PKI Engineer

TLDR

Contribute to the security and integrity of DigiCert's global PKI management systems while managing HSMs, risk assessments, and compliance audits.

Who we are

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com

 

Job summary

We are in the market for a highly motivated PKI Systems Engineer, with specialist skills involving Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), PKI and Key Management who has the ability to work effectively with people & technology.

 

What you will do

  • Install and configure various HSMs and associated systems
  • Participate in and contribute to risk management, business continuity management, policy review and compliance audits
  • Participate in certificate key management
  • Assist in deploying, testing, troubleshooting and maintaining high level of performance, uptime and overall integrity of DigiCert’s global, PKI Management systems.
  • Continual system performance analysis and capacity planning
  • Integrate third party applications as needed
  • Provide regular status and track work relating to assigned projects and tasks
  • Incident response as needed to resolve system failures and participate in on-call rotation
  • Provide recommendations, cross-training, documentation and other support to team members
  • Participate in and contribute to the evaluation, design, analysis, installation and maintenance of PKI system architecture 
  • Identify ways to improve and streamline processes and procedures
  • Generate, verify and monitor OCSP signers and CRL’s for global distribution
  • Every task requires attention to detail with security and compliance in mind
  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

 

What you will have

  • 1+ years PKI / HSM Experience (essential)
  • 3+ years of experience in a similar role in the IT industry
  • Auditing experience. example: PCI Pin Security standard/ PCI DSS Audit etc. 
  • Qualification in Information Technology or related field of study
  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
  • Enterprise systems administration/management experience
  • Interpersonal communication skills and emotional maturity
  • Team player with positive attitude
  • Self-motivated and effective time management skills
  • Knowledge of system, network, storage and information security design concepts and principles
  • Experience with Agile methodology working in an agile environment
  • A security mindset, and strong attention to detail

 

Nice to have

  • OpenSSL, Thales / Gemalto / Luna SA7, EJBCA, HTTP, DNS, SMTP, NTP, Syslog, SSH, Nginx, Salt, Git, Python, Splunk, Active Directory, CentOS, load balancing, 

 

Benefits

 

  • Generous time off policies
  • Top shelf benefits
  • Education, wellness and lifestyle support

 

Base salary range $103,000.00-$154,400.00 (actual salary offered to a candidate within this range will depend on a variety of factors including relative levels of experience and education, years in this or essentially similar role, market competition, etc.)

 

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Salary range - actual salary offered to a candidate within this range will depend on a variety of factors including relative levels of experience and education, years in this or essentially similar role, market competition, etc.

California pay range
$103,000$154,400 USD

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust, providing organizations with comprehensive solutions to protect their digital interactions. Through our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform, we deliver a suite of tools for managing certificates, DNS, and risk mitigation, ensuring secure and authentic digital experiences for businesses across industries.

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$103,000 – $154,400 per year
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