Senior PKI Security Engineer - Remote Contract

Eliassen Group; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 83,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior PKI Security Engineer for a remote contract role. The candidate will handle enterprise PKI operations, certificate lifecycle management, and incident response across distributed environments. Strong PKI and encryption expertise, plus experience with public CAs, are required.

W2 benefits included; hourly rate $60–$68. Remote position with flexible collaboration and cross-team coordination.

Qualifications

• 4+ years IT experience.
• 2+ years PKI experience.
• Experience with public Certificate Authorities (Digicert, Sectigo).
• Digicert CertCentral knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage issuance and lifecycle of PKI certificates.
• Lead incident response and cross-team PKI initiatives.
• Develop PKI and security solutions; apply DevOps practices.

Skills

PKI

Unix

Python

AWS

Education

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

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Digicert CertCentral

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior PKI Security Engineer for a remote contract role. The candidate will handle enterprise PKI operations, certificate lifecycle management, and incident response across distributed environments. Strong PKI and encryption expertise, plus experience with public CAs, are required.

W2 benefits included; hourly rate $60–$68. Remote position with flexible collaboration and cross-team coordination.