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ProGov PKI SME Associate Director

WASHINGTON DC - KING ST

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Seniority
Director
Country
US
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On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly
13 Sept 2026

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JOB REQUISITION

ProGov PKI SME Associate Director

LOCATION

WASHINGTON DC - KING ST

ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S)

JOB DESCRIPTION

PKI Subject Matter Expert (SME) Associate Director

You Belong Here

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver .

At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success . Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.

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 project work 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.

Our Hybrid Workplace

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments .

Duty stations are in Manassas, VA (2 days per week) and Alexandria, VA ( remainder of workweek with some remote flexibility, with approval)

Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.

$ - $

Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.

16%

The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.

$ - $

Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability.

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