Cryptography Engineer, Vice President
Core
Design, engineer, and operate enterprise cryptographic services, PKI platforms, and certificate lifecycle management to secure digital identities and communications.
Role type
Vice President, Cryptography Engineer (Senior IC with strategic leadership)
Builds
Enterprise PKI platforms, Certificate Authorities (CAs), key management solutions, and automated certificate services for applications, infrastructure, and cloud.
Domain
Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Identity & Access Management (IAM)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) design and operation, X.509 certificate technologies, cryptographic algorithms and protocols, certificate lifecycle management, Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), cloud-native security services (Azure, AWS), DevOps/CI/CD integration, authentication and identity concepts, regulatory standards (NIST, PCI-DSS, FFIEC), technical leadership and mentoring
Preferred skills
Certificate automation technologies (ACME, EST, SCEP), machine identity management, cryptographic agility, post-quantum cryptography initiatives, KeyFactor, DigiCert, Microsoft ADCS, Venafi, Sectigo platforms
Technologies
Azure, AWS, ACME, EST, SCEP, HSMs, Microsoft ADCS, KeyFactor, DigiCert, Venafi, Sectigo
Responsibilities
Design and operate enterprise PKI platforms and trust services; manage digital certificate lifecycle (issuance, renewal, revocation); lead engineering of certificate automation; design key management solutions; onboard systems to enterprise PKI; engineer secure solutions for code signing and machine identities; drive migration from legacy certificates; develop automation for operational efficiency; support cloud cryptography integrations; participate in security architecture reviews; monitor cryptographic risks; support audit and compliance activities; produce operational metrics and risk reports; contribute to post-quantum cryptography strategy; document standards and procedures; provide technical leadership and mentoring
Seniority
Vice President, strategic leadership and hands-on engineering
