Senior Consultant - Data Protection (PKI/HSM) | Remote, USA

This position will be fully remote and can be hired anywhere in the continental U.S. 

How you'll make an impact:

• Design, build and operate certificate lifecycle management and key management solutions.
• Participate and occasionally lead in capacity planning and hardware specification recommendation efforts for cryptography and PKI solutions.
• Participate in cryptography solution deployment activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration.
• Participate in User Acceptance Testing efforts and occasionally leads the efforts.
• Design and implement cryptography technology build processes for both small and large projects.
• Successfully provide knowledge transfer and post production support activities as necessary.
• Comfortably delivers solo-based work or act as "point" for complex projects.
• Acts as technical escalation point to assist other consultants.
• Effectively provide knowledge transfer and post production support activities as necessary.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional associations.
• Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certifications.
• Complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting.
• Acts as contributor in Optiv communities for solutions of focus.

What we're looking for:

• Candidates should posses strong knowledge of cryptographic process, programs, and algorithms.

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Approximately 5-7 years of related work experience, with 4-7 of those years in technical architecture.
• Approximately 4-7 years of technical architecture experience.
• Extensive knowledge and implementation experience with at least one of the following technology solution sets: Thales CipherTrust Manager, Thales Luna HSMs, Venafi CLM, Keyfactor CLM.
• Ancillary experience with Entrust nCipher, Entrust nShield, Fortanix, Akeyless or AppViewX is a plus.
• Working knowledge of operating systems, virtual machine environments, mainframe security packages, and relational database management systems.
• Strong consulting and client advisory skills.
• Process-oriented individual with strong attention to detail, and strong organizational skills.
• Excellent, detailed writing skills.
• Expert knowledge of using Microsoft Office and Visio.
• Ability to write scripts (Java, Python, Perl) is a plus.
• Ability to build relationships with and influence other functional areas.
• Basic understanding of Services organization and key areas of focus.
• Well-developed negotiation skills.
• Solid business acumen and basic project management expertise.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in parallel.
• Willingness to travel to meet client needs, likely 20-25%.
• The successful candidate should hold or be willing to pursue related professional certifications such as the CISSP, CISM, and/or CISA.
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