Senior PKI & Certificate Security Engineer - Remote

Eliassen Group; Providence (RI); Remote; USD 83,000 - 94,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group seeks a Senior PKI Security Engineer to support an enterprise PKI environment in a remote, contract capacity. The role emphasizes PKI, certificates, and encryption across large distributed environments, including lifecycle management and incident response.

Responsibilities include leading PKI projects, driving improvements, and coordinating cross-team initiatives in a virtual, globally dispersed setting. W2 benefits are included.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years IT experience with PKI experience.
• Experience with Public CA (DigiCert, Sectigo).
• Knowledge of or hands-on Digicert CertCentral preferred.
• Unix experience and scripting encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Manage issuance and lifecycle of public CA certificates.
• Register and manage domains and associated validation processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex or high-severity PKI and certificate issues.
• Monitor PKI and certificate incident queues and resolve issues across severities.
• Create, review, approve, and implement changes in the PKI and certificate environment.
• Lead disaster recovery exercises for PKI and certificates.
• Analyze, design, and implement PKI, certificate, and security solutions.
• Identify technical and operational challenges and develop improvements.
• Analyze data trends to drive root cause analysis and service enhancements.
• Perform capacity planning, performance monitoring, and maintenance for high availability.
• Apply DevOps principles to daily workflows and automation efforts.
• Lead or contribute to projects involving PKI, certificates, and security.
• Translate business needs into workable technology solutions.

Skills

Strong PKI expertise

Ability to work ET zone hours

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Digicert CertCentral

Unix

Python

AWS Certification

Job description

Eliassen Group seeks a Senior PKI Security Engineer to support an enterprise PKI environment in a remote, contract capacity. The role emphasizes PKI, certificates, and encryption across large distributed environments, including lifecycle management and incident response.

Responsibilities include leading PKI projects, driving improvements, and coordinating cross-team initiatives in a virtual, globally dispersed setting. W2 benefits are included.