Senior ICAM Architect - Zero Trust & IAM Strategy

Booz Allen Hamilton; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an Enterprise ICAM Architect to lead the design, strategy, and governance of ICAM systems for federal clients. You will oversee large-scale IAM initiatives, including SSO, IGA, PAM, and directory services, while aligning to Zero Trust principles.

Role requires strong policy, regulatory, and security architecture acumen, with collaboration across senior stakeholders and government partners.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and directing enterprise-scale ICAM strategy, implementation, and governance, including Zero Trust, cloud security, and compliance.
• Experience leading integration of SSO, MFA, PAM, and directory services as an enterprise SME.
• Experience with security architecture, RBAC or Access Certification implementation, and identity or role lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of Federal ICAM mandates such as OMB M-19-17, NIST 800-63, EO 14028, and OMB M-22-09.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements.
• Bachelor's degree CISSP Certification, or Cyber or Identity Certification such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, ICAgile Certified Professional, or CyberArk Certified Certification

Responsibilities

• Design and direct the enterprise ICAM target-state architecture across SSO, IGA, PAM, Master Person Index, and Directory services.
• Own security architecture engineering, security strategy, and regulatory compliance alignment (STIGs, FIPS, NIST 800-53) across the VA ICAM portfolio.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical validation, and vendor evaluations for Innovation Lab sessions and technology stack decisions.
• Lead multiple Kanban Agile support teams in a large Scaled Agile (SAFe) team.
• Co‑lead quarterly increment planning.
• Partner with senior government stakeholders on ICAM architecture discussions.
• Support DoW and other external partner federation architecture efforts.
• Leverage AI to drive efficiency and automate tasks wherever appropriate.

Skills

ICAM architecture

SSO (Entra/Okta)

PAM (CyberArk)

RBAC/Access Certification

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

CISSP or equivalent certification

Tools

Entra ID

Okta

Saviynt

CyberArk

PAMaaS

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an Enterprise ICAM Architect to lead the design, strategy, and governance of ICAM systems for federal clients. You will oversee large-scale IAM initiatives, including SSO, IGA, PAM, and directory services, while aligning to Zero Trust principles.

Role requires strong policy, regulatory, and security architecture acumen, with collaboration across senior stakeholders and government partners.