PAM Engineer

INSPYR Solutions; Merrifield (VA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical benefits

Competitive pay & 401(k)

Retirement plan

Job summary

INSPYR Solutions is seeking a PAM Engineer for a hybrid role in Vienna, VA. The engineer will operate PAM technologies, lead security feature projects, and automate admin processes across Windows, UNIX, and mainframe environments.

You will design, configure and maintain PAM solutions, integrate with ServiceNow and SIEM, and contribute to the PAM strategy while communicating security requirements to stakeholders. This 6-month contract may extend based on performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science or related field.
• Industry certifications in cyber security or identity security.
• 5–7+ years administering PAM solutions (CyberArk, BeyondTrust or Delinea).
• Experience with SAFe, Scrum or Kanban in large IT environments.
• Strong knowledge of identity and access management vendors and integrations.
• Experience with Active Directory, Azure AD, PKI, and RSA-based services.
• Ability to automate with PowerShell and Bash.

Responsibilities

• Operate PAM technologies: accounts management, secrets management, patching.
• Lead projects to deliver new security features or updates.
• Automate admin processes and integrate with external services.
• Contribute to PAM security strategy and service delivery.
• Design, configure, and maintain PAM for AIX, RHEL, Windows, and Mainframe.
• Integrate PAM with ServiceNow, IGA, SIEM, and other systems.
• Provide security consultation on internal projects focusing on data and identity security.
• Create and maintain PAM documentation, inventories and diagrams.
• Monitor capacity and performance of PAM infrastructure.
• Provide leadership reports on security, usage and licensing.
• Rotational on-call support for production PAM systems.

Skills

PAM expertise

IAM

PowerShell

Bash

Windows

Linux

Mainframe

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology/Computer Science

Cyber security/Identity security certifications

Tools

CyberArk

BeyondTrust

Delinea

ServiceNow

SAFe

Job description

Title:

PAM Engineer

Location:

Vienna, Virginia (hybrid)

Duration:

Initial 6 months contract with extensions

Compensation:

$60.00-$70.00/hr

Work Requirements:

US Citizen, GC Holders or or Authorized to work in US

Responsibilities

• Operation of the Privileged Access Management (PAM) technologies, including accounts management, secrets management, and software and systems patching.


• Lead projects to develop and deliver new security features and or software updates.


• Work with peers and stakeholders to implement and automate processes for administration and integration with external services.


• Contribute to PAM Security Strategy, including discovery, gap analysis, onboarding, and contributing to short to long term delivery of services and service improvements.


• Design, configure, and maintain PAM solutions for AIX, RHEL, Windows, and Mainframe systems.


• Integrate the PAM solution with various technologies such as Service Now, Compute hosting, IGA, SIEM, other solutions


• Provide security consultation on internal projects focusing on business needs, data transmission and identity security best practices.


• Authoring and maintaining documentation procedures, inventories, and diagrams for PAM systems and processes.


• Monitors and responds to capacity and performance needs of the PAM infrastructure.


• Provides regular reports to leadership regarding security, capacity, usage, and licensing


• Provide rotational on-call support for production PAM infrastructure systems and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or other related fields


• Industry certifications in cyber security or identity security attesting to broad knowledge of security best practices and design.


• 5-7+ years administering and maintaining Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions, such as CyberArk, BeyondTrust, or Delinea.


• Experience working in large security access system upgrades/projects using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Scrum or Kanban


• Significant experience working in a large IT organization with responsibility for supporting the technology and processes in the Privileged Access Management domain and controls program, preferably in a financial services organization


• Considerable experience with Identity and Access Management vendors like Microsoft, CyberArk, Saviynt, ServiceNow, RSA, etc.


• Significant experience in working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, and vendors.


• Significant experience administering tier zero identity infrastructure that provides AAA services such as Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, PKI, Federation Services, and RSA.


• Experience in developing automated solutions and processes using PowerShell for Windows and BASH for UNIX/Linux.


• Demonstrates an understanding of how PAM integrates with common resources such as Windows, Linux/UNIX, VMWare, Azure, SQL/Oracle/DB2 database systems, Network appliances, and Mainframe.


• Familiar with change control processes (Production Discipline) to ensure up time and business continuity

Other qualifications:

• CyberArk Certifications (Defender, Sentry, Guardian) certs advance from left to right


• SOLID Experience in building and deploying PSM & CPM connectors


• Scripting background for automation and Ansible (preferably doesn't rely solely on AI or Google)


• Experience with Credential Providers (AAM and CCP) Setup, Deployment, Support, Use


• PTA experience (nice to have)


• Physical Server and OS platform expertise (nice to have)

Our benefits package includes:

• Comprehensive medical benefits


• Competitive pay, 401(k)


• Retirement plan


• and much more!

About INSPYR Solutions:

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients’ business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

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