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Senior Systems Engineer

GDH
Alexandria, VA Contractor
POSTED ON 9/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/2/2026

Role Summary
A Senior Systems Engineer specializing in Cross-Cutting Support and ICAM Enterprise Architecture is sought to support critical identity, credential, and access management enhancement initiatives. This technical position involves designing, engineering, and implementing secure, identity-centric access control frameworks across diverse enterprise architectures. The role provides strategic technical leadership for enterprise identity management systems, ensuring alignment with federal security standards and best practices.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary technical authority for enterprise identity management and access control frameworks.
  • Lead the modernization of legacy access controls into secure ICAM solutions.
  • Manage enterprise directories, federation, authentication, authorization, and single sign-on (SSO) protocols.
  • Architect identity lifecycles, user provisioning workflows, and privilege management controls.
  • Design and deploy Zero Trust identity principles based on NIST SP 800-207 across network hubs.
  • Configure and manage enterprise PKI systems, credentials, and authenticators.
  • Implement logical and physical access control systems, including MFA, SSO, and privileged access management (PAM).
  • Build federated identity services for secure interoperability with mission partners.
  • Conduct root cause analysis, privilege audits, and system performance tuning to optimize security posture.
  • Develop technical interfaces, architectures, data flows, and compliance documentation to support ICAM initiatives.
  • Own the overarching hybrid identity strategy and ensure interoperability across enterprise identity systems.

Qualifications

  • High school diploma with 10 years of relevant experience or equivalent technical background.
  • Active DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification or higher (e.g., Security CE, CySA ).
  • Extensive knowledge of federated identity protocols including SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and LDAP/Active Directory architecture.
  • Hands-on experience managing Smart Card/CAC authentication and PKI certificate validation.
  • Proven expertise implementing NIST SP 800-207 Zero Trust principles within enterprise networks.
  • This position requires eligibility for a U.S. Government security clearance. In accordance with federal law, U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise identity tools and frameworks, including SailPoint, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, or Ping Identity.
  • Familiarity with integrating data governance with ICAM solutions to enforce data access controls.
  • Experience with RESTful API authorization protocols, secure gateways, and data schema security standards.

Publishing Pay Range: $60.00 - $65.00 hourly

This position offers a hybrid schedule, with time split between the office and remote work.

Salary : $60 - $65

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