Identity and Security Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

1d•$99,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Identity and Security Engineer, Lead The Opportunity: You know that the user is the last frontier for cybersecurity. It’s where the perimeter is drawn, and securing identities is pivotal in the fight against cybercriminals. As an IAM expert, you have the skills and experience to keep hackers from taking data and breaking processes. We’re looking for someone like you to partner with our clients and guide them as they meet their missions without disruption. As a lead Identity and Access Management (IAM) Solution Engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll play a critical role in the world of IAM and Zero Trust. You’ll oversee large-scale IAM projects for our clients. You’ll directly interface with stakeholders and engineering teams to delve into the details and dependencies of critical processes and users’ roles within them. You’ll guide your team to 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 lead the implementation of enterprise-class solutions and stop adversaries in their tracks. Apply today to help us as we support our nation's security. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in IAM engineering and architecture roles
5+ years of experience serving as a technical lead, providing design guidance, mentoring engineers, and reviewing implementations
Experience producing technical design artifacts, configuration standards, and operational documentation, and leading IAM implementations, upgrades, or migrations in enterprise or regulated environments
Experience with hybrid IAM architectures spanning on-prem and cloud platforms
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible, for IAM or directory services
Experience integrating IAM platforms with modern CI/CD pipelines or DevSecOps workflows
Knowledge of authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle, and access control models, and security frameworks and compliance standards, including NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, and STIGs
Ability to collaborate across security, infrastructure, and application teams
Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

Experience with IBM Security Verify Access (ISVA), including WebSEAL configuration and policy enforcement, authentication and authorization flows, federations such as SAML, OIDC, or OAuth 2.0, and high availability and disaster recovery architectures
Experience with Oracle Unified Directory (OUD), including directory design and schema management, replication and performance tuning, and integration with IAM and authentication platforms
Experience deploying or operating IAM solutions in AWS or other cloud environments
Experience with cloud security concepts, including Zero Trust, network segmentation, and identity-based access controls
Experience supporting mission-critical or highly available systems
Experience in a consulting or customer-facing technical leadership role
Possession of strong verbal and written communication skills
Top Secret clearance