Peraton

IAM (Identity & Access Management) Engineer

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4 days ago
Chantilly, VA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$112k - $179k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, operate, and integrate identity, token, directory, federation, and SSO services.
  • Implement and troubleshoot OAuth/OIDC, SAML, LDAP, authentication, authorization, token, and federation flows.
  • Design and maintain RBAC and ABAC models for users, administrators, privileged users, services, and tenants.
  • Integrate identity and authorization services with GitLab, Kubernetes, mission applications, ServiceNow, and federated AWS access.
  • Develop workload and service-identity patterns for pipelines, APIs, automation, and platform services.
  • Automate user, group, role, entitlement, and identity lifecycle activities.
  • Support privileged-access workflows, elevated-role approvals, access reviews, recertification, and separation-of-duties requirements.
  • Maintain identity-service monitoring, documentation, recovery procedures, and operational support processes.
  • Collaborate across cloud, Kubernetes, platform, application, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to support secure identity patterns.

Requirements

  • Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph is required.
  • Approximately 6–8 years of experience in IAM, cybersecurity, directory services, security engineering, platform engineering, or a related discipline.
  • A BS/BA with 6 years of experience is required; an additional 4 years may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • Demonstrated experience with identity federation, SSO, OAuth/OIDC, SAML, RBAC, and enterprise identity systems.
  • Experience integrating identity and access services with cloud, applications, or Kubernetes environments.
  • Experience troubleshooting complex authentication, authorization, token, and federation issues.
  • Working knowledge of privileged-access management and identity lifecycle controls.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills, along with analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication abilities.
  • Desired qualifications include Keycloak, AWS IAM and federated-role integration, Kubernetes RBAC, GitLab identity integration, ServiceNow identity or workflow integration, Zero Trust architectures, classified or multi-domain identity environments, and automated identity lifecycle and entitlement management.

Benefits

  • Fully onsite position in Chantilly, Virginia.
  • Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

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About Peraton

10,000+ employees

Peraton builds and integrates mission systems, cyber, space, and intelligence solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil agencies. It delivers enterprise IT, satellite and terrestrial communications, and spectrum management under government contracts. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and is privately held by Veritas Capital.

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