Privileged Access Management (PAM) Identity Lead

Peraton•,

3d•$112,000 - $179,000•Remote

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Privileged Access Management (PAM) Identity Lead to lead the design, implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of enterprise identity security and privileged access management capabilities. The role establishes and enforces controls that protect privileged accounts, administrative credentials, service accounts, and sensitive access across enterprise systems, cloud environments, infrastructure, and applications. The position is remote, with a requirement to work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time, and is contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance.
Bachelor's degree and 12 years of experience, master's degree and 10 years, associate's degree and 14 years, or high school diploma or equivalent and 16 years of experience.
One or more relevant certifications: CISSP, CISM, CASP, CCISO, Security+, or CAP.
Experience with CyberArk or a comparable enterprise PAM platform, such as BeyondTrust or Delinea.
Experience applying NIST SP 800-53 access controls AC-2 and AC-6 in federal environments.
Strong understanding of privileged account security, credential vaulting, password rotation, session management, MFA, and least-privilege principles.
Experience with directory services, enterprise authentication, SSO, identity federation, and access provisioning.

Nice To Haves

Active Secret clearance.
Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
Experience with PIV-based privileged authentication.
Familiarity with Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM).
Experience securing privileged access for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), hosting platforms, and platform administration.
Experience integrating PAM with cloud platforms, DevOps pipelines, secrets management, and infrastructure automation.
Knowledge of privileged access controls for AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, databases, network devices, and enterprise applications.
Experience with identity threat detection, privileged session monitoring, access analytics, and incident response.
Familiarity with zero-trust architecture and identity-centric security models.

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor PAM engineers and administrators.
Lead the development and implementation of enterprise PAM strategy, architecture, standards, and operational processes.
Manage the lifecycle of privileged accounts, including discovery, onboarding, credential vaulting, rotation, access provisioning, and deprovisioning.
Establish and maintain controls for privileged credential storage, session management, privileged session recording, and just-in-time access.
Develop and enforce least-privilege principles for administrative, root, domain, database, network, cloud, and application accounts.
Identify and remediate unmanaged, shared, orphaned, and excessive-privilege accounts.
Oversee secure management of service accounts, application identities, API credentials, secrets, and other non-human identities.
Establish monitoring and alerting for privileged access activities and investigate exceptions or anomalous behavior.
Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for PAM and identity security initiatives.
Lead implementation projects, platform upgrades, integrations, migrations, and technology enhancements.
Lead the design, implementation, and administration of the PAM platform across enterprise infrastructure and cloud environments.

Benefits

Medical benefits
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Health savings account
Short- and long-term disability
Employee assistance program (EAP)
Parental leave
401(k)
Paid time off for vacation
Company-paid holidays
Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position