Identity Access Management (IAM) Engineer
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The Identity and Access Management (IAM) Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing secure IAM solutions across cloud and on-premises environments. This role plays a critical part in protecting organizational assets by ensuring secure authentication, authorization, and identity governance aligned with compliance and security standards, including Department of Defense (DoD) frameworks. Supporting secure enterprise environments that span cloud and on-premises systems, the position requires close coordination across cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application development teams. This position is an off-site position and requires a Secret DoD government clearance.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of IAM principles, frameworks, and best practices
- Proficiency in authentication and authorization protocols (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect)
- Experience implementing RBAC, MFA, and identity federation in hybrid environments
- Strong knowledge of DoD IL2, IL4, and IL5 compliance frameworks and security controls, * Demonstrated experience designing and managing IAM frameworks in cloud environments (AWS and/or Azure)
- Experience configuring and managing identity governance and administration tools
- Proven experience implementing zero-trust security models
- Hands-on experience integrating IAM solutions across enterprise systems such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity, and AWS IAM
- Experience supporting compliance and security requirements within regulated environments, * Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Computer Science, or a related field or minimum of five (5) years of equivalent experience in IAM engineering.
- SECRET Security Clearance
Preferred Certifications (Not Required)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- AWS Certified Security - Specialty
- Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate
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