Senior PKI Systems Engineer — Remote (Public Trust)

Socket.dev; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Family Leave

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Training & Development

Wellness Resources

Job summary

RCG, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer – PKI to operate and secure enterprise PKI services for a federal client. You will manage certificates lifecycle, enable certificate-based authentication, and coordinate with IAM and security teams.

This 100% remote role may require occasional on-site requests in Washington, DC. The ideal candidate has 6+ years in systems engineering with hands-on PKI experience, strong documentation, and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline.
• 6+ years of systems engineering, PKI administration or related enterprise systems.
• Hands-on experience operating enterprise PKI systems.
• Strong knowledge of digital certificates, lifecycle management, authentication, encryption.

Responsibilities

• Operate, manage, and maintain enterprise PKI systems.
• Manage the full lifecycle of digital certificates and keys (issuance, renewal, revocation).
• Monitor PKI services and troubleshoot authentication, encryption, and certificate issues.
• Maintain PKI availability, reliability, and security per SLAs.
• Identify and remediate certificate- and PKI-related vulnerabilities.
• Ensure PKI services meet organizational and federal requirements.

Skills

PKI administration

Certificate lifecycle

IAM integration

Security compliance

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

AD CS

Job description

RCG, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer – PKI to operate and secure enterprise PKI services for a federal client. You will manage certificates lifecycle, enable certificate-based authentication, and coordinate with IAM and security teams.

This 100% remote role may require occasional on-site requests in Washington, DC. The ideal candidate has 6+ years in systems engineering with hands-on PKI experience, strong documentation, and problem-solving skills.