U.S. FEDERAL SECURITY POLICY ANALYST WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE
Robert Half Government
Alexandria VA 22350 US
U.S. Federal Security Program Analyst
Protiviti Government Services (“Protiviti”), based in Alexandria, Virginia, is looking for a Federal Public Key Infrastructure (FPKI) program analyst to help our clients facilitate meetings, develop communications, create PKI-related newsfeeds, and coordinate projects that impact all FPKI stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated client-facing skills coupled with excellent organizational skills and an interest in digital technology involving PKI, cryptography and identity and a willingness to dive deeper into relevant Federal policies and regulations for PKI, networking, identity management, blockchain, IT systems and cybersecurity. Job Responsibility
• Facilitate PKI meetings, working groups, and forums. Be responsible for meeting preparation, coordinated meeting logistics with participants and drafting and communicating timely meeting minutes and after-action reports. • Curate PKI-related documents for the FPKI program and contribute to the maintenance of documents and PKI-related compliance standards (e.g., federal policies, OMB Memos, NIST SP, etc.) and industry standards (RFC, CAB Forum, etc.).
• Provide monthly/weekly status reports as team participant with an eye toward leading all status reporting for the team.
• As directed, support special projects which consist of either research and/or technical writing about business impacts from PKI or other Crypto or Security related topics, implementations, technical how-to guides, technology/policy roadmaps, quarterly newsletter, and monthly/weekly status reports.
Job Functions:
• Support the FPKI community by assisting with strategic planning, customer briefings, research and document development, communications, with other Government organizations on behalf of the FPKI Management Authority. • Work with and support FPKI working groups as well as other groups/organizations who are also operating in accordance with the FPKI Program. These groups may include: FPKI TWG, CPWG, FPKIPA, SSPWG, Digital Identity CoP, and Federal EJBCA User Group.
• Provide all logistical support to enable collaboration with all working groups and FPKI stakeholders.
• Assist the FPKIMA with updating and maintaining content for a publicly available website (currently located at https://www.idmanagement.gov/fpkima/), to provide effective information dissemination to the Federal, State, and Local Government stakeholders, companies, and the general public. • Identify areas for improvement to the FPKIMA (e.g. content or site design), and drive GSA’s approval and implement of improvements. • Assist the FPKIMA with clear communication to FPKIMA stakeholders by developing a FPKI Knowledge Management repository to support the business and technical requirements and other business rules of the various FPKI stakeholders. This knowledge database shall include internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), technology and policy analysis, presentations, whitepapers, and other technical and strategic analysis requested by the FPKIMA. General Knowledge & Skills:
• Exposure to Public Key Infrastructure or Cryptography – does not have to be a demonstrated subject matter expert but willingness and interest to learn a technical discipline.
• Develop, update, distribute, and brief weekly and monthly status reports
• Interview, gather, analyze, and draft business requirement documents, technical PKI how-to guides, newsletters, and decision-based white papers and briefs.
• Ability to facilitate meetings – some of which contains technical material; create meeting minutes
• Ability to multi-task with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent client relationship skills
• Must be able to handle highly confidential information in a strictly professional manner
Position Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in either Information Technology or related field of study – or equivalent technical expertise • Must be US Citizen (no foreign nationals)
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance (or ability to become cleared)
• Secondary requirements (ideal candidates will also have one or more of the following):
o Experience as a PKI trusted role or operating a PKI
o Experience with technical standards and policies, such as Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request For Comments (RFCs), NIST Special Pubs, and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
o Active certification or willingness to obtain within six months: Security-related certification (CISA, CISSP, CAP, etc.)
• Mainly remote but will require some on-premise work in Manassas, VA, Alexandria, VA, and Washington, DC.
Protiviti Government Services (“Protiviti”), based in Alexandria, Virginia, is looking for a Federal Public Key Infrastructure (FPKI) program analyst to help our clients facilitate meetings, develop communications, create PKI-related newsfeeds, and coordinate projects that impact all FPKI stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated client-facing skills coupled with excellent organizational skills and an interest in digital technology involving PKI, cryptography and identity and a willingness to dive deeper into relevant Federal policies and regulations for PKI, networking, identity management, blockchain, IT systems and cybersecurity. Job Responsibility
• Facilitate PKI meetings, working groups, and forums. Be responsible for meeting preparation, coordinated meeting logistics with participants and drafting and communicating timely meeting minutes and after-action reports. • Curate PKI-related documents for the FPKI program and contribute to the maintenance of documents and PKI-related compliance standards (e.g., federal policies, OMB Memos, NIST SP, etc.) and industry standards (RFC, CAB Forum, etc.).
• Provide monthly/weekly status reports as team participant with an eye toward leading all status reporting for the team.
• As directed, support special projects which consist of either research and/or technical writing about business impacts from PKI or other Crypto or Security related topics, implementations, technical how-to guides, technology/policy roadmaps, quarterly newsletter, and monthly/weekly status reports.
Job Functions:
• Support the FPKI community by assisting with strategic planning, customer briefings, research and document development, communications, with other Government organizations on behalf of the FPKI Management Authority. • Work with and support FPKI working groups as well as other groups/organizations who are also operating in accordance with the FPKI Program. These groups may include: FPKI TWG, CPWG, FPKIPA, SSPWG, Digital Identity CoP, and Federal EJBCA User Group.
• Provide all logistical support to enable collaboration with all working groups and FPKI stakeholders.
• Assist the FPKIMA with updating and maintaining content for a publicly available website (currently located at https://www.idmanagement.gov/fpkima/), to provide effective information dissemination to the Federal, State, and Local Government stakeholders, companies, and the general public. • Identify areas for improvement to the FPKIMA (e.g. content or site design), and drive GSA’s approval and implement of improvements. • Assist the FPKIMA with clear communication to FPKIMA stakeholders by developing a FPKI Knowledge Management repository to support the business and technical requirements and other business rules of the various FPKI stakeholders. This knowledge database shall include internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), technology and policy analysis, presentations, whitepapers, and other technical and strategic analysis requested by the FPKIMA. General Knowledge & Skills:
• Exposure to Public Key Infrastructure or Cryptography – does not have to be a demonstrated subject matter expert but willingness and interest to learn a technical discipline.
• Develop, update, distribute, and brief weekly and monthly status reports
• Interview, gather, analyze, and draft business requirement documents, technical PKI how-to guides, newsletters, and decision-based white papers and briefs.
• Ability to facilitate meetings – some of which contains technical material; create meeting minutes
• Ability to multi-task with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent client relationship skills
• Must be able to handle highly confidential information in a strictly professional manner
Position Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in either Information Technology or related field of study – or equivalent technical expertise • Must be US Citizen (no foreign nationals)
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance (or ability to become cleared)
• Secondary requirements (ideal candidates will also have one or more of the following):
o Experience as a PKI trusted role or operating a PKI
o Experience with technical standards and policies, such as Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request For Comments (RFCs), NIST Special Pubs, and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
o Active certification or willingness to obtain within six months: Security-related certification (CISA, CISSP, CAP, etc.)
• Mainly remote but will require some on-premise work in Manassas, VA, Alexandria, VA, and Washington, DC.