PKI Security Engineer

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Security

Industry: Financial Services

Workplace Type: Remote

Standard

Hours:

Open

Reference : JN -

Date Posted: 10/27/2026

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Our client seeks a Senior PKI Security Engineer to provide operational, engineering, and project support for an enterprise PKI environment. The role requires expert-level experience with PKI, certificates, and encryption across large and complex environments. You will manage certificate lifecycle processes, drive analysis and improvement of PKI services, lead incident response activities, and coordinate cross-team initiatives in a virtual, geographically dispersed setting.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $60.00 to $68.00/hr. w2

• 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 Dev Ops 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.

• 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 Cert Central 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.
• Contract only. One-hour Zoom video interview.

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering preferred.

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (, ) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position.

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