Security Engineer - Vice President - IAM - Jersey City

Candidate Experience Site - Lateral; Jersey City (NJ); Presencial; USD 130.000 - 250.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Goldman Sachs in Jersey City, NJ seeks a Security Engineer (VP level) to lead global PKI, cryptography, and certificate lifecycle management. You will shape strategy, oversee CA/RA, HSMs, and KMS, and drive automation across hybrid-cloud environments.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in cybersecurity with PKI leadership, deep crypto expertise, and certifications such as CISSP/CISM. The role emphasizes governance, vendor relations, and industry collaboration.

Formación

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity with leadership in PKI/cryptography.
• 8+ years in dedicated PKI/cryptography leadership roles.
• Bachelors or Masters in CS/Cybersecurity; CISSP, CISM preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Define and execute the global PKI strategy and roadmap.
• Oversee CA/RA design, HSMs, and KMS for certificate lifecycles.
• Drive automation of certificate management to prevent outages.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC2, ISO27001).
• Architect PKI for cloud, Kubernetes, and hybrid environments.
• Lead incident response for cryptographic issues and key rotations.
• Manage external CA relationships and participate in industry groups.

Conocimientos

PKI leadership

Cryptography

TLS/SSL

SSH key management

Code signing

Educación

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science/Cybersecurity

Herramientas

HSM management

KMS

Certificate management

Descripción del empleo

Security Engineer - Vice President - IAM - Jersey City

Jersey City, NJ, United States

Job Description

Who We Are

Identity Security is part of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) business unit within Foundation Engineering Division of Goldman Sachs.

The Role

The Senior Vice President (SVP) of Certificate and PKI Technologies will serve as the leader responsible for global strategy, engineering, deployment, and operations of the enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), cryptography, and digital certificate lifecycle management.

Core Skills and Experience we are looking for

• Strategic Leadership:Define and execute the global enterprise roadmap for PKI, certificate management, and cryptographic services, ensuring alignment with overall cybersecurity and business objectives.
• Infrastructure & Engineering:Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal and external Certificate Authorities (CAs), Registration Authorities (RAs), Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), and Key Management Systems (KMS).
• Automation & Lifecycle Management:Drive the adoption of automated certificate lifecycle management (CLM) tools and protocols (e.g., ACME, EST, SCEP) to eliminate manual processes and prevent outages caused by expired certificates.
• Compliance & Governance:Ensure strict adherence to cryptographic standards, industry regulations, and audit requirements (e.g., WebTrust, SOC2, ISO 27001). Establish and maintain the enterprise Certificate Policy and Certification Practice Statement (CP/CPS).
• Cloud & Modern Tech Integration:Architect scalable PKI solutions tailored for modern environments, including Kubernetes, service meshes and hybrid-cloud deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Incident Response & Risk Management:Serve as the escalation point for cryptographic vulnerabilities, certificate-related outages, and emergency key rotations.
• Vendor & Industry Representation:Manage relationships with external Certificate Authorities and security vendors. Represent the organization in industry consortiums to stay ahead of emerging cryptographic trends, such as Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)

Attitudes we want

• Ability to thrive in our global organization in a fast paced, resultoriented, hybrid workplace.
• Team player, eager to work in a global organization.
• Enjoys working in an Agile environment.
• Strong emphasis on personal initiative and ownership.
• Customer focused and values good developer experience.
• A passion for learning new technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience:10+ years of experience in cybersecurity and information technology, with at least 8+ years of dedicated leadership experience in PKI, cryptography, and data protection.
• Technical Expertise:Deep understanding of asymmetric/symmetric cryptography, TLS/SSL protocols, SSH key management, code signing, and HSM management.
• Education:Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, or a related field.
• Certifications:Preferred certifications include CISSP, CISM, or specialized cryptographic credentials.

Salary Range
The expected base salary for this Jersey City, NJ, United States-based position is $130000-$250000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here .

Job Info

• Job Identification 181940
• Job Category Vice President
• Posting Date 10/22/2026, 01:31 PM
• Locations Jersey City, NJ, United States

Healthcare & Medical Services

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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