Senior PKI Engineer

Cynet Systems•Dallas, TX

About The Position

The Public Key Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for developing and implementing processes and controls for Certificate Authority (CA) management, Active Directory, and Windows and Unix platform authentication. The role develops and integrates tools to automate and manage PKI and ensure these systems are auditable. It works across Security and Infrastructure teams to support integration and automation. The position requires extensive IT infrastructure and design experience, with hands-on PKI and Venafi expertise. The engineer will work with certificate lifecycle management, key management, access controls, enrollment workflows, reporting, encryption, authentication, and security technologies. Preferred experience includes infrastructure automation, enterprise server hardware, identity management, Red Hat products, and AWS cloud architecture and operations.

Requirements

Experience working within an agile development methodology such as Kanban or Scrum.
Hands-on experience with the Venafi Certificate Life Cycle Management Tool.
In-depth knowledge of managing keys and role-based access control through Venafi.
Knowledge of integration and enrollment through defined workflows.
Experience providing manual and automated reports through Venafi.
Experience with continuous delivery and deployment.
Experience assessing data protection approaches, requirements, and activities.
Knowledge of Certificate Authorities, two-factor authentication, MFA, LDAP directories, OCSP, ICAM, and related standards.
Understanding of cryptography, key management, masking, tokenization, or other data protection technologies.
Experience utilizing and deploying encryption technologies such as TLS, PGP, PKI, and HSM.
Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing methods, principles, and concepts.
Understanding of SSH, especially configuring and using SSH keys for authentication.
Experience with high-level scripting languages such as Python and shell scripting in KSH, Bash, and PowerShell.
Knowledge and experience with network and system security solutions, concepts, and technologies.
Experience with distributed platforms such as Linux.
Strong verbal and written communication skills and comfort working with all organizational levels.
Ability to collaborate and negotiate effectively with internal stakeholders.
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects with competing resource requirements and timelines.
10+ years of experience in an IT infrastructure-related role, including associated design experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with server configuration management and infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible or Puppet.
Experience supporting enterprise server hardware from Dell or HP.
Experience with identity management solutions such as IBM TIM/TAM.
Experience with IoT devices and management.
Experience designing and implementing integrations involving Red Hat products such as IdM, Satellite, RHV, RHDS, and Ceph.
AWS cloud experience with core services including EC2, S3, ALB/NLB, Lambda, and RDS.
Experience designing, optimizing, and troubleshooting public cloud platforms associated with large, complex application stacks.
3+ years of experience working in a PKI environment and experience working with AWS public cloud environments.
Hands-on AWS experience designing and managing cloud solutions.
Previous experience as a Technical Architect, Solutions Architect, Technical Design Authority, or Solutions Designer.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement processes and controls for Certificate Authority management, Active Directory, and Windows and Unix platform authentication.
Develop and integrate tools to automate and manage PKI and improve auditability.
Work with Security and Infrastructure teams to ensure integration and automation.
Manage keys and role-based access control through Venafi and work with certificate integration and enrollment workflows.
Provide manual and automated reports through Venafi.
Assess data protection approaches, requirements, and activities.
Design and implement solutions integrating Red Hat products within relevant environments.
Design, manage, optimize, and troubleshoot AWS cloud solutions and platforms, including complex application stacks.

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