Registration Authority

Requisition #: 1676

Job Title: Registration Authority I

Location: Alexandria, VA

Clearance Level: Secret, Must Have Clearance to Start

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

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.

• 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

1-3 years

• 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

• 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

General Office Environment

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities