Senior ICAM Engineer

E&M Technologies, Inc.•Chantilly, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

E&M Technologies, Inc. is currently seeking a Senior ICAM Engineer to join our team in Chantilly, VA in support of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, military service members, intelligence professionals, and first responders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field and 8+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
Hands-on experience developing or integrating systems related to identity, authentication, authorization, or enterprise security.
Experience implementing distributed systems or microservices architectures on modern platforms.
Experience supporting Agile teams and contributing to iterative delivery of new capabilities.
Ability to interpret architectural guidance and convert designs into high quality, maintainable engineering solutions.
Ability to obtain Security+ within 90 days of hire.
All candidates must be US CITIZENS to be considered for the position.
Must have and be capable of maintaining a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance at the required level and ability to pass a Counterintelligence Polygraph.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Kubernetes or OpenShift for deployment and container orchestration.
Programming experience with Java and/or Python.
Familiarity with GitOps tools.
Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, or containerization technologies.
Knowledge of identity and access standards: X.509, SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, LDAP.
Experience with Oracle products or similar ICAM vendor technologies.
Experience implementing ABAC/RBAC models, policy-based access controls, and ZT aligned authorization patterns.
Experience supporting Intelligence Community (IC) or Department of War (DoW) systems, particularly authorization and identity-centric services.

Responsibilities

Implement ICAM modernization designs for PEP/PIP/EMS and RPMS components, ensuring alignment with architectural patterns and modernization goals. Transition from the legacy PDP to JBlocks.
Develop and integrate microservices supporting identity, attributes, authorization, resource registration, and policy distribution.
Work closely with the Architect to translate high-level designs into detailed engineering tasks, technical artifacts, and system interfaces.
Support the Technical Lead by providing technical input during Program Increment (PI) planning, backlog refinement, work estimation, and risk identification.
Develop new PEP/PIP patterns including enforcement endpoints, policy decision integrations, and attribute retrieval mechanisms.
Enhance EMS and RPMS services by implementing automation for resource/role lifecycle management, attribute orchestration, and policy ingestion workflows.
Collaborate closely with Development and Operations (DevOps) engineers on Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), containerization, infrastructure automation, and deployment to Kubernetes or the governments currently installed application platform.
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.
Ensure modernization activities reduce operational overhead and improve system reliability, maintainability, and observability.
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.