Principal Engineer Cryptography
GoDaddy · United States
About this role
**Principal Engineer Cryptography** **Location:** United States, Remote **About the Role** Join GoDaddy as a Principal Compliance Engineer - PKI with deep technical expertise to define requirements and guide the evolution of our Certificate Authority (CA) platform. Reporting to the Vice President Engineering Partners, you'll translate industry standards into technical requirements, define specifications for compliance automation, and provide technical guidance for next-generation cryptographic systems. **Key Responsibilities** **Technical Standards & Requirements Leadership** • Actively participate in standards bodies such as the IETF, representing GoDaddy in working groups for TLS and related SSL standards **CA Infrastructure & Systems Requirements** • Conduct deep-dive technical assessments of CA infrastructure, identifying architectural gaps, security vulnerabilities, and performance bottlenecks • Define technical requirements for certificate issuance pipelines, HSM integrations, and cryptographic key management systems • Specify requirements for automated testing frameworks for compliance validation, including CT log integration, OCSP responder infrastructure, and revocation mechanisms • Develop automation scripts for compliance testing and validation processes • Define SLIs/SLOs focused on certificate issuance latency, system availability, and compliance metrics • Document requirements for infrastructure-as-code solutions for CA deployment, disaster recovery, and high-availability architectures **Cryptographic Systems & Innovation** • Research and define requirements for post-quantum cryptographic algorithms (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA) and hybrid certificate chains • Develop migration strategies and technical requirements for transitioning legacy cryptographic systems to next-generation algorithms • Create technical specifications for proof-of-concept implementations for emerging standards **Work Arrangement** Remote position with occasional office visits for team events or meetings. Not eligible in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.
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