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PKI Engineer

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In-Office
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
103K-154K Annually
Mid level
In-Office
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
103K-154K Annually
Mid level
Manage and maintain DigiCert's global PKI systems, including HSM installation/configuration, certificate and key management, OCSP/CRL generation, performance and capacity planning, incident response, integrations, audits, and contributing to system design, documentation, and process improvements with security and compliance focus.
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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

DigiCert offers a competitive benefits package for all of our full-time employees. 

DigiCert is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, DigiCert prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran’s status, status as a qualified person with a disability, or genetic information. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified person with disabilities, and protected veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.


 

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

Top Skills

Active Directory
Centos
Crl
Dns
Ejbca
Gemalto
Git
Hsm
HTTP
Key Management
Load Balancing
Luna Sa7
Nginx
Ntp
Ocsp
Openssl
Pki
Python
Salt
Smtp
Splunk
Ssh
Syslog
Thales

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