Senior PKI & Secrets Architect — Enterprise Security

General Motors; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a senior Cyber Security Engineer to own the enterprise PKI and secrets management strategy, design, and operation. You will partner with senior engineering and security leaders to establish scalable trust, identity, and secure access foundations across the enterprise.

You will influence architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and drive alignment with security standards. The role blends technical leadership with hands-on implementation and on-call responsibility,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent senior-level experience in a relevant field.
• 7+ years in enterprise security engineering or SRE with high-availability cryptographic services.
• Experience with enterprise secrets management platforms at scale.
• Understanding of PKI, cryptographic protocols, and risk-informed design.

Responsibilities

• Set technical vision and architecture for scalable PKI and secrets management.
• Lead design decisions for trust models, cryptography, and access patterns for sensitive data.
• Define policies and controls for keys, certificates, and secrets across platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering and leadership to deliver robust cryptographic systems.

Skills

PKI design

cryptography

SRE experience

Security architecture

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math/Physics

Tools

Vault

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

General Motors is seeking a senior Cyber Security Engineer to own the enterprise PKI and secrets management strategy, design, and operation. You will partner with senior engineering and security leaders to establish scalable trust, identity, and secure access foundations across the enterprise.

You will influence architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and drive alignment with security standards. The role blends technical leadership with hands-on implementation and on-call responsibility,