Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Security Administrator

Team: IT

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities

• Perform certificate operations, customer support, reporting, documentation, and ongoing certificate lifecycle management activities.

• Supervise PKI team activities and provide strategic, technical, and operational guidance for complex and mission-critical programs.

• Develop requirements and technical recommendations for PKI projects, infrastructure improvements, optimization initiatives, and maintenance efforts.

• Provide guidance and training to key stakeholders on PKI lifecycle processes, procedures, certificate management, and security practices.

• Support certificate automation initiatives using Venafi and related technologies, while exploring opportunities to incorporate AI into automation workflows.

• Provide customer and technical support for applications and services that depend on digital certificates.

• Troubleshoot certificate, authentication, encryption, and PKI infrastructure issues and recommend effective resolutions.

• Work with IT customers, developers, system administrators, and project teams to analyze requirements and resolve complex technical challenges.

• Support PKI infrastructure involving certificate authorities, enrollment services, policy services, HSMs, Active Directory, and related technologies.

• Contribute to process improvements, automation, documentation, and operational best practices across the PKI environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience with 9+ years of relevant experience.

• Strong understanding of Public Key Infrastructure, certificate lifecycle management, REST API integration, SCEP, and Microsoft AD Auto-Enrollment.

• Hands-on experience with certificate management technologies, preferably Venafi, Microsoft Certificate Authority, and Hardware Security Modules (HSMs).

• Experience troubleshooting digital certificate issues with an interest in advancing automation and AI-enabled solutions.

• Understanding of technologies such as VCERT, Portable Git, Ansible, and Visual Studio Code.

• Working knowledge of PowerShell scripting.

• Infrastructure administration experience across areas such as systems administration, server administration, networking, Active Directory/LDAP, Unix/Linux, virtualization, or access control.

• Ability to interpret and work with technologies supporting TLS/SSL encryption, including platforms such as F5, NetScaler, IIS, Apache, WebLogic, or WebSphere.

• Experience with Certificate Enrollment Web Services, Policy Web Services, and Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) monitoring.

• Experience configuring, deploying, and troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Server and Unix/Linux environments.

• Familiarity with or comparable change, incident, and problem-management platforms.

• Experience with server virtualization technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and problem-solving capabilities.

• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor team members, and communicate recommendations clearly to project and program stakeholders.

• U.S. citizenship is required due to applicable federal government, client, and contractual requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on experience, skills, qualifications, and role requirements.

• Opportunity to work in a remote U.S.-based position supporting cybersecurity and PKI operations.

• Exposure to mission-critical federal and enterprise technology environments.

• Opportunity to work with PKI, certificate automation, infrastructure security, and emerging AI-enabled technologies.

• Professional growth through technical leadership, strategic projects, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

• Potential opportunity for on-site work or relocation within the Washington, DC metropolitan area where required by the position or client environment.

• Equal opportunity employment environment with consideration for qualified candidates based on individual qualifications, merit, and business needs.