Principal Security Engineer

Who We Are
Accutive Security partners with some of the world’s most advanced and highly regulated organizations to solve complex challenges in cryptography, PKI, certificate lifecycle management, machine identity security, and enterprise-scale privileged access solutions. Our work underpins global enterprises and critical infrastructure environments where reliability, scalability, and security are non-negotiable.
We are rapidly growing and seeking senior-level engineers and consultants who will bring deep technical expertise alongside strong client-facing consulting skills. In this role, you will lead high-impact security initiatives, guide clients through strategic and technical decisions, and architect resilient, modern security platforms. You will also serve as the primary owner for CyberArk machine identity products —responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing the CyberArk ecosystem across complex enterprise environments.
This is a fast-paced, delivery-focused role where you will work directly with CISOs, architects, cloud engineering teams, security practitioners, and major technology vendors to drive measurable outcomes and uplift enterprise security posture. As the company scales, this position offers significant opportunities to expand your technical mastery and grow into principal or leadership roles.
What You’ll Do
Advisory and Architecture
Support discovery sessions and technical workshops with preparation, documentation, and follow up analysis
Assist in designing PKI, CLM, HSM, and key management solutions across on premise, hybrid, and cloud environments
Translate technical requirements into implementation tasks and automation workflows
Document architecture diagrams, integration flows, and operational models
Own A Technical Pod
Implementation and Integration
Implement and configure CLM and cryptographic platforms under senior guidance
Support deployment and configuration of HSM solutions including cloud based HSM environments
Configure certificate enrollment protocols including ACME, SCEP, and EST
Integrate certificate and key management platforms with DevOps and CI CD environments
Validate prerequisites, dependencies, and environment readiness before and during project kickoff
Automation and Engineering
Design and build automation scripts for certificate issuance, renewal, and revocation using APIs and SDKs
Develop scripts and tooling using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar
Contribute to Infrastructure as Code deployments using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tooling
Assist in building monitoring, reporting, and compliance dashboards
Support troubleshooting of complex integration and environmental issues
Document runbooks, procedures, and operational workflows
Client Engagement and Delivery
Participate in customer calls and workshops with preparation and structured follow ups
Maintain accurate task updates, blockers, risks, and next steps
Provide weekly status inputs for customer and internal reporting
Record time accurately against project tasks with clear descriptions of work performed
Escalate risks and technical challenges proactively
Sales and Scope Support
Support Sales in gathering technical requirements and clarifying environment details
Contribute to technical scoping discussions and level of effort estimates
Identify opportunities for automation, optimization, or follow on engagement
Who you are
Strong communicator with excellent client‑facing skills
High‑energy, proactive, and execution‑oriented
Strategic thinker who can also dive deep technically
Comfortable owning outcomes end‑to‑end
Adaptable, curious, and eager to continuously learn
Thrives in fast‑moving professional services environments
What we offer
Competitive salary + Bonus
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability benefits
401K Plan
Remote work
No Agencies Please, only direct hires!

Work arrangement
Yes