PKI Administrator / Certificate management specialist - Remote at Ventures Unlimited Inc PKI Administrator / Certificate management specialist - Remote at Ventures Unlimited Inc in Greensboro, North Carolina Posted in about 11 hours ago.
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work-from-home Job Description Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
- Strong understanding of:
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- SSL/TLS Certificates
- Certificate Signing Requests (CSR)
- Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL)
- OCSP
- Encryption and Cryptographic Concepts Roles & Responsibilities
- Manage the complete lifecycle of digital certificates, including enrollment, issuance, renewal, revocation, and expiration management.
- Administer and support enterprise PKI environments and Certificate Authorities (CAs).
- Monitor certificate health and proactively address expiring or non-compliant certificates.
- Implement and manage certificate automation solutions to reduce operational overhead.
- Ensure secure deployment of SSL/TLS certificates across servers, applications, network devices, APIs, and cloud environments.
- Perform certificate inventory management and maintain accurate records of certificate ownership.
- Troubleshoot certificate-related issues affecting applications, websites, and infrastructure services.
- Support cryptographic key management processes and HSM integrations.
- Enforce certificate and key management policies, standards, and procedures.
- Coordinate with infrastructure, cloud, application, and security teams to ensure proper certificate deployment.
- Support audits, regulatory requirements, and compliance initiatives.
- Develop dashboards and reports to provide visibility into certificate health and compliance status.
Strong understanding of:
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- SSL/TLS Certificates
- Certificate Signing Requests (CSR)
- Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL)
- OCSP
- Encryption and Cryptographic Concepts
- Experience with Windows, Linux, cloud platforms, and enterprise network environments.
- Familiarity with DNS, Load Balancers, Web Servers, and Application Servers.
- Experience integrating certificate management with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of security and compliance standards including NIST, PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA, and
ISO 27001.
- Generic Managerial Skills, If any
- 5+ years of experience in Certificate Management, PKI Administration, or Cybersecurity Operations.
- Hands-on experience with:
- Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS)
- DigiCert
- Sectigo
- Entrust
- Venafi
- Keyfactor
- AppViewX