PKI Venafi Architect

• Design and maintain enterprise PKI architecture, including Root CA, Issuing CA, CRL, OCSP, HSM, and trust frameworks.
• Develop certificate governance standards, policies, and cryptographic control frameworks.
• Architect highly available and resilient PKI and CLM platforms.
• Drive enterprise machine identity and certificate management strategy.

Venafi Platform Architecture

• Design and administer Venafi Trust Protection Platform (TPP).

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills PKI & Security Architecture

• Design and maintain enterprise PKI architecture, including Root CA, Issuing CA, CRL, OCSP, HSM, and trust frameworks.
• Develop certificate governance standards, policies, and cryptographic control frameworks.
• Architect highly available and resilient PKI and CLM platforms.
• Drive enterprise machine identity and certificate management strategy.

Venafi Platform Architecture

• Design and administer Venafi Trust Protection Platform (TPP).
• Define onboarding standards, workflows, policies, reporting, discovery jobs, and access models.
• Architect integrations between Venafi and enterprise applications, cloud services, and security platforms.
• Lead Venafi platform upgrades, enhancements, and optimization initiatives.

Roles & Responsibilities Certificate Lifecycle Automation

• Architect automated certificate provisioning and renewal solutions.
• Design automation frameworks using:

o Venafi APIs

o vCert

o PowerShell

o Python

o Ansible

o GitHub Actions

o Azure DevOps o CI/CD pipelines

• Drive adoption of certificate automation across enterprise application portfolios. Application & Cloud Integration
• Lead application onboarding into CLM services.
• Support certificate deployment and automation across:

o Windows Server

o Linux/Unix

o IIS

o Apache o Tomcat o WebLogic

o Kubernetes

o Azure

o AWS

o F5 Load Balancers

o Kafka

o Solace

o PingFederate

• Provide architecture guidance and troubleshooting support for complex trust and certificate-related issues.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with NIST, PCI-DSS, SOX, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, and enterprise security standards.
• Conduct cryptographic risk assessments and certificate posture reviews.
• Define certificate ownership models and governance processes.
• Support audits and regulatory compliance activities, * Reporting & Governance Cloud & DevOps
• Azure
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• GitHub Actions
• Azure DevOps
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code Programming & Automation
• PowerShell Python
• REST APIs
• Ansible Leadership Expectations
• Serve as the PKI and Machine Identity SME.
• Provide technical leadership to engineering and operations teams.
• Develop enterprise PKI roadmaps and modernization strategies.
• Mentor engineers and establish best practices for certificate lifecycle management.
• Drive Zero Trust and identity-centric security initiatives.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of Information Security experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on PKI architecture experience.
• 5+ years of Venafi Trust Protection Platform experience.
• Strong expertise in:

o X.509 Certificates

o TLS/SSL

o PKI

o CLM o CRL/OCSP

o HSM Technologies

o Digital Signatures

o Cryptographic Key Management

• Experience designing PKI solutions in Azure and AWS environments.
• Strong scripting skills using PowerShell and Python.

Preferred Qualifications

• CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or equivalent certification.
• Venafi Certified Professional/Architect certification.
• Experience with:

o Keyfactor

o DigiCert

o Entrust

o Microsoft ADCS

o HashiCorp Vault

o Azure Key Vault

o AWS Certificate Manager

• Experience operating in BFSI or other highly regulated environments.

Technical Skills PKI & Cryptography

• PKI Architecture
• X.509 Certificates
• TLS/SSL
• PKCS Standards
• Digital Signatures
• HSM Integration
• CRL / OCSP Venafi
• Venafi TPP
• Venafi TLS Protect
• Certificate Discovery
• Policy Management