Navy Certificate Validation Infrastructure Lead

CACI International Inc.; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 72,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Healthcare benefits

Professional development resources

Job summary

CACI International Inc. is seeking a Technical Lead to support the Navy Certificate Validation Infrastructure (NCVI). You will lead the delivery team, manage PKI operations, CA chains, and NAC/OCSP services across Navy CANES and tactical environments.

The role requires DoD Secret clearance, 8–10 years of IT/cybersecurity experience with PKI, and leadership abilities. You will coordinate DoD stakeholders, enforce DISA STIGs, and drive continuous improvements in secure network authentication.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance at hire, with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI.
• Bachelor's degree as specified in the qualifications.
• 8–10 years of experience in systems administration, network engineering, or cybersecurity, with at least 3 years in technical leadership.
• 2+ years hands-on experience in DoD/Navy PKI operations, Active Directory/LDAP, or CAC/smart card technologies.
• DoD 8570/8140 Baseline: Active IAT Level II or higher certification.
• CE certifications (RHCSA, Windows Server Hybrid Administrator, Linux+ or VMware VP) or ability to obtain within 180 days.

Responsibilities

• Oversee installation, configuration, and maintenance of Validation Authorities (VA), OCSP/CRL responders.
• Lead system administration of CANES or tactical server environments, managing secure baselines for RHEL and Windows Server.
• Manage Trust Anchor and Root/Intermediate CA chains within Navy environments.
• Coordinate PKI Audit compliance (JFHQ‑DODIN).
• Conduct and analyze ACAS vulnerability scans, apply OS patches, enforce DISA STIGs.
• Maintain backups, review security logs, and secure PKI archives per DoD standards.
• Host weekly SIPR PKI conference with DoD stakeholders; produce reports and SOPs.
• Provide knowledge base articles to ensure continuous service improvement.
• Serve as escalation point for high-priority cryptographic failures and token login outages.

Skills

Leadership

PKI operations

Network security

DoD/Navy PKI operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related STEM field

Tools

RHCSA

Windows Server

VMware

ACAS (Nessus)

Job description

CACI International Inc. is seeking a Technical Lead to support the Navy Certificate Validation Infrastructure (NCVI). You will lead the delivery team, manage PKI operations, CA chains, and NAC/OCSP services across Navy CANES and tactical environments.

The role requires DoD Secret clearance, 8–10 years of IT/cybersecurity experience with PKI, and leadership abilities. You will coordinate DoD stakeholders, enforce DISA STIGs, and drive continuous improvements in secure network authentication.