What is a Vault engineer?

A Vault Engineer is an IT professional responsible for implementing, managing, and maintaining secure secrets management solutions, often using HashiCorp Vault or similar tools. They ensure that sensitive data such as passwords, API keys, and certificates are stored, accessed, and rotated securely within an organization’s infrastructure. Vault Engineers collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to integrate secrets management into CI/CD pipelines and automate access control. Their work helps organizations comply with security best practices and regulatory requirements.