ICAM Identity Engineer at Athenix Special Missions, LLC – MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

Athenix Special Missions is seeking an ICAM Identity Engineer in MacDill Air Force Base (Tampa), Florida!

ASM Quality Policy: To meet or exceed our customers’ expectations for quality, delivery, and service through continual improvement, striving to meet our objectives, and committing to meeting all legal and statutory requirements

Primary Location: MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

Must be a U.S citizen

Security Clearance: TS/SCI

The Identity (Cyber) Engineer is a hands-on technical specialist responsible for the implementation, configuration, and management of the core platforms that secure user and system identities across the enterprise. This role focuses on the "hands-on-keyboard" execution of deploying and maintaining the security policies and controls within the organization's Identity Providers (IdP), Privileged Access Management (PAM), and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in one or more of these domains and a strong commitment to implementing least-privilege access in a complex hybrid environment.

• Identity Provider and Authentication Management:
  • Microsoft: Design, build, test, and deploy Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policies to enforce Zero Trust principles for access to cloud resources in Azure and AWS. Configure and maintain Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) for CAC/PKI. Manage and troubleshoot the on-premises ADFS environment for legacy application support.
  • Ping Federate: Configure and manage the Ping Federate platform as an enterprise federation gateway. Onboard new applications for Single Sign-On (SSO) using SAML and OIDC. Build and maintain authentication policies to enforce strong, phishing-resistant MFA.
• Privileged Access Management (PAM):
  • Delinea: Perform the hands-on onboarding of all privileged user, service, and application accounts into the Delinea vault.
  • Configure and enforce Delinea policies for credential rotation, session recording, and monitoring.
  • Build and implement Just-in-Time (JIT) and Just-Enough-Administration (JEA) access request and approval workflows to eliminate standing privileges.
• Identity Governance and Administration (IGA):
  • SailPoint: Implement and configure the automation of the Joiner-Mover-Leaver (JML) identity lifecycle process, replacing manual, ticket-based systems.
  • Build and maintain the enterprise access catalog in SailPoint to replace the manual IMT48 form with an automated, workflow-driven request and approval system.
  • Configure and execute periodic access certification campaigns for critical applications and privileged roles.
• AD and Linux Identity Management:
  • One Identity ARS: Use the Active Roles console to implement secure, delegated administration for Active Directory, creating policies to automate user/group lifecycle tasks.
  • Red Hat IdM: Centrally manage authorization policies for the Linux estate, defining Host-Based Access Control (HBAC) rules and sudo policies to control access to RHEL servers.

• Required:
  • Deep, hands-on experience with at least one of the following core platforms: Microsoft Entra ID, an enterprise PAM solution (e.g., Delinea), or an enterprise IGA solution (e.g., SailPoint).
  • Strong understanding of core identity security principles, including least privilege, MFA, JIT/JEA, and RBAC/ABAC.
  • Experience with Active Directory administration and group policy management.
  • Ability to implement and troubleshoot complex security policies within enterprise tools.
  • DoD 8140 Compliance (IAT Level II)
• Preferred:
  • Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator (SC-300).
  • Delinea Certified Administrator.
  • SailPoint Certified IdentityNow Engineer.
  • Ping Certified Professional.
  • Experience with Red Hat IdM policy management.

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