State Street · 3 weeks ago
PKI Engineer, AVP, Operations and Engineering
Quincy, Massachusetts
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$90K/yr - $158K/yr
3+ years expState Street is a global institutional investor services company looking for a PKI Operations and Engineering leader at the Assistant Vice President level. This role is responsible for managing the operational backbone of certificate authority platforms and ensuring the reliability and compliance of the cryptographic identity layer across data centers and cloud environments.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Shape and execute the enterprise PKI strategy with a strong operational lens
Define and document certificate and signing key standards for internal systems and cloud platforms
Set requirements for certificate rotation, revocation, and incident response paths
Evaluate and onboard automation and discovery tools that expand certificate inventory coverage
Influence and align engineering, platform, and security teams on practical PKI priorities
Run internal CA platforms and integrations with external CAs
Manage HSM-backed private keys and secure signing workflows
Build and scale certificate automation for issuance, renewal, rotation, and revocation
Integrate PKI into CI/CD pipelines, cloud workloads, and service identities
Partner with infrastructure teams to remove self-signed certificates and reduce certificate sprawl
Design workflows for compromised, expired, or non-compliant certificates
Track metrics for inventory completeness, revocation SLAs, rotation success, and automation coverage
Produce executive-level updates that clearly show progress, risk, and operational health
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
3–5 years working with certificate management, KMS, or CA platforms
3–5 years administering Windows and Linux/Unix systems
Experience running enterprise PKI platforms (internal + external CAs)
Certificate lifecycle automation and inventory expansion at scale
Cryptographic key management using HSMs and vault platforms
Windows and Linux system administration
Comfort operating in regulated financial environments
Clear communicator who can drive change across teams
Self-starter who takes ownership of outcomes and improves what they touch
Preferred
IAM experience
MFA
privileged access controls
DR resiliency planning
Experience working in large complex environments (financial services a plus)
Benefits
Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
Paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
Access to our Employee Assistance Program
Incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
Eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
Flexible work-life support
Paid volunteer days
Vibrant employee networks
Company
State Street
State Street offers a range of financial services, including investment management, research and trading, as well as asset management.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.05B2025-10-23Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2025-04-24Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2025-02-06Post Ipo Equity· $750M
Leadership Team
Ronald O'Hanley
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Renee LaRoche-Morris
Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff to the COO; Head of CAO Services
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