Axon
SeniorSecurityOperationsEngineerII
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“Senior Security Operations Engineer II at Axon. Skills: PKI infrastructure, Kubernetes, Secrets management, Automation, CI/CD, Security operations. Design, deploy, and operate PKI infrastructure. Manage certificates, secrets, keys, and trust stores”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our security infrastructure; Improve our systems through thoughtful automation; Support our services as they scale; Provide hands on execution capabilities for new initiatives in the Identity space; Build out, maintain and support for PKI solutions at scale; Provide auxiliary execution support for user identity and access management (IAM) initiatives; Direct impact on uptime, efficiency, and the overall developer experience; Contribute to our mission to deliver high-quality mission critical systems at speed; Ensure PKI and Kubernetes platforms meet security, reliability, and compliance requirements; Build and operate secure, reliable, and scalable PKI and secrets management infrastructure; Design and implement PKI solutions supporting 24x7 production and enterprise environments; Manage certificates, secrets, encryption keys, and access controls across Kubernetes-based platforms; Deploy, maintain, and secure Kubernetes clusters hosting PKI and secret management services; Automate certificate lifecycle, secret rotation, and infrastructure operations; Troubleshoot and resolve PKI, certificate, secret, and Kubernetes infrastructure issues; Collaborate with SRE, platform, and security teams to integrate PKI and secrets management into cloud-native services; Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and operational improvement initiatives
Industry & Context.
Solve complex technical problems; Troubleshoot and resolve PKI, certificate, secret, and Kubernetes infrastructure issues; Performing root cause analysis and remediation
On-call rotations, Incident response, Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, SRE, or security engineering roles, experience managing and securing Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads in production environments, Hands-on experience with PKI platforms, certificate lifecycle management, secrets management, and encryption technologies, Experience with automation, scripting, Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD pipelines for PKI and infrastructure operations, Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and troubleshooting distributed infrastructure and security systems
Nice to Have
Experience operating cloud-native security solutions such as AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault, EJBCA, Smallstep, or Venafi, Familiarity with IAM and access management platforms such as Okta, Entra ID, Keycloak, or similar solutions
What You'll Do.
and operate PKI infrastructure
and secure Kubernetes clusters hosting PKI and secret management services
Automate PKI and secret management workflows
Monitor and troubleshoot PKI
and Kubernetes infrastructure issues
Collaborate with other teams to integrate PKI and secrets management into cloud-native applications and services
Maintain operational documentation
and disaster recovery procedures
Ensure PKI and Kubernetes platforms meet security
and compliance requirements
Build and operate secure
and scalable PKI and secrets management infrastructure
Design and implement PKI solutions supporting 24x7 production and enterprise environments
and access controls across Kubernetes-based platforms
and secure Kubernetes clusters hosting PKI and secret management services
Automate certificate lifecycle
and infrastructure operations
Troubleshoot and resolve PKI
and Kubernetes infrastructure issues
Participate in on-call rotations
and operational improvement initiatives
Document PKI architecture
operational procedures
and security best practices
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with cross-functional teams; Collaborate with other teams to integrate PKI and secrets management into cloud-native applications and services; Collaborate with SRE, platform, and security teams to integrate PKI and secrets management into cloud-native services; Communication and collaboration skills across engineering, operations, and security teams
Communication Scope
Communication and collaboration skills across engineering, operations, and security teams
Full Job Description
Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter. Your Impact As a Senior Security Operations Engineer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our security infrastructure. You'll solve complex technical problems, improve our systems through thoughtful automation, and work closely with cross-functional teams to support our services as they scale. You’ll provide hands on execution capabilities for new initiatives in the Identity space, primarily to build out, maintain and support for PKI solutions at scale and provide auxiliary execution support for user identity and access management (IAM) initiatives. Your work will have a direct impact on uptime, efficiency, and the overall developer experience—contributing to our mission to deliver high-quality mission critical systems at speed. What You’ll Do Location: This role is based out of our Scottsdale, AZ office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success. Reports to: Manager, InfoSec Engineering Direct Reports: 0 Design, deploy, and operate PKI infrastructure supporting secure authentication, encryption, and certificate lifecycle management. Manag
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