Remote PKI Security Engineer: Certificate & Crypto Ops Lead

Eliassen Group; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 83,000 - 94,000; Part time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior PKI Security Engineer for a remote, contract role. You will support an enterprise PKI environment, manage certificate lifecycles, and drive improvements across a distributed team. The position requires expert PKI knowledge, experience with Digicert CertCentral, and comfort working ET hours. W2 benefits are included.

The role emphasizes incident response, cross-team coordination, and delivering scalable PKI solutions within a financial services context.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of Information Technology experience.
• 2+ years of PKI experience.
• Experience with public Certificate Authorities (Digicert, Sectigo).
• Knowledge of Digicert CertCentral preferred.
• ITIL principles preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage issuance and lifecycle of public CA certificates.
• Register and manage domains and validation processes.
• Troubleshoot PKI and certificate issues.
• Monitor PKI incident queues and resolve issues across severities.
• Lead disaster recovery exercises for PKI and certificates.
• Analyze, design, and implement PKI, certificate, and security solutions.
• Lead or contribute to PKI projects and security initiatives.

Skills

PKI

Certificate management

Python

Unix

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Digicert CertCentral

Public Certificate Authorities

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior PKI Security Engineer for a remote, contract role. You will support an enterprise PKI environment, manage certificate lifecycles, and drive improvements across a distributed team. The position requires expert PKI knowledge, experience with Digicert CertCentral, and comfort working ET hours. W2 benefits are included.

The role emphasizes incident response, cross-team coordination, and delivering scalable PKI solutions within a financial services context.