ICAM Architect

E&M Technologies•Chantilly, VA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

E&M Technologies, Inc. is seeking an ICAM Architect to join their team in Chantilly, VA, in support of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The NGA provides critical geospatial intelligence to various stakeholders. This role involves defining and maintaining the enterprise ICAM architecture, transitioning from legacy systems to modern solutions, and developing architectural patterns for identity, attribute services, authorization, and lifecycle management. The architect will collaborate with technical leads, translate mission needs into technical requirements, and oversee the design of modern interfaces and capabilities. They will also provide architectural guidance to development teams, conduct reviews, and identify opportunities for innovation in identity services and related technologies. The position requires serving as a senior advisor to program management.

Requirements

Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field and 10+ years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of experience.
Demonstrated experience as a solutions architect, systems architect, or enterprise architect supporting complex modernization, security, or ICAM programs.
Significant experience designing distributed systems, microservices architectures, and cloud-native solutions.
Experience leading or supporting teams engaged in ICAM modernization, enterprise identity technology, or authorization/policy services.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and experience contributing to Program Increment (PI) planning, architectural runway development, and iterative delivery.
Ability to define architectural goals, strategic plans, and detailed implementation guidance aligned with mission priorities.
Ability to obtain Security+ within 90 days of hire.
All candidates must be US CITIZENS to be considered for the position.
Must have and be capable of maintaining a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance at the required level and ability to pass a Counterintelligence Polygraph.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, or container orchestration platforms.
Experience with modern programming languages and integration (Java and/or Python).
Knowledge of GitOps tools for managing modern environments.
Certifications in enterprise architecture frameworks.
Expertise with identity and authorization standards (X.509, SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, LDAP).
Experience architecting ICAM solutions using Oracle or other enterprise-grade identity platforms.
Experience defining ABAC/RBAC models, policy-as-code, and ZT-aligned access patterns.
Prior experience supporting NGA or Intelligence Community authorization/identity systems.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain the enterprise ICAM architecture across PEP/PIP/EMS and RPMS modernization, ensuring alignment with NGA’s ZT and ICAM strategic framework.
Transition from the legacy PDP to JBlocks.
Develop end to end architectural patterns for identity, attribute services, authorization flows, policy distribution, and resource/role lifecycle management.
Partner closely with the Technical Lead to validate modernization roadmaps, architectural decisions, and integration strategies for on-prem and cloud-native, microservices-based ICAM components.
Translate mission needs into technical requirements, sequence diagrams, data models, interface specifications, and system architecture artifacts.
Oversee the design of modern PEP/PIP interfaces that support attribute-based access control, dynamic policy evaluation, and event-driven decision making.
Architect improved EMS and RPMS capabilities including resource registration, policy lifecycle automation, attribute orchestration, and enterprise authorization services.
Provide architectural guidance to Development and Operations (DevOps) and Software teams to ensure solutions meet scalability, resilience, security, and maintainability requirements.
Conduct architectural reviews, risk assessments, and compliance verification for modernization milestones and incremental releases.
Ensure modernization reduces operational overhead through automation, standardization, improved observability, and optimized deployment pipelines.
Identify opportunities for innovation in identity services, authentication technologies, authorization models, and system integration patterns.
Serve as a senior advisor to program management, providing technical insight to support planning, budgeting, and customer engagement.