PKI Engineer, Managed Services, Portland

PKI Support Specialist

Our client, a leading provider of Information Security solutions is seeking a PKI Support Specialist for its Managed PKI and Certificate Authorities service offerings. This position will be based in the metro Portland, OR region and will support remote Enterprise, Service Provider and Government Managed Services customers. This role will manage customers PKI and CA deployments remotely as a PKI-as-a-Service offering.

Strong preference for candidates experienced in digital certificate management processes, and leading practices, or infrastructure IT background in some or all of the following disciplines:
Systems Administration (Windows, Unix OS), Network administration, Active Directory and/or Virtualization.

This is a full-time, direct-hire position NOT a contract position. US Citizens only.

Responsibilities:

• Work with customers on Managed PKI and Microsoft Certificate Authorities projects including deployment, migrations, user and admin training, as well as continuing product and service support.
• Participate in projects to deploy new PKI applications and services.
• Implement all changes to the PKI infrastructure in accordance with standard procedures and change control policies and procedures.
• Assisting architects in specifying and documenting the needs for the project.
• Become the subject matter expert of the firm’s and competitors’ products and cryptographic technology.
• Develop plans for projects utilizing the firm’s standards and methodology.
• Training and presentation of firm's products or services to customers and staff.
• Produce necessary deliverables.
• Assisting the sales teams in development of project opportunities into properly documented projects and deliverables.
• Liaising with Professional Services and Sales teams.

Education, Experience and Skills requirements:

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience technical discipline, or 3+ years of professional work experience in a related field such as Public Key Infrastructure, Infrastructure IT (Systems Administration, Network Administration Windows/Linux OS, Network Administration, Active Directory and/or Virtualization).

5+ years of experience in working in a highly-technical customer-facing role (i.e.: product support, professional services, sales engineer, technical consultant, or similar) with a security technology vendor, Value-Added Reseller, professional services or consulting firm.

Experience in working with PKI (public key infrastructure), Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services, digital signature, data communication and other cryptographic systems.

Candidates with exceptional ADCS (Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services) and PKI skills are encouraged to apply, with a special emphasis on MS-ADCS security components such as Certificate Enrollment Web Services, Certification Authority, Online Responder, Network Device Enrollment Services.

Specific knowledge of Entrust's family of products particularly desired.

Hands-On experience with implementing, configuring and optimizing Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) from leading vendors such as Utimaco, Thales, Gemalto, nCipher or Futurex highly desired.

Suggested Certifications (some NOT ALL of the following):
CompTIA Security +, CompTIA Net+, CompTIA A+, CPTE
- Certified Penetration Testing Engineer, CEH
- Certified Ethical Hacker, IBM DB2, Oracle and MS SQL Server, Java, JavaScript, SQL, Linux, Windows, SSL and HTML/CSS, Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP).

Experience in project management and knowledge of standardized project management techniques.

Strong Foundation of common OS (Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, MS Windows).

Strong working knowledge of fundamental information technology security concepts.

Basic programming skills in common programming languages (e.g. Java, C#, C/C++).

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Must be independent and self-directed, high-performance, low-maintenance employee.

Experience in training customers with Information Security products.

Solid networking skills and the ability to troubleshoot TCP/IP networks, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile security.