PKI Security Engineer (No clearance required)

Title:
• Security Engineer (PKI)

Location:
• Fort Worth, Texas (Hybrid Schedule: 3 Days onsite, 2 days remote)

Clearance Required:
• A clearance is NOT required for this opportunity. This is a commercial employer.


Top Skills Required:
• PKI engineering (not just certificate consumption) — demonstrable understanding of PKI solution design and operations: enrollment protocols (SCEP, EST), Certificate Policy / Certification Practice Statement (CP/CPS), trusted roles, Levels of Assurance, NIST SP 800-63, and real use cases such as certificate-based authentication and software signing/validation.
• Independent technical problem solving
• 5+ years in security engineering with demonstrated independent project ownership (not queue-based SOC analyst experience), including hands-on PKI engineering
• Self-directed detection engineering & investigation — Microsoft Sentinel, KQL/query and rule authoring, dashboards, and end-to-end security event investigation, driven independently with strong written documentation (not queue/triage-based SOC work).
• Remediation lifecycle engineering — owning remediation-plan review and vulnerability/finding tracking from finding to validated closure.

Nice to Have Skills and Experience (preferred but not required):
• Hands-on AI/agentic security tooling (e.g., Claude / LLM-assisted code & configuration analysis, prompt engineering for security use cases) per CISO AI direction
• Absolute endpoint platform engineering (SSO, policy groups, API)
• Scripting/automation (Python/PowerShell)
• Aviation / OT / cyber-physical or embedded-systems exposure
• HSM / key-management and code-signing infrastructure
• Aviation security

Job Description:
• Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practices
• Solves technical problems and builds components/libraries with far-ranging impact
• Delivers high quality work and coaches more junior engineers on technical craftsmanship
• Conducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to address
• Designs thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices, allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed, scale, and reliability
• Oversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementations
• Consistently anticipates scaling, latency, and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategies
• Partners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systems
• Thoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategies
• Consistently reflects on squad delivery practices throughout their span of of influence, recommends improvements to leadership and drives their implementation
• Maintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influence
• Thoughtfully measures and assesses team and identifies areas of development for individuals
• Explores emerging technologies, leads development of prototypes with little or no guidance and incorporates into architectural solutions where appropriate




o Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.  If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
 Medical, dental & vision
 Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
 Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
 Short and long-term disability
 Health Spending Account (HSA)
 Transportation benefits
 Employee Assistance Program
 Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)