Senior IAM Architect – Enterprise Identity & Access

Leidos LLC; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Paid Leave

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Leidos Digital Civilian Agency Solutions division seeks an expert-level Lead Identity and Access Management Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for complex enterprise IAM programs supporting large-scale government digital transformations.

The role combines hands‑on design and governance across IGA, PAM, SSO/Federation, MFA, and directory services, spanning Azure/AWS/GCP and on‑prem environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or equivalent and 12 years of general experience, preferably supporting system engineering.
• 8+ years of progressive experience focusing on identity and access management.
• 5+ years in a senior/lead or SME capacity, with ownership of enterprise-scale IAM architecture.
• Hands-on experience with at least two IAM platform categories: IGA (Microsoft Identity Manager), PAM (CyberArk, Beyond Trust), SSO/Federation (Okta, Entra ID, Ping Identity), Directory Services (Active Directory, Azure AD/Entra ID, LDAP).

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, engineering, and continuous improvement of enterprise IAM solutions across cloud and on-prem platforms.
• Define and enforce identity lifecycle management processes and least-privilege controls.
• Lead IAM-related audits, risk assessments, and remediation efforts; ensure compliance with regulations and contracts.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to IAM staff; support incident response and investigations.
• Evaluate emerging IAM technologies and prepare architecture documentation and executive reporting.

Skills

IAM architecture

RBAC/ABAC

Cloud IAM

Mentoring

Security compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

Azure AD

Okta

Ping Identity

CyberArk

BeyondTrust

Active Directory

LDAP

PowerShell

Graph API

Job description

Leidos Digital Civilian Agency Solutions division seeks an expert-level Lead Identity and Access Management Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for complex enterprise IAM programs supporting large-scale government digital transformations.

The role combines hands‑on design and governance across IGA, PAM, SSO/Federation, MFA, and directory services, spanning Azure/AWS/GCP and on‑prem environments.