Certificate Deployment Engineer (Contract/Freelance) (Pune)

Certificate Deployment Engineer (Contract/Freelance) (Pune)

17 Aug
|
Important Group
|
Pune

17 Aug

Important Group

Pune

Certificate Deployment Engineer (Contract/Freelance)




Role Purpose



We are looking for a hands -on Certificate Deployment Engineer to support the assessment, testing and implementation of internal certificate management across an on -premise Microsoft server estate.





Requirements

Key Responsibilities



1. Server and
Environment Discovery



- Review Windows Server estate in scope for
certificate management.

- Confirm domain membership, server roles,
operating system versions and environment classification.

- Identify certificate stores, current
certificates, expiry dates, issuers and bindings.

- Support creation of a server -to -certificate
mapping.

- Identify dependencies between servers,
applications, SQL, reporting services and internal HTTPS endpoints.

- Support review of DMZ/workgroup servers and
any constraints around access, trust and certificate deployment.





2. Certificate
Deployment and Binding


- Install and configure certificates on
Windows Servers.

- Validate certificate chains and trusted
root/intermediate CA installation.

- Configure or support certificate bindings
for IIS, internal web services, SSRS, SQL Server and application services.

- Support testing of certificate
auto -enrolment through Group Policy for domain -joined servers.

- Support manual or scripted certificate
deployment for non -domain -joined servers.

- Troubleshoot certificate store, private key,
permissions, binding and service restart issues.





3. Active Directory
and GPO Support


- Assist with Group Policy configuration and
validation for certificate auto -enrolment.

- Confirm target servers receive correct GPO




settings.

- Validate certificate template permissions
and enrolment rights from a server perspective.

- Support AD security group mapping for
certificate enrolment.

- Troubleshoot GPO application and enrolment
failures.





4. Testing and
Validation


- Execute technical validation after
certificate deployment.

- Confirm internal HTTPS services are
accessible and trusted.

- Confirm SQL Server and SSRS continue to
operate after certificate changes.

- Validate application portal access and
internal server -to -server connectivity.

- Support vulnerability scan remediation
checks where required.

- Capture test evidence before and after
certificate changes.

- Support rollback or fix -forward actions if
certificate changes cause issues.





5. Operational
Documentation


- Produce step -by -step implementation notes
and server -level runbooks.

- Document certificate installation and
renewal procedures.

- Document troubleshooting steps for common
certificate issues.

- Support creation of BAU operational
procedures for certificate renewal.

- Capture evidence for audit and change
management.

- Support handover to Pobal operational teams.





Required Skills and
Experience



Area



Requirement



Windows Server



Strong hands -on
experience administering Windows Server environments.



Active Directory



Good understanding of
AD,



domain membership, GPOs, security groups and service accounts.



Certificates



Practical experience
installing, renewing, binding and troubleshooting certificates on Windows
Servers.



Certificate stores



Understanding of
local machine certificate stores, trusted roots, intermediates and private
keys.



IIS / web services



Experience
configuring HTTPS bindings and certificate assignments.



GPO troubleshooting



Ability to validate
and troubleshoot Group Policy application.



PowerShell



Ability to use
PowerShell for certificate discovery, export, import, validation and
reporting.



Infrastructure
troubleshooting



Strong
troubleshooting skills across Windows services, event logs, connectivity and
permissions.



Change -controlled
environments



Experience working
through planned changes, test evidence and production maintenance windows.



Documentation



Ability to write
explicit implementation steps and operational runbooks.






Desirable Skills


- Experience with Microsoft AD CS and
certificate auto -enrolment.

- Experience with SQL Server certificate
configuration.

- Experience with SQL Server Reporting
Services certificate bindings.

- Experience supporting DMZ or workgroup
Windows servers.

- Experience with public and private
certificates, wildcard certificates and SAN certificates.

- Experience with vulnerability scan
remediation.

- Experience supporting 24/7 production
systems.

- Experience with monitoring and alerting
tools.

- Experience in public sector, regulated or
ISO 27001 -aligned environments.










📌 Certificate Deployment Engineer (Contract/Freelance) (Pune)
🏢 Important Group
📍 Pune

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