PAM Identity Lead: Secure Privilege Access Architect

Peraton; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Privileged Access Management (PAM) Identity Lead to design, implement, and operate enterprise PAM and identity security capabilities. The role focuses on privileged account governance, credential vaulting, rotation, and secure session management across enterprise systems, cloud environments, and applications.

The candidate will lead PAM strategy, oversee lifecycle management of privileged accounts, and enforce least-privilege access, with emphasis on CyberArk deployments and

Qualifications

• Experience implementing enterprise PAM solutions with CyberArk.
• Strong knowledge of privileged account security, credential vaulting, password rotation, and session management.
• Experience with directory services, SSO, identity federation, and access provisioning.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of the enterprise PAM strategy, architecture, standards, and processes.
• Oversee lifecycle management of privileged accounts including discovery, onboarding, vaulting, rotation, provisioning and deprovisioning.
• Establish controls for privileged credential storage, session management, and just-in-time access.
• Develop and enforce least-privilege principles for multiple account types (administrative, root, domain, database, network, cloud, apps).
• Lead design and implementation leveraging CyberArk to manage credentials and sessions across on-prem and cloud environments.

Skills

PAM strategy

CyberArk

Least-privilege

Identity security

MFA

SSO

Directory services

Access provisioning

Security governance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

CyberArk

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google)

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Privileged Access Management (PAM) Identity Lead to design, implement, and operate enterprise PAM and identity security capabilities. The role focuses on privileged account governance, credential vaulting, rotation, and secure session management across enterprise systems, cloud environments, and applications.

The candidate will lead PAM strategy, oversee lifecycle management of privileged accounts, and enforce least-privilege access, with emphasis on CyberArk deployments and