Lead Cryptography Engineer PKI

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Title: Lead Cryptography Engineer

Location: New York, NY

Duration: 6 months to hire

What you'll do in the role:

• Communicate regularly with product leads across the organization and discuss opportunities for improvement to existing and future technology solutions.
• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise cryptographic infrastructure, including PKI, HSMs, and certificate management platforms.
• Manage the full certificate lifecycle (issuance, renewal, revocation, and deployment) to ensure security, availability, and compliance.
• Engineer and support secure key management solutions leveraging HSMs, including key generation, storage, rotation, and backup.
• Monitor and operate cryptographic services in a 24/7 environment (on call rotations), ensuring high availability, incident response, and performance optimization.
• Automate certificate and key management processes to reduce manual effort and minimize operational risk.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams to integrate cryptographic controls into enterprise systems and cloud environments.
• Support the evaluation, design, and adoption of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) capabilities, including PQC-enabled PKI environments, crypto-agility strategies and transition planning What you'll bring to the role:
• Ability to effectively manage multiple functions and initiatives.
• Apply prior expertise in driving deeper architectural decisions.
• Impart leadership as an experienced technologist who can mentor and guide junior colleagues.

What you will bring to the role:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10 years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity engineering or operations, with exposure to cryptographic services (PKI, HSMs, certificate management).
• Strong understanding of cryptographic principles, protocols, and standards (e.g., TLS, X.509, key exchange, encryption algorithms).
• Proven experience managing PKI environments and certificate lifecycle tools in enterprise and/or cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with HSM technologies and key management practices, including secure key generation, storage, rotation, and backup.
• Familiarity with automation and scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell, or similar) to streamline certificate and key management processes.
• Knowledge of emerging cryptographic trends, including Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and crypto-agility concepts; relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or vendor-specific PKI/HSM certifications are preferred.
• Prior experience as a lead or driver of change in a security function.