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# Ping Identity SME - Active TS/SCI

- **Company:** The Job Network
- **Location:** Riverdale Park, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Identity and Access Management, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, OAuth, OpenID, Role-Based Access Control, Zero Trust Network Access, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Single Sign-On, Pingfederate, Cybercrime
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_9e85f0207

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience designing and deploying Identity and Access Management systems
 * 3+ years of experience with PingFederate, PingAccess, PingDirectory, and PingAuthorize, including design, implementation, and integration in large-scale, complex environments
 * Experience with IAM concepts such as Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), Zero Trust, and Passwordless
 * Experience with IAM protocols such as SAML, OAuth, or OIDC
 * Experience with IAM concepts such as federation and single sign-on (SSO)
 * Active TS/SCI and willingness to obtain a CI Poly
 * HS diploma or GED
 * Security+ certification required.

Nice If You Have:

 * Experience with Identity governance processes and entitlement management programs
 * Knowledge of system, network, application, and security architectures and cybersecurity solutions
 * Knowledge of key cyber processes such as incident handling, risk measurement, and change management
 * Knowledge of key cyber threats, including nation state actors, malware or ransomware, command and control infrastructures, and mitigations
 * Ability to collaborate with the professional confidence and credibility to effectively engage and interact with technologists and leaders across the enterprise
 * Ability to quickly comprehend complex problems, draw logical conclusions, make sound decisions, develop solutions, and drive closure

## Description

As an Identity and Access Management (IAM) specialist, you have the skills and experience to keep hackers from taking data and breaking processes. We're looking for someone like you to help our clients meet their missions without disruption.

As a Ping Identity Subject Matter Expert, you'll play a critical role in the world of IAM and zero trust. You'll interface with stakeholders and engineering teams to delve into the details and dependencies of critical processes and users' roles within them.

You'll analyze the identity lifecycle, articulating access requirements and defining enterprise identity records. You'll use your experience in IAM to design, deploy, and support systems that verify appropriate user privileges and manage credentials for accessing our clients' most valuable assets. From single sign-on to privileged access systems, you'll have the chance to implement enterprise-class solutions and stop adversaries in their tracks.


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