| Requirement ID: | 93405 |
| Job Title: | Certificate Lifecycle/ PKI Engineer with Venafi Expertise |
| Job Type: | Contract |
| Duration: | 6 - 9 months |
| Location: | Chicago-IL |
| Job Description: | Role Descriptions: Certificate Lifecycle ManagementAdminister and support enterprise Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) services.Manage the complete certificate lifecycle including: oDiscoveryoRequestoIssuanceoRenewaloRevocationoDeploymentoMonitoringoRetirementEnsure certificates remain compliant with enterprise standards and industry requirements.Support certificate inventory management and visibility initiatives.Assist with remediation of expiring| unmanaged| self-signed| and non-compliant certificatesVenafi Platform AdministrationAdminister and maintain the Venafi platform and supporting infrastructure.Configure and manage: oPoliciesoWorkflowsoCertificate AuthoritiesoIntegrationsoDiscovery jobsoNotificationsoReportingoAccess controlsSupport platform upgrades| maintenance activities| and technology refresh initiatives.Collaborate with Venafi support and vendors to resolve technical issues and implement enhancements.Application Onboarding & Solution EngineeringLead application onboarding activities into the Certificate Lifecycle Management platform.Assess application certificate requirements and define onboarding approaches.Design and implement automation patterns suitable for application needs.Partner with application teams to understand deployment architectures| certificate formats| trust requirements| and operational processes.Support onboarding across: oWindowsoLinuxoAzureoKubernetesoWebLogicoIISoF5oKafkaoSolaceoPingoCloud-native platformsProvide technical consultation and solution recommendations to application teams. Certificate AutomationDesign| implement| and support certificate lifecycle automation solutions.Develop automation patterns using: oVenafi Native DriversoVenafi APIsovCert UtilitiesoCI/CD PipelinesoGitHub ActionsoAzure DevOpsoPowerShelloPythonoAnsibleAutomate certificate renewal| provisioning| deployment validation| and application restart activities.Drive reduction of manual certificate deployment processes and operational risk.Create reusable automation patterns and onboarding frameworks for adoption across the enterprise.PKI Operations & ResiliencySupport internal PKI infrastructure and certificate authority services.Participate in: oCertificate Authority operationsoCRL publication activitiesoBackup and recovery testingoDisaster Recovery exercisesoPlatform resiliency improvementsMonitor certificate ecosystem health and availability.Support root and intermediate certificate management activities.Participate in major incident response and troubleshooting effortsSecurity & GovernanceSupport certificate governance and compliance initiatives.Maintain certificate ownership| metadata| and accountability records.Ensure adherence to security standards for: oTLS/SSLoCertificate issuanceoCryptographic key managementoCertificate Authority controls |
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