# Identity Access Management (IAM) Architect

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Washington, DC
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $169,604 - $229,464
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Identity Access Management (IAM) Architect will lead the technical design and implementation of large-scale, global identity access management services supporting the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Technologies (DT).

You will collaborate with DT and Program Director on defining outputs, outcomes, and adoption framework for project creation and implementation. You will oversee 24x7 worldwide technical operations, modernization activities, ZTA adoption and compliance, security integration, service management, and customer engagement across all geographic regions.

Key responsibilities:

- Collaborate with DT and Program Director on defining project outputs, outcomes, and adoption frameworks

- Lead steady-state support for current environment IAM implementation and prepare for modernization

- Define and evolve enterprise architecture, strategy, and roadmap for IAM capabilities

- Design secure, scalable, automated, and AI-augmented solutions for managing service accounts, machine identities, secrets, certificates, APIs, and other identity platforms

- Establish governance frameworks, lifecycle controls, and operational standards for secure identity management

- Develop architecture artifacts, implementation guidance, metrics, and reporting to promote consistency, automation, and operational excellence

- Serve as a trusted advisor, technical leader, and mentor across the program

Required qualifications:

- Active TS/SCI clearance

- Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline

- Minimum 10 years' technical experience

- Experience working within a government enterprise environment

- Deep understanding of Zero Trust Architecture, NIST frameworks, and government standards

- Experience with Active Directory, Microsoft Entra, Okta, Ping, CyberArk, and other industry leaders

- Experience with Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

- Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)

Preferred qualifications:

- Additional Microsoft certifications (Administrator Expert, Endpoint Administrator, Cybersecurity Architect Expert)

- CISSP

- Technical certifications from other industry leaders in IAM

- Project Management Professional (PMP)

Benefits:

- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages

- 401K with company match

- Competitive pay and paid time off

- Flex work weeks and various paid time off plans

- Short and long-term disability benefits, life insurance, and other benefits

## Skills

### Required
- Zero Trust Architecture
- NIST frameworks
- Active Directory
- Microsoft Entra
- Okta
- Ping
- CyberArk
- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)

### Nice to have
- Microsoft Administrator Expert (MS-102)
- Microsoft Endpoint Administrator (MD-102)
- Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
- CISSP
- Project Management Professional (PMP)

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