Senior IAM & Zero Trust Solutions Architect

Leidos Inc

Odenton (MD)

On-site

USD 168,000 - 278,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Leidos in Odenton, MD is seeking a Principal IAM / Zero Trust Solutions Architect to lead development and integration of complex enterprise cybersecurity and IAM solutions for DoD and federal customers.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams, translate mission requirements into practical architectures, and engage with government stakeholders to deliver modernization roadmaps and technical demonstrations.

Qualifications

Significant experience designing, integrating, and modernizing complex enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, or mission technology environments.
Ability to translate customer mission and technical requirements into architectures, implementation approaches, and modernization roadmaps.
Experience evaluating technologies, conducting technical trade studies or Analyses of Alternatives, and developing solution recommendations.
Experience leading complex technical integrations across multiple infrastructure and cybersecurity domains.
Familiarity with DoD, NIST, RMF, and related federal cybersecurity frameworks and requirements.

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, design, and integration of complex enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity solutions across cloud, on-premises, classified, and mission environments.
Develop integrated IAM and Zero Trust solution architectures aligned with customer mission requirements and applicable DoW, NIST, and federal cybersecurity guidance.
Assess existing technology environments, identify architectural and operational gaps, and develop modernization strategies and implementation roadmaps.
Design and integrate identity, cloud, infrastructure, networking, security, automation, monitoring, and related enterprise capabilities.
Apply IAM principles including authentication, authorization, federation, identity lifecycle management, privileged access, PKI, and access policy as part of broader enterprise solutions.
Incorporate Zero Trust principles such as least privilege, continuous verification, segmentation, policy enforcement, and risk-based access into solution architectures.
Evaluate commercial and government technologies, conduct technical trade studies and Analyses of Alternatives, and develop solution recommendations.
Define architectural interfaces, integration dependencies, implementation approaches, and transition strategies across multiple technical domains.