Senior PKI Security Engineer

Senior PKI Security Engineer

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Security

Industry: Financial Services

Workplace Type: Remote

Reference : JN -

Date Posted: 01/14/2026

Remote

Our client is a large financial institution distinguished by its use of modern cloud technologies, mobile platforms, and agile delivery at enterprise scale. The organization promotes ownership, collaboration, and a balanced work environment while investing in continuous innovation. It seeks professionals who can navigate complex technology and business contexts and deliver secure, customer‑centric solutions.

We can facilitate W2 and corp‑to‑corp consultants. For our W2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $55.00 to $65.00/hr w2

• Participate or lead complex or high severity troubleshooting and incident problem resolutions with infrastructure teams or vendors.
• Analyze, design, and implement PKI, certificate, and security solutions.
• Translate business needs into technology solutions for internal customers.
• Lead or contribute to projects involving PKI, certificates, and security.
• Monitor the PKI and certificate incident queue and resolve issues of all levels.
• Create, review, approve, and implement changes to PKI and certificate environments.
• Analyze current PKI and certificate environments to identify challenges and develop improvements.
• Act as PKI and certificate lead on complex incidents, changes, or upgrades.
• Represent the crypto services team on global incident management calls with technical teams, customers, or vendors.
• Analyze data, identify trends, and facilitate root cause analysis with service improvement opportunities.
• Participate in capacity planning, performance monitoring, and maintenance to ensure high availability and proactive improvement.
• Apply Dev Ops principles within PKI operations and engineering.
• Lead periodic disaster recovery exercises for PKI and certificates.
• Participate in an off‑hours on‑call rotation.
• Communicate technical issues and challenges to technical and non‑technical audiences.

• At least 4 years of information technology experience.
• At least 2 years of hands‑on experience with PKI.
• Experience with operational support and implementation of enterprise‑level PKI and certificate solutions preferred.
• Experience leading technical teams or projects preferred.
• Strong understanding of Dev Ops principles preferred.
• Python or other programming or scripting language experience preferred.
• AWS Certification preferred.
• 3 years of PKI experience preferred.
• Understanding of ITIL principles preferred.

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering preferred.
• AWS Certification.
• ITIL‑related knowledge or certification preferred.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre‑tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked‑in state/locality.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.