Remote PAM Identity Lead: Privileged Access Security

Peraton; Lacey (WA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Privileged Access Management Identity Lead to design, implement, and continuously improve enterprise identity security and PAM capabilities. You will establish and enforce controls protecting privileged accounts, credentials, service accounts, and sensitive access across on-premises and cloud environments.

The role requires leading PAM strategy, engineering teams, and driving secure, scalable identity solutions with strong emphasis on least-privilege and incident response.

Qualifications

• Must have a security clearance or ability to obtain Public Trust.
• Extensive PAM and identity security experience in federal or large enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of privileged access controls, credential vaulting, and session management.
• Experience implementing zero-trust and identity-centric security models.
• Strong understanding of SSO, identity federation, and access provisioning.

Responsibilities

• Lead PAM engineers and administrators and drive enterprise PAM strategy.
• Oversee lifecycle management of privileged accounts and credentials.
• Establish controls for privileged storage, session recording, and just-in-time access.
• Enforce least-privilege across admin, root, DB, cloud, and application accounts.
• Monitor privileged activities, respond to incidents, and drive platform upgrades.

Skills

PAM leadership

identity security

least privilege

MFA

session management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Associate's degree

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

CyberArk

BeyondTrust

Delinea

Job description

Peraton seeks a Privileged Access Management Identity Lead to design, implement, and continuously improve enterprise identity security and PAM capabilities. You will establish and enforce controls protecting privileged accounts, credentials, service accounts, and sensitive access across on-premises and cloud environments.

The role requires leading PAM strategy, engineering teams, and driving secure, scalable identity solutions with strong emphasis on least-privilege and incident response.