Senior IAM Architect — Enterprise Identity & Access

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

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an expert-level Lead Identity and Access Management Engineer to act as the senior technical authority for enterprise IAM initiatives across cloud and on‑prem environments. The candidate will leverage deep Microsoft identity expertise to design, implement, and mature IAM architectures and processes while mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities include leading IAM design, governance, RBAC/ABAC, audits, and cross‑functional collaboration with security, compliance and

Qualifications

• 8+ years in identity and access management with progressive responsibilities.
• 5+ years in senior/lead or SME capacity owning enterprise IAM architecture.
• Experience with cloud IAM services (Azure Entra ID, AWS IAM/SSO, GCP IAM).
• Hands-on with at least two IAM platform categories: IGA, PAM, SSO/Federation, Directory Services.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, engineering, and continuous improvement of enterprise IAM solutions (IGA, PAM, SSO, MFA, directories).
• Serve as SME for IAM architecture decisions, tool selection, and integration strategy across cloud and on-premise platforms.
• Define and enforce identity lifecycle processes (joiner-mover-leaver) and RBAC/ABAC with least-privilege.
• Lead IAM audits, risk assessments, and remediation; ensure regulatory/commercial obligations compliance.
• Partner with security, application owners, and compliance teams to integrate apps into IAM platforms.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to IAM engineers; support incident response.
• Evaluate emerging IAM technologies and propose adoption strategies; produce architecture docs and executive reports.

Skills

IAM architecture

Microsoft identity solutions

EntraID/Azure AD

PAM (CyberArk, Beyond Trust)

SSO/Federation

RBAC/ABAC

PowerShell

Graph API

Zero Trust

Identity governance

Cloud IAM (Azure, AWS, GCP)

Active Directory/Entra ID

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Active Directory

Azure AD/Entra ID

Job description

Leidos is seeking an expert-level Lead Identity and Access Management Engineer to act as the senior technical authority for enterprise IAM initiatives across cloud and on‑prem environments. The candidate will leverage deep Microsoft identity expertise to design, implement, and mature IAM architectures and processes while mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities include leading IAM design, governance, RBAC/ABAC, audits, and cross‑functional collaboration with security, compliance and