ICAM Authentication & Federation Engineer - Edge Services
Job Description
GDIT has an opportunity for an ICAM Engineer supporting a large line of business that delivers enterprise-scale Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) capabilities. This role supports the DoW ICAM mission by designing, developing, integrating, and maintaining Authentication and Federation services that enable secure access across enterprise, mission partner, coalition, tactical, and edge computing environments.
Skills
- Authentication
- Ping Identity
- Secure Authentication
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- CompTIA Security+
Job Qualifications
- Experience: 10 + years of related experience
- Certifications: CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA
- Experience: 10+ years’ experience supporting Identity and Access Management (IAM), Authentication, Federation, or ICAM solutions within government or regulated environments
- Technical Skills: Strong experience with PingFederate or equivalent federation technologies
- Experience: Experience implementing and supporting enterprise Identity Provider (IdP) and federation services
- Experience: Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, federation, and identity assurance concepts
- Experience: Experience implementing and troubleshooting SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), WS-Federation, and JWT technologies
- Experience: Experience supporting PKI, certificate-based authentication, smart card authentication, and MFA solutions
- Experience: Experience integrating applications, APIs, and enterprise services with federation platforms
- Experience: Experience with Active Directory, LDAP directories, and enterprise identity repositories
- Experience: Experience configuring claims, attribute mappings, policy enforcement, token transformations, and federation workflows
- Experience: Experience supporting Linux and/or Windows Server environments
- Experience: Experience deploying and supporting enterprise COTS products in secure customer environments
- Experience: Experience working in Agile development environments and utilizing associated tools
Desired Skills
- Experience: Experience with PingFederate clustering, high availability, and large-scale federation deployments
- Experience: Experience with PingAccess, PingDirectory, PingOne, Okta, Entra ID, ADFS, Keycloak, or similar authentication platforms
- Experience: Experience supporting DoW Enterprise ICAM, Federation Hub, or mission partner federation initiatives
- Experience: Experience implementing federation solutions for coalition, partner, or cross-organizational environments
- Experience: Experience supporting NIST 800-63 Identity Assurance Levels (IAL), Authenticator Assurance Levels (AAL), and Federation Assurance Levels (FAL)
- Experience: Experience with phishing-resistant authentication technologies and passwordless authentication solutions
- Experience: Experience supporting disconnected, intermittent, low-bandwidth (DDIL) operational environments
- Experience: Experience implementing federation solutions supporting tactical, expeditionary, or edge-computing use cases
- Experience: Experience supporting Zero Trust Architecture and identity-centric security initiatives
- Experience: Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience: Familiarity with DoW PKI, CAC authentication, derived credentials, and certificate lifecycle management
- Experience: Experience supporting FVEY, NATO, coalition, or mission partner federation architectures
Additional Information
US Citizenship Required: Yes
Clearance: Minimum of an active Secret security clearance
Job Family: Software Engineering
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Travel Required: 10-25%
Telecommuting Options: Hybrid Work Location: USA MD Fort Meade
Total Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
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