PKI Subject Matter Expert (SME)Associate Director 

Where We Need You 

Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Associate Director to join our growing ProGov team.  

Protiviti Government Services (“Protiviti” or “ProGov”), based in Alexandria, Virginia, is looking for a Public Key Infrastructure (FPKI) professional to help our clients with analysis, communications, compliance support, and coordination. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated technical knowledge and understanding of relevant Federal policies and regulations for PKI, networking, IT systems, and security. 

What You Can Expect 

As an Associate Director, you'll take a lead role in strengthening our relationships with clients and providing seamless guidance in the completion of engagements. You'll partner with our strategic clients to manage risk associated with their use of technology.  You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through analytics, automation or the latest tools and methods.  

You’ll develop new projects, help identify new business, and build lasting relationships with clients and within the community as you serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide growth and development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.  

What Will Help You Be Successful 

• You enjoy analyzing audit reports and PKI policies. 

• You are passionate about building trusted relationships with C-level executives and providing exceptional experiences that translate to additional project work. 

• You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.  

• You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members. 

• You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.

• You enjoy discovering prospective projectwork with current and potential clients through networking, knowledge-building, and client interactions.

• You excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities.

• You view client challenges as opportunities to add value and can translate that into new project proposals and sales. 

• You are seen as a valued contributor to thought leadership and encourage knowledge-sharing and collaboration across teams.

• You have interest in managing a diverse portfolio of clients. 

Do Your Talents Include the Following? 

• Attend various federal and industry PKI meetings, working groups, and forums. Relay any updated information back to the client’s team to improve our operations. 

• Maintain documents and PKI-related compliance standards (e.g., federal policies, OMB Memos, NIST SP, etc.) and industry standards (RFC, CAB Forum, etc.). Should have experience applying or analyzing policies/standards and a plus if it’s with PKI related standards. Input, analyze, and then write change proposals to maintain alignment based on new policies or standards. Also, provide recommendations on federal-wide/industry policy documents to ensure client remains aligned. 

• As directed, conduct or lead special projects which consist of either business and/or technical writing on business impact from PKI or IT Security implementations, technical how-to guides, technology/policy roadmap, quarterly newsletter, and monthly/weekly status reports. 

• Support various strategic planning, customer briefings, FPKI community support, document development, communications, and support of the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council and other Government organizations on behalf of the FPKI program support. 

General Knowledge & Skills: 

• Translate executive-level policies into business processes. 

• Analyze audit reports and PKI policies. 

• Develop, update, distribute, and brief weekly and monthly status reports. 

• Interview, gather, analyze, and draft business requirement documents, technical how-to guides, newsletters, and decision-based white papers and briefs. 

• Experience related to HSPD-12, FIPS 201-2, and PIV or PIV-I cards 

• Ability to work 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

• Provide technical and operational support of the FPKI infrastructure or infrastructure components to/from other providers or the Government as may be required.

• Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives. 

• Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele. 

• Ability to translate and communicate challenges to client personnel, including executives. 

• Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams include conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.  

Your Educational and Professional Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Business Administration, IS, etc.). 

• Must be US Citizen (no foreign nationals) 

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance 

• Experience as a PKI trusted role or operating a PKI 

• 15-years of demonstrated PKI policy experience 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access. 

• Professional Certification such as CISSP, USACE or similar strongly preferred.  

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