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Role: Access Management Lead
Location: (Local to Reston, VA preferred but will accept remote candidates. If selected candidate is local to Reston, they MUST be in office 4 days a week)
Duration: Long Term Contract
Job Description:
Client is Seeking an experienced and highly motivated Access Management Lead to drive the development and implementation of a unified, secure access strategy across a federal government system of systems. This individual will lead the design and rollout of identity and access control policies, ensure compliance with security requirements, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to enhance authentication and authorization frameworks. This is a highly collaborative role requiring technical expertise, strategic vision, and strong communication skills.
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of experience in identity and access management, security architecture, or related technical leadership roles.
- 5+ years implementing authentication and identity standards (SAML, OAuth, OIDC, PKI, etc.)
- 3+ years implementing systems at NIST 800-63 IAL2, AAL2, and FAL2 in accordance with FedRAMP requirements.
- 3+ years designing and implementing least privilege architectures across enterprise platforms including SAP Concur, MuleSoft, ServiceNow, and AWS.
- Strong ability to author and maintain policy and procedure documentation for organizational Access Management to a high degree of quality.
- Strong self-starter mentality with ability to effectively communicate across technical and leadership teams to achieve complex outcomes according to scheduled timelines
Preferred Skills:
- Experience implementing and documenting NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP security control requirements.
- Proven experience designing and implementing access control strategies in complex IT environments.
- Experience working with Keycloak and AWS cloud identity and access management (AWS IAM).
- Experience automating access reviews or policy enforcement through scripting or identity governance tools.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CCSP, AWS Certified Security Specialty, Identity and Access Management certifications).
Clearance:
- Must be able to obtain MBI clearance