*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 or Wilmington, DE. 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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