Cybersecurity Staff PKI Engineer (Remote)

The Home Depot

The Home Depot

Atlanta, GA, USA
USD 140k-170k / year + Equity
Posted on Sep 17, 2025

Location – Atlanta, GA

Job ID – Req156680

Category – Technology


Bonus Eligible

401(k) Company Matching

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Company Overview

What’s the best place we’ve ever built? The place where we work. At Home Depot, our goal is to provide the highest level of service, the broadest selection of products, and the most competitive prices. As the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, we operate more than 2,200 retail stores across North America. And each of our associates are focused one thing — helping our customers build and improve their homes, businesses, and ultimately their lives.

Pay Range

The pay range for this position is between $140,000.00 – $170,000.00.

Starting wage may vary based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the position being offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. The Home Depot offers additional competitive and non-financial benefits, which may include a performance-based bonus program or a profit sharing program depending on position.

Position Purpose:

This position is part of the PKI team in Cybersecurity with a focus on developing and deploying certificate automation solutions. This team supports applications and devices across the entire Home Depot enterprise. This role will lead initiatives for automation of services for platforms issuing and managing certificates and gathering data through interfaces related to certificates.

This role will lead development and application services, the individual will need significant experience in application and system development.

  • Proficiency with cloud platforms (GCP and Entra preferred)
  • Experience required in developing and deploying solutions using Terraform
  • Experience required in developing and deploying solutions using Kubernetes or other container solutions
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.
  • Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell) for automation tasks.
  • Experience with data extraction and ingestion processes to support the PKI certificate data lake
  • Proficiency of Cloud Functions / Cloud Run with proven experience on using workload identify federation from Github;
  • Experience with Github and Github actions.
  • Experience in design and implementing the exception captures, retry logic, and use deadletter concept to retrieve failed jobs for asynchronous execution from the scripts

Key Responsibilities:

  • 100% Deliver Execution, Plans & Aligns, Develop Others – Design, review and execute solutions to protect the enterprise; Lead, mentor and provide guidance; Facilitate vulnerability management programs across systems, networking and engineering teams; Develop, test, deply and operationalize security monitoring, assessment and response solutions

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

  • This position typically reports to Manager or Sr. Manager
  • This position has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

  • No travel required.

Physical Requirements:

  • Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

  • Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Must be eighteen years of age or older.
  • Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Minimum Education:

  • The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

  • 5+

Competencies:

  • Action Oriented
  • Collaborates
  • Drives Engagement
  • Communicates Effectively
  • Customer Focus
  • Drives Results
  • Manages Conflict
Paid parental leave to bond with your new addition
401(K) savings plan with company match
Merit increases and performance bonuses
On-the-spot recognition and rewards for a job well done
Bonus Eligible
401(k) Company Matching
Employee Stock Purchase Program

Paid Time Off Benefits

Salaried associates are eligible for 2 weeks of vacation in their first year; FT hourly will be eligible for 40 hours of paid vacation time after 6 months of continuous service; (for positions in Washington State, Spokane, and Tacoma only) – Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater; (for positions in Seattle only) – Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater.

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Location – Atlanta, GA

Job ID – Req156680

Category – Technology

Role Overview

Position Purpose:

This position is part of the PKI team in Cybersecurity with a focus on developing and deploying certificate automation solutions. This team supports applications and devices across the entire Home Depot enterprise. This role will lead initiatives for automation of services for platforms issuing and managing certificates and gathering data through interfaces related to certificates.

This role will lead development and application services, the individual will need significant experience in application and system development.

  • Proficiency with cloud platforms (GCP and Entra preferred)
  • Experience required in developing and deploying solutions using Terraform
  • Experience required in developing and deploying solutions using Kubernetes or other container solutions
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.
  • Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell) for automation tasks.
  • Experience with data extraction and ingestion processes to support the PKI certificate data lake
  • Proficiency of Cloud Functions / Cloud Run with proven experience on using workload identify federation from Github;
  • Experience with Github and Github actions.
  • Experience in design and implementing the exception captures, retry logic, and use deadletter concept to retrieve failed jobs for asynchronous execution from the scripts

Key Responsibilities:

  • 100% Deliver Execution, Plans & Aligns, Develop Others – Design, review and execute solutions to protect the enterprise; Lead, mentor and provide guidance; Facilitate vulnerability management programs across systems, networking and engineering teams; Develop, test, deply and operationalize security monitoring, assessment and response solutions

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

  • This position typically reports to Manager or Sr. Manager
  • This position has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

  • No travel required.

Physical Requirements:

  • Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

  • Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Must be eighteen years of age or older.
  • Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Minimum Education:

  • The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

  • 5+

Competencies:

  • Action Oriented
  • Collaborates
  • Drives Engagement
  • Communicates Effectively
  • Customer Focus
  • Drives Results
  • Manages Conflict
Paid parental leave to bond with your new addition
401(K) savings plan with company match
Merit increases and performance bonuses
On-the-spot recognition and rewards for a job well done
Bonus Eligible
401(k) Company Matching
Employee Stock Purchase Program

Paid Time Off Benefits

Salaried associates are eligible for 2 weeks of vacation in their first year; FT hourly will be eligible for 40 hours of paid vacation time after 6 months of continuous service; (for positions in Washington State, Spokane, and Tacoma only) – Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater; (for positions in Seattle only) – Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater.

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Starting pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered and location.
$140,000.00 – $170,000.00

Remote/virtual – An associate in a remote/virtual role typically is not required to work from a designated Home Depot location to complete their job duties. Limited or infrequent in-office presence may be required. We also refer to this as location – independent.

Learn more about our 4 different work locations. Additional information will be provided during the application process.

As part of the application process for this role, there will be an on-line assessment. The assessment usually takes about 17 minutes to complete. You will be directed to the assessment link immediately after submitting your application. Once you click on the link, you will need to complete it within 72 hours after starting it. You may stop and restart the assessment as many times as you like within the 72-hour time frame.

During the assessment, we’ll ask you questions about your approach to work and various work-related situations. The questions are based on characteristics that are related to performing successfully in hourly roles at The Home Depot, including:

  • Professional Experience
  • Learning Potential
  • Responsibility
  • Customer Focus

If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation related to the assessment, or you would like to obtain more information about the assessment, click here to learn more.


Healthcare Options

Profit-Sharing Bonuses

Tuition Reimbursement

Discounts on Cell Phones, Gyms, and More