PKI Professional Services Engineer - Virtual Office
Our client, a leading provider of Information Security solutions is seeking a PKI Professional Services consultant to service their customers in the US, Canada and Europe. This position can be based anywhere in the US, and may eventually require the candidate to travel 10-15% of the time.
This is a full-time, direct-hire position NOT a contract position.
US Citizens only. NO visa or relocation support is available.
Responsibilities:
- Work with customers and subject matter experts, to obtain necessary information to aid customers in their decision making process.
- Assisting architects in specifying and documenting the needs for the project.
- Become the subject matter expert of the firm’s and competitors’ products and cryptographic technology.
- Develop plans for projects utilizing the firm’s standards and methodology
- Training and presentation of firm's products or services to customers and staff
- Produce necessary deliverables
- Assisting the sales teams in development of project opportunities into properly documented projects and deliverables
- Liaising with PS team members at all office locations
- Travel (both domestic and internationally) at approximately 50%
- Travel domestically will be within the Northeast Corridor (Boston, NYC, MY/NJ, CT, Philadelphia, Northern Virginia/ MD).
Education, Experience and Skills requirements:
Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience preferred.
5+ years of experience in working in a highly-technical customer-facing role (i.e.: product support, professional services, sales engineer, technical consultant, or similar) with a security technology vendor, Value-Added Reseller, professional services or consulting firm.
Experience in working with PKI (public key infrastructure), Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services, digital signature, data communication and other cryptographic systems.
Candidates with exceptional ADCS (Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services) and PKI skills are encouraged to apply, with a special emphasis on MS-ADCS security components such as Certificate Enrollment Web Services, Certification Authority, Online Responder, Network Device Enrollment Services.
Specific knowledge of Entrust's family of products particularly desired
Hands-On experience with implementing, configuring and optimizing Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) from leading vendors such as Utimaco, Thales, Gemalto, nCipher or Futurex highly desired.
Experience in project management and knowledge of standardized project management techniques
Strong Foundation of common OS (Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, MS Windows)
Strong working knowledge of fundamental information technology security concepts (e.g. CISSP, CCNA, etc.)
Basic programming skills in common programming languages (e.g. Java, C#, C/C++)
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Must be independent and self-directed, high-performance, low-maintenance employee.
Experience in training customers with Information Security products
Solid networking skills and the ability to troubleshoot TCP/IP networks, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile security.
