Registration Authority I

Requisition #: 1426

Job Title: Registration Authority I

Location: Alexandria, VA

Clearance Level: Active Secret

Required Certification(s): DoD 8570 IAT Level II (eg: Sec+)

Summary

The Junior RA role provides entry level, on-site support as a Registration Authority for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) J6 C4E supporting the DoD’s Public Key Encryption/Infrastructure (PKE/I) implementation. As a Registration Authority, the candidate’s duties will include providing specialized expertise to assist Registration Authority (RA) personnel in the creation of NIPR and/or SIPR PKI tokens, and interfacing with Trusted Agents for Token request, distribution and unlocking PINs.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

· Monitor Registration Authority (RA) Operations in accordance with DoD PKI RA-LRA CPS, DoD Registration Practice Statement (RPS), and internal Joint Service Provider (JSP) processes and procedures to ensure RA Operations are aligned with DISA audit requirements.

· Outstanding customer support and knowledge transfer

· Issuance of Non-Person Entity (NPE), user, admin, group, role, VIP, and mobile code-signing certificates

· Support revocation, suspension, and restoration of a certificate on Unclassified and/or Classified networks

· Support registration and/or termination of RAs and Trusted Agents (TAs)

· Perform third party key recovery

· Possible off-hours work to support releases and outages

Education, Background, and Years of Experience

· 1-3 years' experience in Information Assurance / Cybersecurity

· 1-3 years' experience in technical positions focusing primarily on DoD or Federal PKI or PKE

· 1-3 years’ requirement identified can be concurrent and/or overlapping

· 0-1 years' experience as Registration Authority / Key Recovery Agent (RA/KRA) on NIPR and SIPR

Required Certifications

· DoD 8570 IAT Level II (eg: Sec+)

Additional Skills & Qualifications

· Good communication and interpersonal skills

· Ability to follow policies and procedures

· Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand, as well as the ability to respond clearly to questions

· Aptitude to address negative situations and resolve them in a positive manner.

· Excellent team skills, must be thorough, must have excellent communications skills

· Demonstrate initiative and be results oriented with flexibility and tenacity

· Demonstrate the ability to continuously adjust priorities to reflect changing circumstances

· Ability to work in a dynamic cross-organizational team environment

· Strong dedication to provide quality customer service

· Effective problem-solving skills and inherent decision-making ability

· Strong analytical skills including the ability to quickly identify the cause of issues with the system or determine if other teams need to be included in resolving an issue

· Ability to manage own projects including communications to customers as well as work as part of a larger team managed by a project manager