeploymentoMonitoringoRetirementEnsure certificates remain compliant with enterprise standards and industry requirements.Support certificate inventory management and visibility initiatives. Assist with remediation of expiring| unmanaged| self-signed| and non-compliant certificatesVenafi Platform AdministrationAdminister and maintain the Venafi platform and supporting infrastructure. Configure and manage: oPoliciesoWorkflowsoCertificate AuthoritiesoIntegrationsoDiscovery jobsoNotificationsoReportingoAccess controlsSupport platform upgrades| maintenance activities| and technology refresh initiatives.Collaborate with Venafi support and vendors to resolve technical issues and implement enhancements.Application Onboarding & Solution EngineeringLead application onboarding activities into the Certificate Lifecycle Management platform.Assess application certificate requirements and define onboarding approaches.Design and implement automation patterns suitable for application needs.Partner with application teams to understand deployment architectures| certificate formats| trust requirements| and operational processes.Support onboarding across: