Senior ICAM Engineer (Top Secret/SCI with agreement to obtain CI Poly Clearance Required)

North Point Technology•Chantilly, VA

17h

About The Position

North Point Technology is looking to hire a Senior ICAM Engineer to join a high-impact Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) modernization effort. This role requires an active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and a willingness to obtain a polygraph within the customer's required timeline. The position is a short-term engagement of approximately seven months. The Senior ICAM Engineer will serve as a senior hands-on technical contributor, implementing modernized ICAM capabilities across multiple workstreams—including Policy Enforcement Points (PEP), Policy Information Points (PIP), Enterprise Management Services (EMS), and Resource & Policy Management Services (RPMS)—leveraging on-premises and cloud-native patterns, microservices-based designs, and modern deployment automation.

Requirements

Hands-on development or integration of systems related to identity management, authentication, or authorization
Design and implementation of distributed systems or microservices architectures on modern platforms
Participation in Agile delivery teams, including PI planning, backlog refinement, and iterative capability delivery
Interpretation of architectural guidance and conversion of designs into maintainable engineering solutions
Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility required at time of hire
U.S. citizenship required

Nice To Haves

Kubernetes or OpenShift for container orchestration and application deployment
Programming in Java and/or Python
GitOps tooling and workflows
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, or containerization technologies (e.g., Docker)
Identity and access standards including X.509, SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, and LDAP
Oracle ICAM products or similar enterprise ICAM vendor technologies
Implementation of ABAC/RBAC models, policy-based access controls, and Zero Trust-aligned authorization patterns
Experience supporting Intelligence Community or Department of Defense identity and authorization systems

Responsibilities

Implement ICAM modernization designs for PEP, PIP, EMS, and RPMS components, including transitioning from legacy Policy Decision Point (PDP) implementations to modern frameworks.
Develop and integrate microservices supporting identity, attributes, authorization, resource registration, and policy distribution.
Translate high-level architectural designs into detailed engineering tasks, technical artifacts, and system interfaces.
Provide technical input during Program Increment planning, backlog refinement, work estimation, and risk identification in support of Agile delivery.
Develop new PEP/PIP enforcement patterns—including enforcement endpoints, policy decision integrations, and attribute retrieval mechanisms.
Enhance EMS and RPMS services through automation of resource and role lifecycle management, attribute orchestration, and policy ingestion workflows.
Collaborate with DevOps engineers on CI/CD pipelines, containerization, infrastructure automation, and deployment to Kubernetes or equivalent government application platforms.
Troubleshoot complex identity, authentication, authorization, and policy-related issues across legacy and modernized components.
Contribute to engineering documentation including design specifications, data flow diagrams, configuration standards, and interface definitions.
Participate in integration testing, operational readiness testing, and deployment validation across multiple environments and security domains.
Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in secure coding, microservices development, and ICAM integration.