Cybersecurity Senior Engineer - Certificate Automation Engineer

Truist•Greensboro, NC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for advancing and scaling certificate automation across the enterprise with a primary focus on automated certificate deployment, installation, and validation across infrastructure platforms. This role builds on existing certificate issuance and renewal automation to enable end-to-end lifecycle automation, ensuring certificates are consistently deployed, correctly configured, and validated across servers, load balancers, middleware, and application environments. Partners with applications, infrastructure, and business teams to reduce operational risk, eliminate manual processes, and improve reliability of certificate management. Contributes to enterprise crypto agility initiatives, including readiness for evolving certificate lifecycles and future quantum-safe requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and eight years of experience in systems engineering or administration or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
Deep specialized and/or broad functional knowledge in applied enterprise information security technologies including but not limited to firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, network operating systems, identity management, database activity monitoring, encryption, content filtering, and Mainframe security
Previous experience in leading complex initiatives or IT projects.

Nice To Haves

Deep specialized and / or broad functional knowledge in enterprise information security technologies including encryption, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), certificate authorities, identity management, and network security.
Hands-on experience with certificate lifecycle management, with strong emphasis on certificate deployment and installation across infrastructure platforms.
Experience working with enterprise systems such as servers, load balancers, and web / application servers.
Experience developing automation solutions using scripting or automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Python, APIs).
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
Ability to work cross-functionally with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience with certificate management platforms such as Venafi or similar enterprise PKI solutions.
Experience integrating automation with ServiceNow or similar workflow / orchestration platforms.
Hands-on experience automating certificate deployment on platforms such as: Load balancers (e.g., F5) Web servers (IIS, Apache, NGINX Application servers and middle ware
Familiarity with ACME protocols and API-driven certificate deployment.
Experience working in large, complex enterprise environments, preferably within financial services or highly regulated industries.
Understanding of DevOps and CI/CD pipelines as they relate to certificate deployment.
Exposure to crypto agility concepts, including support for shorter certificate lifecycles and awareness of quantum-safe cryptography initiatives.
Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with application teams and business stakeholders.
Relevant certifications such as CISSP, GIAC, or cloud / security certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

Design and implement automation solutions focused on certificate installation, deployment, and binding across enterprise platforms (servers, load balancers, web servers, and middleware).
Extend existing certificate automation (e.g., Venafi issuance / renewal) into end-to-end lifecycle automation, with emphasis on the “last mile” deployment.
Develop and maintain automation frameworks using such tools as Ansible, APIs, and scripting to enable consistent and repeatable certificate installs.
Integrate certificate automation with infrastructure platforms including load balancers (e.g., F5), web servers (IIS, Apache, NGINX), application, and database servers.
Partners with application and infrastructure teams to onboard systems to automated certificate deployment, reducing manual installation and configuration errors.
Establish and enforce standardized deployment patterns for certificate installation across common platforms.
Implement pre- and post-installation validation controls to confirm certificates are correctly deployed, trusted, and actively serving traffic.
Identify and remediate gaps in certificate deployment processes that contribute to outages, failed renewals, or misconfigurations.
Support troubleshooting and root cause analysis of certificate-related incidents, with a focus on eliminating recurring issues through automation.
Collaborate with engineering and business teams to align automation solutions with operational requirements and risk management objectives.
Contribute to enterprise initiatives supporting shortened certificate lifecycle and crypto agility, ensuring automation solutions scale with increasing renewal frequency.
Provide technical leadership and guidance on certificate deployment with best practices and automation strategies.
Lead or contribute to projects with moderate to high complexity, driving delivery of scalable and resilient solutions.