Senior PKI Security Engineer (Remote) - Lead Cert Lifecycle

Eliassen Group; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 83,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group seeks a Senior PKI Security Engineer for a remote, contract-based role. You will support an enterprise PKI environment, manage certificate lifecycles, and drive improvements across diverse environments.

The position requires working with Digicert/Sectigo ecosystems and coordinating across teams in a remote setting. The role emphasizes expertise in PKI, encryption, and incident response, with benefits and a competitive W2 hourly rate.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of IT experience.
• At least 2 years of PKI experience.
• Experience with public Certificate Authorities (DigiCert, Sectigo).
• Knowledge of or experience with Digicert CertCentral preferred.
• Understanding of ITIL principles preferred.
• Experience leading technical teams or projects preferred.
• AWS certification preferred.
• Experience with Python or other scripting languages preferred.
• 3+ years of PKI experience preferred.
• Enterprise-scale PKI operations and implementation experience preferred.
• 2+ years of UNIX experience preferred.
• Ability to work ET zone hours. Remote or onsite hybrid if needed.
• Contract only. One-hour Zoom video interview.

Responsibilities

• Manage issuance and lifecycle of public CA certificates.
• Register and manage domains and associated validation processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex 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.
• Represent Crypto Services on global incident management calls and engage with stakeholders.
• Communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

PKI expertise

Certificate management

Incident response

Python scripting

Public Key Infrastructure knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Digicert CertCentral

Job description

Eliassen Group seeks a Senior PKI Security Engineer for a remote, contract-based role. You will support an enterprise PKI environment, manage certificate lifecycles, and drive improvements across diverse environments.

The position requires working with Digicert/Sectigo ecosystems and coordinating across teams in a remote setting. The role emphasizes expertise in PKI, encryption, and incident response, with benefits and a competitive W2 hourly rate.