Privileged Access Management (PAM) Identity Lead

Peraton • ,

11d • $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 to protect privileged accounts, administrative credentials, service accounts, and sensitive access across enterprise systems, cloud environments, infrastructure, and applications.

This is a remote position. The candidate must be willing to work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. The role includes leading enterprise PAM strategy and architecture, managing privileged-account lifecycles, enforcing least-privilege access, overseeing service accounts and other non-human identities, monitoring privileged activity, and providing technical leadership. It also leads PAM projects, upgrades, integrations, migrations, and enhancements, with CyberArk used to manage privileged credentials and sessions, automate password rotation, and strengthen identity security controls.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance.
• A bachelor's degree and 12 years of experience, a master's degree and 10 years of experience, an associate degree and 14 years of experience, or a high school diploma or equivalent and 16 years of experience.
• One or more of the following relevant certifications: CISSP, CISM, CASP, CCISO, Security+, or CAP.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing enterprise PAM solutions with CyberArk.
• 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

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 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 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 the 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 CyberArk to manage privileged credentials and sessions, enforce least-privilege access, automate password rotation, and strengthen identity security controls across enterprise infrastructure and cloud environments.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Life insurance
• Health savings account
• Short- and long-term disability
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation
• Company-paid holidays
• Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior