PKI Administrator / Certificate management specialist

Job Title: PKI Administrator / Certificate Management Specialist

Location: Charlotte, NC (Remote)

Experience: 8-12 Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced PKI Administrator / Certificate Management Specialist to manage enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), digital certificate lifecycles, and certificate security across enterprise, application, network, and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the complete lifecycle of digital certificates, including enrollment, issuance, renewal, revocation, and expiration.
• Administer and support enterprise PKI environments and Certificate Authorities (CAs).
• Monitor certificate health and proactively resolve expiring, invalid, or non-compliant certificates.
• Implement certificate automation solutions to reduce manual effort and operational overhead.
• Deploy and manage SSL/TLS certificates across servers, applications, APIs, network devices, and cloud environments.
• Maintain certificate inventories, ownership records, dashboards, and compliance reports.
• Troubleshoot certificate-related issues affecting applications, websites, and infrastructure.
• Support cryptographic key management processes and Hardware Security Module (HSM) integrations.
• Enforce certificate and key management policies, standards, and procedures.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, application, DevOps, and security teams.
• Support security audits, regulatory requirements, and compliance initiatives.

Required Technical Skills:

• Strong knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), SSL/TLS certificates, CSRs, CRLs, OCSP, encryption, and cryptographic concepts.

• Hands-on experience with certificate management tools and platforms, such as:

• Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS)

• DigiCert, Sectigo, and Entrust

• Venafi, Keyfactor, and AppViewX

• Experience managing certificates across Windows, Linux, cloud platforms, and enterprise network environments.

• Knowledge of DNS, load balancers, web servers, and application servers.

• Experience integrating certificate management with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with security and compliance standards, including NIST, PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA, and ISO 27001.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Strong hands-on experience in PKI administration, certificate management, or cybersecurity operations.
• Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

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