PKI Engineer

TEKsystems•Rosemont, IL

2d•$60 - $72•Remote

About The Position

This is a Senior Systems PKI Engineer role focused on administering, supporting, and developing the enterprise PKI environment. The engineer will be responsible for certificate lifecycle management, utilizing tools like Venafi and Luna HSM, and ensuring the PKI solutions are secure, scalable, and highly available. Key activities include monitoring, optimizing infrastructure, maintaining documentation, troubleshooting complex issues, and evaluating new technologies. The role involves collaboration with various teams, including engineers, security, and business stakeholders, to deliver solutions. Support for related technologies such as Windows Server, VMware, Linux/Unix, storage, and recovery is also expected. The position contributes to enterprise standards, best practices, and governance for PKI. Project participation, clear communication of technical concepts, and serving as a senior technical resource for guidance and knowledge sharing are essential. Continuous improvement through automation and process optimization is a focus. The role also includes participation in on-call support and after-hours assistance for critical incidents and maintenance.

Requirements

5-7+ years PKI experience, including administering, and supporting the enterprise PKI environment
Experience with Venafi
Experience with monitoring, configuration management and reporting functions
Experience maintaining certificate inventory and asset configuration documentation
Experience responding to and resolving critical incidents by performing root cause analysis and driving strong preventive actions in remediation
Experience assisting in defining and documenting best practices, support procedures, and standards for PKI enterprise environments.
Ability to participate in the on-call production support rotation and occasionally be able to work hours outside of the traditional work schedule.
Excellent oral and written communications skills. Ability to present and explain technical information to diverse types of audiences (management, users, vendors, technical staff) in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding. Ability to write clear proposals and technical documents.
Strong interpersonal skills at all levels of management and ability to motivate employees/teams to apply skills and techniques to solve dynamic problems; excellent teamwork skills
Effectively managing small to large projects in a cross-functional environment
Use a strong customer focus to develop trust and work closely with various business users to guide, problem solve, and define solutions that meet user expectations, manage client expectations;
Assist in identifying improvement opportunities, support evaluation and recommendation of tools/technologies, perform impact analyses, and facilitate innovation for the PKI enterprise environments
Assist in conducting research and making recommendations on Windows Server / VMWARE / Unix / Linux / Storage / Recovery products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts as it pertains to the PKI platform.

Nice To Haves

Local candidate (1-3 hours) with HSM (preferably Luna) experience for occasional data center visits.
Experience with automated certificate management
Scripting with powershell for windows and bash for linux

Responsibilities

Administer, and support the enterprise PKI environment, including certificate lifecycle management, Venafi, Luna HSM, and related certificate platforms.
Develop and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available PKI solutions aligned with organizational standards and long-term technology strategy.
Monitor, analyze, and optimize PKI infrastructure through capacity planning, performance tuning, configuration management, reporting, and proactive maintenance.
Maintain accurate PKI documentation, including certificate inventories, system configurations, architectural diagrams, operational procedures, and technical standards.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex PKI and infrastructure issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to improve system reliability and stability.
Evaluate, recommend, and support the implementation of new technologies, tools, products, and processes that enhance the PKI environment and overall operational efficiency.
Partner with engineers, security teams, infrastructure teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to define, design, and deliver solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
Support Windows Server, VMware, Linux/Unix, storage, and recovery technologies as they relate to the enterprise PKI platform.
Contribute to the development and enforcement of enterprise standards, best practices, governance, and operational procedures for PKI-related technologies.
Participate in infrastructure projects, effectively managing priorities and delivering results within cross-functional environments.
Communicate technical concepts, recommendations, risks, and status updates clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including leadership, end users, and vendors.
Serve as a Senior technical resource by providing guidance, collaboration, and knowledge sharing with peers and junior team members.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities for automation, standardization, process optimization, and operational excellence.
Participate in on-call support and provide after-hours assistance as needed for critical production incidents and maintenance activities.