Icam privileged access management (pam) engineer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

CyberArk Privileged Access Management, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Privileged Access Management Operations

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

ICAM Privileged Access Management (PAM) Engineer
GDIT has an opportunity for a Privileged Access Management (PAM) Engineer to design, implement, and maintain enterprise privileged access capabilities supporting the DoD ICAM mission. This role ensures secure credential handling, privileged account lifecycle governance, session monitoring, and Zero Trust–aligned access protections across distributed and mission‑critical environments.

The role focuses heavily on CyberArk PAM engineering while incorporating the emerging Xage platform to secure privileged access in operational and distributed systems.

This is an onsite position.

Meaningful Work and Personal Impact:

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on PAM engineer with deep experience integrating CyberArk technologies, automating credential workflows, onboarding privileged accounts, and supporting secure access to sensitive systems. Experience with Xage or similar distributed mesh cybersecurity architectures is a strong differentiator.
Your work directly protects high‑value assets, reduces insider and external risk, supports audit readiness, and helps implement Zero Trust principles across enterprise and mission‑partner environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engineer, deploy, configure, and maintain CyberArk components including Vault, CPM, PSM, PVWA, PTA, and credential onboarding workflows.
• Integrate PAM controls with Active Directory, LDAP, Windows/Linux servers, cloud platforms, databases, network devices, and mission applications.
• Implement and support Xage mesh security technologies for distributed privileged access use cases and operational technology (OT) environments.
• Develop and maintain privileged account onboarding processes, credential rotation policies, access control rules, and session monitoring configurations.
• Configure and maintain privileged session recording, auditing, and behavioral analytics to detect anomalous access activity.
• Partner with cybersecurity, ICAM, and operations teams to define PAM governance standards, access policies, and Zero Trust access controls.
• Develop automation workflows (PowerShell/Python/API integrations) to improve onboarding, access provisioning, and compliance reporting.
• Perform root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and incident response for PAM‑related issues.
• Maintain detailed documentation including architecture diagrams, SOPs, onboarding guides, security procedures, and integration patterns.
• Support audit requirements by ensuring privileged access logs, reports, and system configurations meet compliance standards.
• Support continuous improvement by recommending enhancements to datasets, transformations, and visualization techniques.

Basic Qualifications:

• Active Secret Clearance at minimum. Interim Secret Clearances are not allowed.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical discipline and 8 yrs experience, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• DoD 8140 certification (Security+ CE or higher)

Required Skills/Knowledge:

• Strong CyberArk engineering experience (Vault, CPM, PSM, PVWA, PTA)
• Experience with privileged user lifecycle management, credential rotation, and session recording
• Ability to design PAM integrations across Windows, Linux, network devices, cloud platforms, and databases
• Understanding of authentication, authorization, MFA, Zero Trust, and secure access governance principles
• Experience troubleshooting PAM failures, onboarding issues, connectivity/agent problems, and session recording gaps
• Hands‑on scripting experience in PowerShell or Python
• Ability to clearly document engineering procedures, architectures, and integration steps

Desired Skills/Knowledge:

• Experience with Xage Security Mesh, distributed access control systems, or OT cybersecurity
• Experience implementing PAM in complex DoD, regulated, or multi‑tier security environments
• Familiarity with high‑availability CyberArk architectures, DR/backup strategies, and load‑balanced deployments
• Experience supporting audit requirements, compliance reporting, and privileged access forensics
• Knowledge of DevOps pipelines, APIs, automation frameworks, and CI/CD integrations for PAM workflows

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

The likely salary range for this position is $140,250 - $189,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA MD Fort Meade

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

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