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PKI Certificate Engineer

Manassas, VA

Full-time, Exempt

Security Clearance: Top Secret

Does working in a flexible environment where you can succeed and contribute interest you? Are you excited about working on a full complement of technologies while gaining expertise across multiple software and hardware products? Are you self-driven to take ownership and deliver solutions from development to production? Come join our team to make a difference on a key government infrastructure with a history of outstanding delivery.

BruckEdwards, Inc. is a growing, small business, government contracting company providing IT services to the federal government. Our culture is founded on providing all employees with a stimulating environment in which they can maximize their potential. We are dedicated to making a positive impact on our customers by providing high-end technical solutions, outstanding customer service, and continually improving our processes. We provide our staff with the resources they need to achieve success while giving employees the freedom to develop innovative and creative solutions to meet our customers’ needs.

BruckEdwards is seeking a skilled and proactive PKI Certificate Engineer who will be a key part of a team that designs, builds, and supports an enterprise Government high-value asset system using cutting-edge products and tools. This role supports mission-critical federal identity management programs and ensures compliance with federal cybersecurity standards, including FISMA and NIST. The position will be responsible for all aspects of the operation, maintenance, and compliance for several certificate authorities and the certificates they issue.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot certificate issuance systems
• Issuance, revocation, and renewal of certificates
• Implementation of certificate policy
• Develop and engineer new solutions to meet best practices, security, and compliance standards
• Support the deployment and configuration of hardware and software
• Maintain documentation of configurations, diagrams, and standard operating procedures

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Active Top Secret security clearance
• Monday - Friday, onsite in Manassas, VA
• 10+ years of experience in system administration, engineering, information assurance, or cybersecurity roles (preferably supporting federal IT projects)
• 5+ years of demonstrable experience in administering a highly available customer-serving infrastructure
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, or Computer Science
• Additional years of professional experience and IT certifications may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree
• An associate’s degree, plus 4 years of experience, can equate to a bachelor’s degree
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II or higher compliant certification, e.g., GSEC, Security+
• Proven experience with Red Hat Linux Administration
• Knowledgeable about Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and certificate lifecycles
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills
• Be a self-starter who is not afraid to speak up and voice their opinions, as well as a skilled generalist who has the confidence to take on whatever projects are needed
• Ability to write clear, detailed, and accurate system documentation
• Attention to detail and well-organized

Desired experience in the following areas:

• Experience supporting federal identity or credentialing systems
• Experience with Red Hat Certificate Systems, EJBCA, or other Certificate Authority solution(s)
• Familiarity with Hardware Security Modules
• Virtual machine management using KVM, VMware, or other virtualization platform(s)
• Ability to read/write Ansible playbooks for automation

Please note this position may require access to sensitive and/or confidential data; it is the responsibility of the employee to acknowledge and adhere to BE’s Ethics and applicable security policies addressing the acceptable use of information system resources.

BruckEdwards is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.