PKI Engineer

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The senior engineer role drives solution development, and implementation activities to provide PKI related services to the business across a large set of digital certificate use cases. The role is aligned to a number of technologies including, but not limited to, Microsoft's Active Directory Certificate Services, Network Device Enrollment Services (NDES), Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP), Thales Hardware Security Modules (HSM), Venafi Trust Protection Platform, and Intune certificate connectors.

The opportunity

The PKI engineer role provides the opportunity to work in a highly complex, global organization to design, develop, and deploy new or enhanced PKI services to support the business with innovative solutions. The position offers the candidate the ability to work within a large scale, highly available, and secure set of technologies to support delivery of PKI services to the business. PKI services must be highly secure, consistent, and reliable and the engineering team deploys and operates services designed to provide certificate management solutions and seeks to integrate with automated provisioning services.

Your key responsibilities

The key responsibilities for the PKI engineer role involve working to implement new or enhanced PKI services across the organization, maintain currently deployed solutions, and troubelshoot issues that may arise. A successful candidate must be able to:

• Partner with all stakeholders and external vendors to develop, deploy and support the best possible solution to meet EY business needs.

• Develop technical and functional solutions that integrate with business processes

• Document solution installation and configuration guides and operational procedures

• Document thorough test plans and provide detailed and summary reports of results

Skills and attributes for success

The role requires an advanced analytical acumen and solution orientation to understand the nuances of X.509 digital certificate use cases and technologies including but not limited to Microsoft PKI, OCSP, HSM's, and Venafi software services and other identity and secure access technologies in current use across geographic regions and to drive current and next generation PKI solutions within the strategic directives of the business.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A deep understanding of digital certificate lifecycle management functions and broad experience with different certificate types and uses

• A broad understanding of the available PKI vendors and technologies offering technical solutions in the market

• Knowledge and experience with cryptographic protocols, services, and standards

• Ability to collect, refine, and analyse business requirements and develop innovative solutions

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written

Ideally, you'll also have

• Experience with key PKI technologies such as Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services including Certificate Authority, NDES, OCSP and Intune Certificate Connector

• Experience with Thales Luna Hardware Security Modules (HSMs)

• Experience with Venafi TrustForce and Trust Authority

• Experience with automation of certificate lifecycle management functions

• Experience with certificate request and issuance processes integrating to ServiceNow automation

• Programming and/or script development experience

What we look for

A successful candidate would be a highly motivated and performance-oriented individual that can develop future state visions and successfully drive measurable improvement in delivery of PKI services. The candidate should be able to clearly communicate with all levels of stakeholders from technical through executive level sponsors. EY has a culture of high-performance teams and successful candidates should have strong technical skills but also be team oriented.

What we offer you

The compensation ranges below are provided in order to comply with United States pay transparency laws. Other geographies will follow their local salary guidelines, which may not be a direct conversion of published US salary ranges. At EY, we'll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We'll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more .

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $128,100 to $239,600. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $153,800 to $272,300. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.

• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.

• Under our flexible vacation policy, you'll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You'll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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