Keeper Security
Staff Software Engineer, Certificate Lifecycle Management
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
Employer listed it 6 weeks ago · Added 5 days ago
Been open since 6 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
Not stated
Location
United States only
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Product
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Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote, US"
- Job description states: "based in the Chicago"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
Description
Keeper Security is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Certificate Lifecycle Management to help architect and build the next generation of certificate and machine identity security capabilities within the Keeper platform. This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the Chicago, IL or El Dorado Hills, CA metro areas.
Keeper’s cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations globally. Keeper is published in 23 languages and sold in over 150 countries. Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and help solve complex engineering challenges across PKI, certificate discovery, lifecycle automation, cryptographic trust and enterprise infrastructure.
About Keeper
Keeper Security is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity software companies that protects thousands of organizations and millions of people in over 150 countries. Keeper is a pioneer of zero-knowledge and zero-trust security built for any IT environment. Its core offering, KeeperPAM®, is an AI-enabled, cloud-native platform that protects all users, devices and infrastructure from cyber attacks. Recognized for its innovation in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management (PAM), Keeper secures passwords and passkeys, infrastructure secrets, remote connections and endpoints with role-based enforcement policies, least privilege and just-in-time access. Learn why Keeper is trusted by leading organizations to defend against modern adversaries at KeeperSecurity.com .
About the Job
As a Staff Software Engineer focused on Certificate Lifecycle Management, you will provide technical leadership for the architecture and development of capabilities that help enterprises discover, issue, deploy, monitor, renew, rotate and revoke digital certificates across complex environments. This is a highly technical, hands-on engineering role for someone with deep experience in PKI, certificate management or machine identity security. You will work across backend services, APIs, automation workflows and enterprise integrations while helping define the technical direction of Keeper’s certificate management capabilities. You will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Security, DevOps and Solutions teams to translate complex certificate and infrastructure requirements into secure, scalable and highly automated systems.
Responsibilities
Architect and develop certificate lifecycle management capabilities spanning discovery, inventory, enrollment, issuance, deployment, renewal, rotation and revocation
Design scalable backend services and APIs for managing certificates, machine identities and related cryptographic metadata across enterprise environments
Build certificate discovery and automation workflows across cloud platforms, Kubernetes, web servers, load balancers, databases, network devices and other infrastructure
Design integrations with public and private certificate authorities and enterprise PKI environments
Develop secure workflows for certificate enrollment, key handling, trust validation and certificate deployment
Solve complex engineering challenges involving certificate chains, trust stores, expiration, ownership, policy enforcement and cryptographic compliance
Design systems that support automated certificate renewal and remediation while minimizing operational disruption
Provide technical leadership on PKI architecture, machine identity, cryptographic standards and certificate automation
Partner with Product and Engineering leadership on technical strategy, architecture, requirements and long-term platform direction
Lead technical design reviews, mentor engineers and help establish engineering standards for security-sensitive certificate management capabilities
Evaluate emerging PKI, machine identity and cryptographic technologies and recommend architectural approaches
Use AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot or similar platforms to improve technical research, software development, debugging, documentation and engineering efficiency
Requirements
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience building backend, infrastructure or security-focused systems
Deep hands-on experience with certificate lifecycle management, PKI, machine identity security or a closely related domain
Strong understanding of X.509 certificates, certificate authorities, certificate chains, trust stores, private keys and public key cryptography
Requirements
- ·8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience building backend, infrastructure or security-focused systems
- ·Deep hands-on experience with certificate lifecycle management, PKI, machine identity security or a closely related domain
- ·Strong understanding of X.509 certificates, certificate authorities, certificate chains, trust stores, private keys and public key cryptography
- ·Experience with certificate lifecycle operations including discovery, enrollment, issuance, deployment, renewal, rotation, revocation and expiration management
- ·Strong knowledge of certificate and PKI protocols and technologies such as ACME, SCEP, EST, OCSP, CRLs and TLS
Benefits
- ·Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
- ·Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental Life
- ·Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
- ·401K (Roth/Traditional)
- ·A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc.)
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Keeper Security, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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