AppViewX Architect
1 day ago
New York
Job DescriptionPAID PRE-SALES ENGAGEMENT AppViewX Subject Matter Expert CLM | PKI | Machine Identity AutomationContract • Remote • 20 Hours Maximum • 5–6 WeeksEngagement Overview We are an IT professional services firm engaged in an active pre-sales pursuit requiring specialized AppViewX expertise. We are seeking an experienced AppViewX practitioner to serve as a paid subject matter expert (SME) to support scoping, solution design, and client-facing advisory activities throughout the engagement. This is a structured, time-boxed consulting engagement — not a full-time role. The right candidate will hit the ground running with deep hands-on AppViewX knowledge and the ability to operate comfortably in a pre-sales, client-facing environment. Should the end customer decide to implement AppViewX it could turn into a long term contract engagement. Engagement Terms • Engagement Type: Paid consulting contract, • Total Hours: Hard maximum of 20 hours across the full engagement, • Duration: 5 to 6 weeks from engagement start, • Work Model: Remote, • Hours Breakdown: Flexible and milestone-driven; distributed across discovery, design, and client sessions as scoped, • Participate in client discovery sessions to assess the current-state PKI and certificate management environment, • Identify certificate types in scope: TLS/SSL, client authentication, code signing, IoT, SSH keys, and internal/private CA-issued certificates, • Evaluate existing CA infrastructure (Microsoft ADCS, DigiCert, Entrust, Sectigo, public CAs) and readiness for AppViewX integration, • Assess deployment environment: on-premises, private cloud, SaaS, hybrid multi-cloud, Kubernetes/container workloads, and edge, • Define scope of certificate inventory sprawl and estimate Smart Discovery complexity Technical Advisory & Design, • Recommend the appropriate AVX ONE modules given the client's environment and use cases (CLM, PKIaaS, KUBE+, Code Signing, SSH, ADC, Quantum Trust Hub), • Advise on deployment architecture and phasing: Discovery (weeks 1–2), Automation Deployment (weeks 3–4), and Enterprise Scale roadmap, • Guide integration requirements across ITSM (ServiceNow, BMC Remedy), PAM, SIEM, HSM, DevOps toolchains, and CA connectors, • Assess 47-day TLS mandate readiness and advise on ACME protocol automation requirements, • Advise on post-quantum cryptography (PQC) readiness posture and Quantum Trust Hub applicability, • Identify Microsoft PKI modernization opportunities and PKIaaS migration pathways Client-Facing Support, • Support scoping calls and technical deep-dive sessions with the client's PKI, SecOps, NetOps, and DevOps stakeholders, • Assist in developing scope narratives, technical assumptions, and risk/dependency documentation for inclusion in SOW, • Provide input on level-of-effort estimates and implementation phasing recommendations, • Serve as a technical credibility resource during client-facing presentations or demos Required Experience & QualificationsAppViewX Platform — Non-Negotiable, • Minimum 2 years of hands-on AppViewX deployment, implementation, or pre-sales engineering experience, • Direct experience with AVX ONE CLM: certificate discovery (Smart Discovery), lifecycle automation workflows, endpoint binding, renewal, and revocation, • Practical experience with at least two AVX ONE deployment models: SaaS, on-premises, or private cloud, • Working knowledge of the AVX ONE Policy Engine, Crypto Resilience Scorecards, and executive dashboards, • Experience configuring CA integrations within AppViewX (public trust and/or private trust CAs) PKI & Certificate Management Expertise, • Strong foundational knowledge of X.509 certificate architecture, TLS/SSL, PKI hierarchy design, and CA operations, • Familiarity with certificate types: TLS, mTLS, client authentication, code signing, IoT/device certificates, SSH keys, • Experience with Microsoft ADCS and/or enterprise CA platforms; familiarity with PKIaaS migration scenarios, • Understanding of FIPS 140-2, HSM integration, and OCSP for enterprise PKI governance Integration & Technical Environment, • Experience integrating AppViewX with one or more of: ServiceNow, F5 BIG-IP, HashiCorp Vault, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), Citrix, Palo Alto, Infoblox, • Familiarity with Kubernetes certificate management patterns (cert-manager, service mesh, ingress TLS), • Comfort operating in hybrid and multi-cloud enterprise environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) Pre-Sales & Consulting Skills, • Demonstrated experience operating in a pre-sales, solution engineering, or consulting capacity, • Ability to translate technical environment complexity into clear scoping assumptions and effort narratives, • Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable in client-facing technical discussions, • Ability to work independently, manage time within a hard-capped 20-hour budget, and deliver focused, high-quality outputs Preferred Qualifications, • Prior experience at or working alongside an AppViewX channel partner, VAR, or systems integrator, • Familiarity with the AppViewXpert partner program, • Exposure to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) migration planning and NIST PQC algorithm standards (ML-KEM, ML-DSA), • Experience with the CAB Forum's 47-day TLS validity mandate and ACME protocol automation, • Knowledge of competing CLM platforms (Venafi, Keyfactor, DigiCert TLM) is a plus for competitive context Compensation will be structured as an hourly consulting rate agreed upon prior to engagement start. 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