PKI Administrator Certificate management specialist

Job Title: PKI Administrator / Certificate Management Specialist
Location: Charlotte NC (Remote)
Experience: 812 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:

• Bachelors 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.