Senior Identity Engineering Services | Systems Developer

VetRamp; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

VetRamp is seeking an experienced Senior Identity Engineer | Systems Developer to lead design, development, and support of ICAM solutions across enterprise environments. You will work with ADDS, PKI, PAM, and PKI migrations while aligning with DoD directives and DHA architecture.

The role spans on‑prem and cloud integrations, ensuring secure, compliant identity services. Candidates should bring hands‑on expertise with Active Directory, PKI, and X.509, plus PowerShell and LDAP tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, cybersecurity, or related discipline.
• Certifications such as CISSP, GIAC or FITSP-D are preferred.
• Experience with DoD ICAM standards and PKE PKI architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement compliant identity, access, and credential management solutions (PKI, PAM, key management).
• Maintain and evolve Active Directory and directory services architectures (ADDS, ADLDS).
• Support DoD PKI infrastructure, CA migration, and validation suites.
• Develop identity management across hybrid on‑prem and cloud environments with policy-based access.
• Ensure systems comply with DoD directives, DISA STIGs, and DHA standards.

Skills

Active Directory

PKI

PowerShell

LDAP

X.509 certificates

DoD STIGs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT, Cybersecurity or related

FITSP-D or CISSP or GIISF

Tools

ActivIdentity ActivClient

Axway Validator Suites

Remedy

AD DS

ADLDS

Job description

Senior Identity Engineer | Systems Developer

Location: San Antonio, TX

Clearance Required: Public Trust (ADP/IT-II); Tier 3 Investigation (NACLC)

Program Overview

The Defense Health Agency’s Domain and Directory Services Branch (DDSB) delivers identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) services across the Military Health System (MHS), supporting secure, scalable, and interoperable access for over 200,000 users across 250 global sites. This role is central to engineering and sustaining identity infrastructure, directory services, PKI systems, and credentialing solutions aligned with DoD ICAM standards and cybersecurity frameworks.

Summary

The IdM Engineer Systems Developer is a senior-level technical professional responsible for the design, development, and support of identity and access management solutions across the DHA enterprise. This role includes engineering support for Active Directory, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Privileged Access Management (PAM), Cryptographic Key Management, and other security-focused identity services. The engineer ensures systems comply with DoD directives, DISA STIGs, and DHA architectural standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, document, and implement standardized, compliant, and forward-looking solutions for identity, access, and credential management, including PKI, PAM, and cryptographic key management.
• Engineer and maintain directory services architectures including Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (ADLDS), and Secure DNS integrated with the latest DHA server baselines and DISA STIGs.
• Update and sustain the mJAD Architecture & Design Document and related engineering packages.
• Engineer and support the DHA PKI infrastructure in alignment with DoDI 8520.02, including CA migration, Middleware (e.g., ActivIdentity), and Validator Suites (e.g., Axway).
• Maintain PKI Certificate Validation Suites and support certificate issuance across LAN/WLAN and Med-COI systems.
• Engineer identity management solutions to manage users, groups, and assets across hybrid on-prem and cloud environments, enforcing policy-based access to systems, SaaS, and resource partners.
• Develop identity and authentication architectures compliant with DoD Enterprise ICAM Reference Design and DoDI 8520.03.
• Deliver identity automation, alerting, reporting, and enforcement policies to meet MHS operational and security requirements.
• Engineer PKE solutions enabling X.509 certificate usage across MHS applications, ensuring integration with PKI for authentication, confidentiality, data integrity, and non-repudiation.
• Provide engineering support for certificate-enabled applications such as ActivClient and Axway Desktop Validator.
• Research, design, and test system-level and embedded software solutions, including network distribution platforms and compilers.
• Apply computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis to develop scalable, secure software architectures for MHS systems.

Preferred Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Active Directory, ADLDS, DNS
• DoD PKI / Internal Medium Assurance (IMA)
• ActivIdentity ActivClient, Axway Validator Suites
• DoD ICAM Reference Architecture
• PowerShell, LDAP, X.509 certificate utilities
• Remedy Ticketing System
• Microsoft Server Operating Systems
• DoD STIGs, DoDI 8520.02 / 03

Education & Certification Requirements

1. Microsoft Certified: Cyber Security Architect Expert or Azure Solutions Architect Expert

2. Any of the following…

• Academic Education: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
• OR Baseline: FITSP-D or GCSA or GISF or SSCP or GLSC or CISSP