ICAM Systems Engineer & Manager

Clearance Level

Top Secret/SCI

Category

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Location

Tampa, Florida

(Onsite Workplace)

Key Skills For Success

Active Directory Management

Identity Management (IdM)

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Zero Trust

REQ#: RQ226867

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to support our nation's defense. Make an impact by connecting and securing critical operations across the globe, keeping our country safe and secure.

Job Description

Serves as a senior operational leader and Team Lead overseeing enterprise Domain Services and Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) for the US BICES/US BICES X mission. Provides hand-on leadership across Active Directory (AD), DNS/DHPC, group policy infrastructure, and core access control pillars within a mission critical, 24/7 globally distributed environment. Acts as an operational integrator among Domain Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Operations, and Government partners to drive identity governance and transition legacy systems toward full Zero Trust compliance. Role requires proactive operational support, emergency coordination, and a presence to resolve critical identity or authentication support when outages or emergency situations arise.

Key Responsibilities

Domain Services & ICAM Operations:

Direct operations, engineering, and security hardening of enterprise Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), core network infrastructure (DNS/DHCP), and Group Policy Architectures.

Spearhead Identity lifecycle management, business continuity/disaster recover planning, and continuous compliance auditing to ensure system resilience.

Drive the modernization of legacy directory structures into a Zero Trust framework, implementing Tiered Administration and secure micro segmentation boundary integrations.

Oversee global authentication protocol lifecycles, leading deprecation of insecure legacy protocols with integration to replace with Multi-Factor Authentication and continuous adaptive access controls.

Manage user, administrative, and service accounts to adhere to security requirements and industry best practices.

Provides direction and drives collaborative team troubleshooting during directory related incidents, authentication outages, and emergency response actives affecting mission services, including after-house support.

Ensure the administrative and technical workforce adheres to identity governance processes, Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) baselines, and program requirement guidance.

Guides operational oversight for project plans, vendors, communication to stakeholders, and issue escalation for issue mitigation as related to technologies and responsibilities.

Develops, documents, implements, and reviews technical training and supporting operational procedures and processes for all assigned position task sets, providing oversight of robust onboarding training process.

Participates in special projects as required.

Cybersecurity & Zero Trust Governance Compliance

Enforce infrastructure and directory compliance with NIST SP 800-207 Zero Trust Architecture standards.

Enforce compliance with RMF, DISA STIGs, and Cybersecurity directives.

Partner with security teams on continuous monitoring, audit readiness, and rapid vulnerability remediation.

Manages a small team of admins and engineers

Required Qualifications:

Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI Security Clearance.

5 Years supporting enterprise operations in mission-critical DOD/IC environments.

5+ Years leadership experience in identity management, Active Directory, or core domain services operations.

Experience supporting globally distributed classified environments with DoD, IC, or coalition networks.

Technical proficiency: Windows Server Administration, Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy Management, DNSSEC, DHCP network access controls, and identity architecture.

DOW 8140/8570 Compliance: IAT Level Baseline Certification

CISSP, CASP+/SecurityX, CCNP, CySA+, Security+

Industry Certifications:

GCWN (GIAC Certified Windows Security Administrator

Microsoft Identity Certifications

Preferred Qualifications:

PMP, ITIL V4, or Agile.

Experience with US BICES/BICES X, Privileged Access management (PAM) tools, and automation.

Operational Focus Areas

Daily Active Directory & Group Policy Administration

Account Management and System Permissions

Enterprise DNS & DHCP Network Scope Management

Team Leadership, Task Delegation, & Incident Escalation

Systems Hardening, Windows Security Log Monitoring, & STIG Compliance

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

5 + years of related experience

may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $112,840 - $132,250. 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.

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.

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