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The engineer will work hand-in-hand with commercial product engineering and government teams on the next generation of Public Key Infrastructure capabilities - including post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration - within Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Certificate System, and the upstream Dogtag PKI open-source project.\nIndividuals in this role must be able to work hybrid and go on site at Fort Meade as requested.\nResponsibilities Include:\nDesign, develop, test, and maintain high-quality PKI software components across Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) and Dogtag PKI\n\nWork software fixes and feature development directly with product engineering teams and the government development lab - owning issues end-to-end from requirements through testing and verification\n\nSupport the program’s post-quantum cryptography migration, including PQC algorithm integration (ML-DSA) and legacy version transition planning\n\nDevelop and troubleshoot HSM integrations supporting CA operations and key escrow\n\nSupport certificate lifecycle automation (ACME) as the program transitions to shorter-lived certificates at higher issuance volume\n\nPractice defensive programming and contribute to testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and release quality\n\nCommunicate clearly across government stakeholders, commercial vendor engineering, and program contractors - 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