Senior PKI Security Engineer — Remote W2

Eliassen Group; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 83,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Remote PKI Security Engineer role for Eliassen Group seeks a Senior PKI Security Engineer to provide operational, engineering, and project support for an enterprise PKI environment. You will manage certificate lifecycle, drive PKI improvements, lead incident response, and coordinate cross-team initiatives in a distributed setting.

Ideal candidates have expert PKI experience, familiarity with Digicert CertCentral, and hands-on encryption knowledge.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of Information Technology experience.
• At least 2 years of experience with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
• Experience with public Certificate Authorities, including Digicert and Sectigo.
• Knowledge of or hands-on 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 at a people center if needed.

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.
• Represent Crypto Services on global incident management calls and engage with stakeholders.
• Communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

PKI

Certificate mgmt

Incident response

Security engineering

DevOps

AWS

Python scripting

UNIX

Education

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

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Digicert CertCentral

Public Certificate Authorities

Job description

Remote PKI Security Engineer role for Eliassen Group seeks a Senior PKI Security Engineer to provide operational, engineering, and project support for an enterprise PKI environment. You will manage certificate lifecycle, drive PKI improvements, lead incident response, and coordinate cross-team initiatives in a distributed setting.

Ideal candidates have expert PKI experience, familiarity with Digicert CertCentral, and hands-on encryption knowledge.