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# Senior Identity Cybersecurity Engineer

- **Company:** The Mitre Corporation
- **Location:** McLean, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Identity and Access Management, OpenID, Public Key Infrastructure, Role-Based Access Control, Zero Trust Network Access, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/senior-identity-cybersecurity-engineer-mclean-va-usa-58910985

## About the Role

aaaaaaaaaaaaaac_ controls * Collaborate with engineers, integrators, and vendors on technology evaluation and reusable assets Tasks * Minimum 5 years with a bachelor's degree; or 3 years with a master; or a PhD with relevant experience * Strong analytical/problem-solving skills * Strong written and verbal communication skills * Proven ability to deliver results and collaborate across teams * Ability to work effectively in secure/classified environments * Active Secret U.S. Government security clearance; U.S. citizenship required for clearance * On-site work 4 days a week Key requirements * competitive benefits * exceptional professional development * culture of innovation * collaboration and adaptability * technical excellence * partnership-focused environment

## Description

Experteer Overview In this role you will help advance ICAM and Zero Trust architectures to secure government systems. You'll work within a multidisciplinary MITRE team to apply scalable ICAM approaches and support collaborations with sponsors and external partners. You'll contribute to AI-assisted security research and to deploying ICAM across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. This role offers meaningful impact in safeguarding national systems while growing your expertise. Compensation / Benefits * Translate mission needs into ICAM technical requirements and measurable outcomes * Design and assess Zero-Trust aligned ICAM architectures and reference designs * Engineer authentication, authorization, and federation solutions (e.g., SAML/OIDC, step-up auth) and manage credentials/trust services (PKI, certificates) * Support Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) including provisioning and source integration * Contribute to projects on RBAC/ABAC/PBAC models, entitlements, and privileged-access controls * Collaborate with engineers, integrators, and vendors on technology evaluation and reusable assets Tasks * Minimum 5 years with a bachelor's degree; or 3 years with a master; or a PhD with relevant experience * Strong analytical/problem-solving skills * Strong written and verbal communication skills * Proven ability to deliver results and collaborate across teams * Ability to work effectively in secure/classified environments * Active Secret U.S. Government security clearance; U.S. citizenship required for clearance * On-site work 4 days a week Key requirements * competitive benefits * exceptional professional development * culture of innovation * collaboration and adaptability * technical excellence * partnership-focused environment


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