DigiCert

DigiCert

Director, PKI Operations

United States - Remote · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 days ago
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About the role

  • This role is responsible for ensuring the availability, security, and compliance of DigiCert's certificate authority (CA) infrastructure and related PKI services.
  • The ideal candidate brings deep PKI expertise, strong leadership skills, and a track record of operating mission-critical security infrastructure at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Own and oversee all PKI operations, including CA hierarchy management, HSM administration, and key ceremony execution.
  • Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing PKI operations team across multiple time zones.
  • Drive automation and operational efficiency across certificate issuance, revocation, renewal, and monitoring workflows.
  • Partner with engineering, compliance, and product teams to support new PKI capabilities and ensure alignment with trust framework standards.
  • Lead internal and external PKI audits (WebTrust, ETSI), manage audit readiness, and remediate findings.
  • Develop and maintain PKI policies, procedures, Certificate Practices Statements (CPS), and Certificate Policies (CP).

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in PKI, information security, or related infrastructure roles, with 3+ years in a leadership capacity.

Nice to have

  • Experience with cloud PKI environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and PKI automation tools is a plus.

Skills

  • DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust.

Compensation

  • Competitive compensation and comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Retirement savings programs with company matching (401(k) or RRSP)
  • Generous paid time off, including holidays, and vacation
  • Paid parental leave and family support benefits
  • Life and disability coverage <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559

Company info

  • DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today's threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com
  • Job summary
  • The Director, PKI Operations will lead the strategy, design, and day-to-day operations of DigiCert's Public Key Infrastructure. This role is responsible for ensuring the availability, security, and compliance of DigiCert's certificate authority (CA) infrastructure and related PKI services. The ideal candidate brings deep PKI expertise, strong leadership skills, and a track record of operating mission-critical security infrastructure at scale.
  • We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction.
  • Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents.
  • Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today's threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com

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