ICAM Subject Matter Expert

Makpar•College Park, MD

12h•Onsite

About The Position

The ICAM Subject Matter Expert will provide senior technical and strategic guidance for the USCIS enterprise ICAM environment. The role supports authentication, authorization, PIV, PKI, PAM, account management, secrets management, federation, and Zero Trust-aligned access controls. The candidate must understand federal ICAM standards and be able to advise on practical implementation across enterprise applications, cloud environments, DevSecOps delivery teams, and production support operations.

Requirements

In-depth knowledge of federal ICAM standards and the Federal ICAM Roadmap and Implementation Guidance.
Knowledge of current commercial and open-source ICAM products, including their capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses.
Certification or training in at least one recognized identity, access, or security area: CIAM, CISSP, GDA, CAMS, CompTIA Security+, or FICAM-related training.
Ability to advise on enterprise SSO, PIV, OAuth/OIDC, PKI, PAM, secrets management, and access governance.
Ability to obtain favorable EOD / suitability and maintain required USCIS access.
U.S. citizenship likely required for DHS IT access unless waiver is granted — confirm before final posting.

Nice To Haves

Prior DHS or USCIS ICAM experience.
Experience with PIV authentication, HSPD-12, FICAM, Zero Trust, and federal identity governance.
Experience with Shibboleth, CyberArk, UAA, OAuth/OIDC, PKI, certificate lifecycle automation, or ABAC/RBAC implementation.
Experience advising Agile DevSecOps teams on identity integration patterns.
Experience supporting audits, security findings, POA&Ms, or FISMA reporting.

Responsibilities

Advise USCIS and contractor teams on federal ICAM standards, FICAM guidance, and identity modernization.
Support ICAM roadmap planning across SSO, LACS/AuthZ, PAM, PKI, account management, OAuth/OIDC, secrets management, and ePACS.
Evaluate current ICAM solutions against agency needs and recommend COTS, open-source, or custom approaches.
Support stakeholder alignment across ICAM, ISD, OIT, USCIS, DHS, and external application teams.
Help identify security, process, and architecture gaps in existing ICAM implementations.
Provide guidance on Zero Trust, least privilege, PIV enablement, ABAC/RBAC, federation, certificate lifecycle, and privileged access.
Support development of technical documentation, executive briefings, process flows, and implementation recommendations.
Contribute to proposal/oral presentation preparation where real technical expertise is required.