Summary
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A senior cybersecurity engineering role responsible for managing certificate lifecycle processes, security integrations, and enterprise identity infrastructure across diverse platforms.
Highlights
Senior security engineering opportunity involving enterprise certificate management, automation, and large-scale infrastructure environments.
Description
Hiring: Senior PKI & Venafi Engineer | Chicago, IL
We are looking for a Senior PKI & Venafi Engineer with strong expertise in Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM), Venafi, PKI, and certificate automation to support an enterprise security environment.
Location: 333 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL
Work Model: 100% Onsite – Local Candidates Preferred
Duration: Long term
Experience: 10+ Years
Role: Certificate Lifecycle / PKI Engineer – Venafi
Key Responsibilities
Administer and support enterprise Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Venafi Trust Protection Platform.Manage the complete certificate lifecycle: discovery, request, issuance, renewal, revocation, deployment, monitoring, and retirement.Configure and maintain Venafi policies, workflows, integrations, discovery jobs, notifications, reporting, and access controls.Lead application onboarding and certificate integration across Windows, Linux, Azure, Kubernetes, WebLogic, IIS, F5, Kafka, Solace, Ping, and cloud-native platforms.Design and implement certificate automation using Venafi Native Drivers, Venafi APIs, vCert, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, Python, and Ansible.Automate certificate renewal, provisioning, deployment validation, and application restart processes.Support PKI infrastructure, Certificate Authorities, CRL publication, root/intermediate certificates, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery.Troubleshoot certificate and PKI issues and participate in major incident response.Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards for TLS/SSL, certificate issuance, cryptographic key management, and CA controls.Partner with application, infrastructure, cloud, security, and architecture teams to develop reusable certificate onboarding and automation solutions.Required Skills
✅ 10+ years of PKI / Certificate Management experience
✅ Strong Venafi Trust Protection Platform expertise
✅ Enterprise Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM)
✅ Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Authority operations
✅ Microsoft Azure / hybrid cloud environments
✅ Certificate automation and application onboarding
✅ Experience with Venafi APIs / vCert / Native Drivers
✅ PowerShell / Python / Ansible
✅ CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps
✅ Strong understanding of TLS/SSL, certificates, cryptographic keys, CRL, root & intermediate CAs
Preferred Environment
Windows | Linux | Azure | Kubernetes | WebLogic | IIS | F5 | Kafka | Solace | Ping | GitHub Actions | Azure DevOps | Python | PowerShell | Ansible
Interested candidates: Please share your updated resume and contact details.
Candidates must be able to work 100% onsite in Chicago, IL.
