ICAM Architect
Listed on 2026-07-26
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity, Information Security & Data Protection, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations
Description
POSITION:
ICAM Architect
WORK LOCATION:
Chantilly, VA
JOB CATEGORY:
Information Technology
JOB TYPE:
Full-Time
REQUISITION :
EM07-56
CITIZENSHIP:
United States Citizen
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top Secret/SCI
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
Up to
10%
E&M Technologies, Inc. is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. E&M provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
E&M Technologies, Inc. is currently seeking an ICAM
Architect to join our team in Chantilly,
VA in support of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, military service members, intelligence professionals, and first responders.
Job Responsibilities:
- Define and maintain the enterprise ICAM architecture across PEP/PIP/EMS and RPMS modernization, ensuring alignment with NGA’s ZT and ICAM strategic framework. Transition from the legacy PDP to JBlocks.
- Develop end to end architectural patterns for identity, attribute services, authorization flows, policy distribution, and resource/role lifecycle management.
- Partner closely with the Technical Lead to validate modernization roadmaps, architectural decisions, and integration strategies for on-prem and cloud-native, microservices-based ICAM components.
- Translate mission needs into technical requirements, sequence diagrams, data models, interface specifications, and system architecture artifacts.
- Oversee the design of modern PEP/PIP interfaces that support attribute-based access control, dynamic policy evaluation, and event-driven decision making.
- Architect improved EMS and RPMS capabilities including resource registration, policy lifecycle automation, attribute orchestration, and enterprise authorization services.
- Provide architectural guidance to Development and Operations (Dev Ops) and Software teams to ensure solutions meet scalability, resilience, security, and maintainability requirements.
- Conduct architectural reviews, risk assessments, and compliance verification for modernization milestones and incremental releases.
- Ensure modernization reduces operational overhead through automation, standardization, improved observability, and optimized deployment pipelines.
- Identify opportunities for innovation in identity services, authentication technologies, authorization models, and system integration patterns.
- Serve as a senior advisor to program management, providing technical insight to support planning, budgeting, and customer engagement.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field and 10+ years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of experience.
- Demonstrated experience as a solutions architect, systems architect, or enterprise architect supporting complex modernization, security, or ICAM programs.
- Significant experience designing distributed systems, microservices architectures, and cloud-native solutions.
- Experience leading or supporting teams engaged in ICAM modernization, enterprise identity technology, or authorization/policy services.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and experience contributing to Program Increment (PI) planning, architectural runway development, and iterative delivery.
- Ability to define architectural goals, strategic plans, and detailed implementation guidance aligned with mission priorities.
- Ability to obtain Security+ within 90 days of hire.
- All candidates must be US CITIZENS to be considered for the position.
- Must have and be capable of maintaining a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance at the required level and ability to pass a Counterintelligence Polygraph.
Preferred
Qualifications:
- Experience with Kubernetes, Open Shift, or container orchestration platforms.
- Experience with modern programming languages…
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