Registration Authority Operations

Key Responsibilities

• Perform identity proofing and verification for DoD personnel, contractors, and systems in accordance with DoD Instruction 8520.02 and the DoD PKI Certificate Policy.
• Review, approve, and manage digital certificate requests via approved Certificate Authority (CA) systems.
• Ensure compliance with DoD, DISA, and NIST guidelines (e.g., NIST SP 800-63, FIPS 201) for certificate issuance and lifecycle activities.
• Maintain secure and auditable records of RA activities to support internal and external audits.
• Initiate and process certificate revocation, renewal, suspension, and rekeying operations.
• Work closely with the Local Registration Authority (LRA), Trusted Agents (TAs), and the PKI Help Desk to support users and resolve issues.
• Support classified and unclassified networks (e.g., NIPRNet, SIPRNet) by managing certificates for systems and user identities.
• Participate in PKI-related policy reviews, compliance reporting, and continuous process improvement.
• Protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and comply with cybersecurity operational procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Secret Clearance; must be US Citizen
• 2+ years of experience in identity management, cybersecurity, or DoD PKI.
• DoD / NSS PKI Registration Authority Certification
• DoD / NSS Key Recovery Agent Certification
• Favorable Adjudicated Tier 5 Level Investigation
• IAT II 8570 baseline certification (Security+ or equivalent)
• Experience with DoD/NSS PKI Registration Authority, Key Recovery and DoD/NSS PKI RA/LRA Auditor