Lead PKI engineer

FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.  

At FactSet, our values are the foundation of everything we do. They express how we act and operate, serve as a compass in our decision-making, and play a big role in how we treat each other, our clients, and our communities. We believe that the best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time, and that curiosity is the key to anticipating our clients' needs and exceeding their expectations.  

Team Impact :
 

FactSet is seeking a subject matter expert to drive engagement and automation. The ideal candidate is passionate about automation and cryptography and will work with development teams, infrastructure teams, and clients, to recommend a supported best practice workflow.

What You'II Do

• Administer hosted PKI certificate lifecycle management platform, ensuring full coverage of issued certificates and related installations within the platform
• Drive adoption of self-service requests, and lifecycle automation
• Work with stakeholders to understand needs, then design and lead implementation of solutions
• Participation in cryptography policy decision-making, enforcement, and roadmap
• Implement standards and enhancements as established by working groups, steering committees, governmental and regulatory bodies, as well as the CA/Browser Forum.
• Author detailed documentation with clear explanations of configuration, best practices, and procedures
• Provide escalated administrative support for systems as needed
• Participation in an on-call rotation for occasional after-hours services and support

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of relevant Public Key Infrastructure experience
• Proven experience troubleshooting and solving complex issues related to digital certificates
• Ability to identify automation opportunities based on a variety of inputs including support tickets, interaction with peers, logs, compliance initiatives, etc.
• Experience in writing technical documentation and process documentation (e.g. technical: deployment diagrams and process: flow charts for account creation)
• Thorough, detail-oriented and quality-driven with excellent communication and inter-personal skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage demands of many projects, issues, and tasks
• Ability to coordinate with peers and customers across multiple continents
• Ability to perform duties with minimal supervision
• Maintains knowledge of current and future state of cryptography initiatives such as validity period reductions, PQC.

Desired Skills:

• Experience administering private certificate authority, and related infrastructure
• Experience administering and implementing automation for certificate lifecycle management
• Experience with SPIFFE/SPIRE and/or ACME highly desired
• Intermediate experience with common scripting languages (e.g. Python, PowerShell) and designing efficient workflows
• Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or related field
• Relevant industry training and/or certification

Tools and Capabilities:

• Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services
• AWS Certificate Manager
• Venafi (CyberArk Certificate Manager)
• Hashicorp Vault PKI service
• HSM

What's In It For You 

• At FactSet, our people are our greatest asset, and our culture is our biggest competitive advantage. Being a FactSetter means: 

• The opportunity to join an S&P 500 company with over 45 years of sustainable growth powered by the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up.

• Support for your total well-being. This includes health, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement savings plans and a discounted employee stock purchase program, plus paid time off for holidays, family leave, and company-wide wellness days.  

• Flexible work accommodations. We value work/life harmony and offer our employees a range of accommodations to help them achieve success both at work and in their personal lives. 

• A global community dedicated to volunteerism and sustainability, where collaboration is always encouraged, and individuality drives solutions. 

• Career progression planning with dedicated time each month for learning and development. 

• Business Resource Groups open to all employees that serve as a catalyst for connection, growth, and belonging. 

• Learn more about our benefits here. 
   

  Salary is just one component of our compensation package and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, and certifications. 

Company Overview: 

FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award winner. Learn more at  and follow us on X and LinkedIn. 

At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.