PAM Engineer

VDart Inc; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

VDart Inc. in Chicago, IL seeks a PAM Engineer for a 1-2 month contract-to-hire engagement. The role demands 3–5 years of hands-on PAM experience and the ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams to design and implement secure access controls.

You will establish strategy, architecture, and drive the PAM program, defining entitlements and policy management, while documenting operations and ensuring ongoing platform health and compliance.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on PAM experience.
• Ability to coordinate with teammates.
• Define access control, user entitlements, and policy management.
• Translate requirements into detailed technical designs and lead design sessions.

Responsibilities

• Establish strategy, architecture, and drive PAM execution.
• Develop and execute overall project plan and timelines for key deliverables.
• Define access control, user entitlements, and user access policy management.
• Translate requirements into detailed technical designs and lead design sessions.
• Build and design a PAM foundation to enforce the least privilege in a transparent way and identify opportunities for improvements.
• Work across functions to improve IAM solutions to enhance compliance requirements and best practices.
• Develop documentation to support ongoing PAM solution operations, maintenance and specific problem resolution.
• Apply expertise in the installation and configuration of the PAM platform, including conducting routine solution maintenance, monitoring the health of the platform, and conducting monitoring.
• Identify and resolve challenges and issues that may impair the team's ability to meet strategic, business, and technical goals.
• Establish session isolation and controls for privileged identities including Privileged Access Workstations.

Skills

PAM expertise

IAM architecture

Least privilege

Cross-functional coordination

Project planning

System installation/configuration

Documentation

Problem solving

Privileged session controls

CyberArk

Guardian certification

Job description

Job Title: PAM Engineer

Duration: 1-2 month Contract to Hire

Location: Chicago, IL

Skillset/Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of actual, hands-on experience and knowledge with PAM technologies, process, and be able to coordinate and interface with other team members
• Establish strategy, architecture, design and drive the execution of PAM technologies.
• Identify the tools and techniques to translate needs and future goals into a plan that will enable secure and effective solutions.
• Develop and execute overall project plan and timelines for key deliverables. Define access control, user entitlements, and user access policy management.
• Translate requirements into detailed technical designs and lead design sessions.
• Build and design a PAM foundation to enforce the least privilege in a transparent way and identify opportunities for improvements.
• Work across functions to improve IAM solutions to enhance compliance requirements and best practices.
• Develop documentation to support ongoing PAM solution operations, maintenance and specific problem resolution.
• Apply expertise in the installation and configuration of the PAM platform, including conducting routine solution maintenance, monitoring the health of the platform, and conducting monitoring.
• Identify and resolve challenges and issues that may impair the team's ability to meet strategic, business, and technical goals.
• Establish session isolation and controls for privileged identities including Privileged Access Workstations.
• Massive plus if the candidate has CyberArk or Guardian certification.