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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # PKI Engineer - **Company:** Ernst & Young LLP - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $128,100.0 - $239,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Active Directory, Computer Programming, Cryptographic Protocols, Hardware Security Module, Public Key Infrastructure, X.509, Microsoft InTune, Servicenow - **Published:** July 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/B0F980701EC74643B5CAE85355D7F797/job/ ## About the Role 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. ## Description 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., 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 ## Related Videos - [Applying Agile Principles to Incident Management ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/101-applying-agile-principles-to-incident-management) - [MCP Mashups: How AI Agents are Reviving the Programmable Web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1392-mcp-mashups-how-ai-agents-are-reviving-the-programmable-web) - [What makes Cybersecurity different for critical infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/571-what-makes-cybersecurity-different-for-critical-infrastructure) - [Fault Tolerance and Consistency at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Distributed SQL Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1146-fault-tolerance-and-consistency-at-scale-harnessing-the-power-of-distributed-sql-databases) - [The Future of Recruiting: Innovations and Challenges in the European IT Sector](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1056-the-future-of-recruiting-innovations-and-challenges-in-the-european-it-sector) - [AI in Production: applied AI & enterprise use cases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100130-ai-in-production-applied-ai-enterprise-use-cases) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [9 Ways to Make Money Hacking](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/333-9-ways-to-make-money-hacking) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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