
PKI Engineer
Fort Meade, MDJob$87–198K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The PKI Engineer develops and maintains secure, scalable, highly available public key infrastructure solutions aligned with Navy and Department of War standards and long-term technology strategy. The role maintains PKI documentation, evaluates and supports technologies and processes, and partners with engineering, security, infrastructure, vendor, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions meeting operational and technical requirements.
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Full job description
PKI Engineer
The Opportunity:
Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact that will help safeguard our nation? You understand your customer's environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution.
The Cybersecurity Public Key Infrastructure ( PKI ) Engineer will be responsible for developing and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available PKI solutions aligned with Navy and DoW standards and long-term technology strategy. The candidate will maintain accurate PKI documentation, including certificate inventories, system configurations, architectural diagrams, operational procedures, and technical standards. They will evaluate, recommend, and support the implementation of new technologies, tools, products, and processes that enhance the PKI environment and overall operational efficiency. A successful candidate will partner with engineers, security teams, infrastructure teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to define, design, and deliver solutions that meet operational and technical requirements.
Join us. The world can't wait.
You Have:
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5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, including PKI
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3+ years of experience with Active Directory Certificate Services
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Experience implementing and maintaining security best practices
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Experience with certificate authority design, setup, and operations
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Experience with certificate lifecycle management and automation
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Knowledge of certificate policies and certificate contents
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Knowledge of Linux systems and asym met ric cryptography concepts and applications
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Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
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Secret clearance
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HS diploma or GED
Nice If You Have:
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Experience with Keyfactor and Venafi
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Experience implementing ACME and SCEP processes
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Knowledge of certificate policy and certification practice statements
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Security+ Certification
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.
Compensation
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,900.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.
Identity Statement
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy
AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
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Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
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Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
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Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,563 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$87–198K/yr
- Maryland median$113–205K/yr67 salary ranges
- US median$105–198K/yr1,246 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $142K, is 14% below the Maryland median midpoint ($165K) — in the lowest quarter of Cybersecurity Engineer salary ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 91 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs in Maryland and 1,563 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Maryland
- Lockheed Martin15 open
- Leidos9 open
- Serco6 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Cybersecurity Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,451 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 691 of the 1,563 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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