Privileged Access Management (PAM) Identity Lead

Peraton; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Privileged Access Management (PAM) Identity Lead to design, implement, administer, and improve enterprise identity security across systems and cloud environments. You will enforce controls protecting privileged accounts, admin credentials, and sensitive access while guiding PAM initiatives.

The role is remote with required EST business hours and strong leadership responsibilities. Key duties include lifecycle management of privileged accounts, credential vaulting, session

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain/maintain Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's degree with years of experience or higher, per the listing.
• Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CASP, CCISO, Security+, CAP.
• Experience implementing enterprise PAM and CyberArk.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise PAM strategy, architecture, standards, and processes.
• Manage lifecycle of privileged accounts: discovery, onboarding, rotation, provisioning, deprovisioning.
• Establish controls for credential storage, session management, and just-in-time access.
• Enforce least-privilege across admin, root, database, cloud, and app accounts.
• Oversee service accounts, API credentials, and non-human identities.
• Monitor privileged access and investigate anomalies.
• Provide technical leadership for PAM/identity security initiatives.
• Lead implementations, upgrades, integrations, migrations, and enhancements.
• Design/implement using CyberArk to manage credentials and sessions.

Skills

Privileged account security

Credential vaulting

Session management

Least-privilege principles

MFA

Identity federation

SSO

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree (Cybersecurity/IT/CS)

Master's degree (optional)

Associates degree + experience

Tools

CyberArk

Job description

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance
• Bachelors Degree and 12 years of experience, a Masters Degree and 10 years of experience, an Associates Degree and 14 years, or a High School Diploma or equivalent and 16 years of experience
• One or more of the following relevant certifications: CISSP, CISM, CASP, CCISO, Security+, or CAP
• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing enterprise PAM solutions with CyberArk.
• Strong understanding of privileged account security, credential vaulting, password rotation, session management, MFA, and least-privilege principles.
• Experience with directory services, enterprise authentication, SSO, identity federation, and access provisioning.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience integrating PAM with cloud platforms, DevOps pipelines, secrets management, and infrastructure automation.
• Knowledge of privileged access controls for AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, databases, network devices, and enterprise applications.
• Experience with identity threat detection, privileged session monitoring, access analytics, and incident response.
• Familiarity with zero-trust architecture and identity-centric security models.

Peraton is seeking a Privileged Access Management (PAM) Identity Lead to join our Team. This person will be responsible for leading the design, implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of enterprise identity security and privileged access management capabilities. This role establishes and enforces controls that protect privileged accounts, administrative credentials, service accounts, and sensitive access across enterprise systems, cloud environments, infrastructure, and applications.

Work Location: Work Location: This is a remote position, but candidate must be willing to work during the hours of 8am - 5pm EST

What You Will Do:

• Lead the development and implementation of enterprise PAM strategy, architecture, standards, and operational processes.
• Manage the lifecycle of privileged accounts, including discovery, onboarding, credential vaulting, rotation, access provisioning, and deprovisioning.
• Establish and maintain controls for privileged credential storage, session management, privileged session recording, and just-in-time access.
• Develop and enforce least-privilege principles for administrative, root, domain, database, network, cloud, and application accounts.
• Identify and remediate unmanaged, shared, orphaned, and excessive-privilege accounts.
• Oversee the secure management of service accounts, application identities, API credentials, secrets, and other non-human identities.
• Establish monitoring and alerting for privileged access activities and investigate exceptions or anomalous behavior.
• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for PAM and identity security initiatives.
• Lead implementation projects, platform upgrades, integrations, migrations, and technology enhancements.
• Lead the design, implementation, and administration leveraging CyberArk to manage privileged credentials and sessions, enforce least-privilege access and automate password rotation, and strengthen identity security controls across enterprise infrastructure and cloud environments.