Senior Manager, SRE (PKI)

TL;DR

Senior Manager, SRE (PKI): Leading Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) operations and a talented team responsible for the day-to-day operations, engineering initiatives, and compliance activities that support our global PKI ecosystem with an accent on the operational readiness, reliability, and resilience of platforms. Focus on driving highly available, scalable, and secure architectures through automation, capacity planning, and fault-tolerant design.

Location: Hybrid (Tempe, Arizona, United States). You’ll divide your time between working remotely from your home and an office, so you should live within commuting distance. This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands. hirify.global is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

Salary: $140,000.00 – $273,000.00

Company

hirify.global is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all.

What you will do

• Drive long-term PKI platform strategy and infrastructure scaling.
• Own and execute operational readiness and compliance programs.
• Engineer near-zero-downtime operations for Tier 0 systems through advanced automation, observability, proactive monitoring, and disciplined incident response practices.
• Mentor and develop SRE talent by coaching engineers to think both tactically and strategically.
• Lead cross-functional technical projects spanning SRE, Security, and Infrastructure teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years in Site Reliability, Systems, or Security Engineering, supporting Tier 0 or trust-critical services with proven experience in certificate lifecycle management and PKI frameworks.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional technical projects with strong background in automation, observability, and driving operations to meet established SLOs.
• Experience leading and developing SRE teams with strong stakeholder management and cross-team influence skills to drive business decisions.
• Proficiency with configuration management tools (Salt, Ansible), Linux systems, containerization, and monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ElasticSearch), plus scripting in Bash, Python, or Go.
• Deep understanding of PKI frameworks, TLS protocols, applied cryptography, distributed systems, and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, NIST, PCI).

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) in enterprise environments.
• Experience working with public or private Certificate Authorities.
• Experience working in datacenter environments during high-pressure or time-sensitive situations.
• Background participating in or leading security audits and compliance assessments.
• Industry certifications related to security, infrastructure, or reliability engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave.
• We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups.
• Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs!
• Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way.