MAX - PKI Encryption Engineer - 2464322

*Hybrid or Remote Contract Opportunity*

Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their PKI Encryption Engineer position! This is a 12+ month contract opportunity and is open to hybrid candidates in Buffalo, New York (highly preferred) as well as remote candidates within the United States. This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services.

What You'll Be Doing:

•Design and implement encryption and PKI solutions to secure digital transactions, communications, and data within the bank.

•Manage and maintain the bank's encryption infrastructure to ensure compliance with industry standards.

•Provide expertise and support for cryptographic key management, including key generation, distribution, and revocation.

•Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies related to PKI, encryption, and cybersecurity to enhance the bank's security posture.

•Oversee the day-to-day operations of PKI services, including certificate issuance, renewal, revocation, and key management.

•Drive automation initiatives to streamline PKI processes and enhance service delivery efficiency.

•Work closely with Technology management, senior Engineers, and support teams on a regular basis to implement and manage the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet or exceed current and future needs of the organization.

•Responsibilities may include infrastructure review, implementation, and design, creation of support and architectural documentation, standards, policies, analysis, and testing.

•Regularly and independently interact with business partners of varying associate and management levels to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements.

•Coordinate vendor interactions and/or vendor resources as needed.

•Mentor and coach less experienced engineers, technicians, and integrators. Review documentation, proposals, and changes proposed by less experienced staff.

•Seek to expand knowledge and understanding of Financial Services trends, practices, and technologies on a continuous basis.

•Follow and promote use of industry best practices, standards and procedures.

•Maintain a strong aptitude and working knowledge of Bank applications, systems, development environments. Maintain a detailed understanding of vendor technologies and services used by the Bank.

What You'll Need to Have:

•Experience with PKI technologies, including digital certificates, Certificate Authorities (CAs), and Hardware Security Modules (HSMs).

•Strong understanding of cryptographic protocols, algorithms, and key management practices.

•Experience with scripting and programming languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for automating security tasks and developing use cases.

•Combined minimum of 6 years higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture.

•Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering preferred.

•Minimum 6 years professional experience in a technical engineering position involving infrastructure design technologies, data management and interchange, system design and/or development for complex applications.

•Ability to translate complex business and functional requirements into structured high quality implementations using any variety of industry standard approaches.

Pay Range: $50-$70/hr+

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