About this ICAM Subject Matter Expert role at Makpar
Makpar · Onsite · College Park, MD
Who we are:
Makpar is a comprehensive professional and technical solutions provider for the Federal government. We combine functional and technical expertise in cloud engineering, data management, cybersecurity and emerging technologies to deliver mission success. We build the right IT solution for government clients by partnering with them to understand their WHAT, WHY, and HOW. Using our signature consulting methodology that we call “The Makpar Way,” we help agencies navigate the ongoing changes in the Federal technology landscape. We succeed where others fail because of our connected and engaged workforce are dedicated to delivering success for our clients and the American people.
Our Mission: We solve complex problems for the Federal government to accelerate access to citizen services.
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The ICAM Subject Matter Expert will provide senior technical and strategic guidance for the USCIS enterprise ICAM environment. The role supports authentication, authorization, PIV, PKI, PAM, account management, secrets management, federation, and Zero Trust-aligned access controls. The site location of this position is Camp Springs, Maryland.
The candidate must understand federal ICAM standards and be able to advise on practical implementation across enterprise applications, cloud environments, DevSecOps delivery teams, and production support operations.
Key Responsibilities
• Advise USCIS and contractor teams on federal ICAM standards, FICAM guidance, and identity modernization.
• Support ICAM roadmap planning across SSO, LACS/AuthZ, PAM, PKI, account management, OAuth/OIDC, secrets management, and ePACS.
• Evaluate current ICAM solutions against agency needs and recommend COTS, open-source, or custom approaches.
• Support stakeholder alignment across ICAM, ISD, OIT, USCIS, DHS, and external application teams.
• Help identify security, process, and architecture gaps in existing ICAM implementations.
• Provide guidance on Zero Trust, least privilege, PIV enablement, ABAC/RBAC, federation, certificate lifecycle, and privileged access.
• Support development of technical documentation, executive briefings, process flows, and implementation recommendations.
• Contribute to proposal/oral presentation preparation where real technical expertise is required.
• Support ICAM roadmap planning across SSO, LACS/AuthZ, PAM, PKI, account management, OAuth/OIDC, secrets management, and ePACS.
• Evaluate current ICAM solutions against agency needs and recommend COTS, open-source, or custom approaches.
• Support stakeholder alignment across ICAM, ISD, OIT, USCIS, DHS, and external application teams.
• Help identify security, process, and architecture gaps in existing ICAM implementations.
• Provide guidance on Zero Trust, least privilege, PIV enablement, ABAC/RBAC, federation, certificate lifecycle, and privileged access.
• Support development of technical documentation, executive briefings, process flows, and implementation recommendations.
• Contribute to proposal/oral presentation preparation where real technical expertise is required.
Required Qualifications
• In-depth knowledge of federal ICAM standards and the Federal ICAM Roadmap and Implementation Guidance.
• Knowledge of current commercial and open-source ICAM products, including their capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses.
• Certification or training in at least one recognized identity, access, or security area: CIAM, CISSP, GDA, CAMS, CompTIA Security+, or FICAM-related training.
• Ability to advise on enterprise SSO, PIV, OAuth/OIDC, PKI, PAM, secrets management, and access governance.
• Ability to obtain favorable EOD / suitability and maintain required USCIS access.
• U.S. citizenship likely required for DHS IT access unless waiver is granted — confirm before final posting.
• Knowledge of current commercial and open-source ICAM products, including their capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses.
• Certification or training in at least one recognized identity, access, or security area: CIAM, CISSP, GDA, CAMS, CompTIA Security+, or FICAM-related training.
• Ability to advise on enterprise SSO, PIV, OAuth/OIDC, PKI, PAM, secrets management, and access governance.
• Ability to obtain favorable EOD / suitability and maintain required USCIS access.
• U.S. citizenship likely required for DHS IT access unless waiver is granted — confirm before final posting.
Preferred Qualifications
• Prior DHS or USCIS ICAM experience.
• Experience with PIV authentication, HSPD-12, FICAM, Zero Trust, and federal identity governance.
• Experience with Shibboleth, CyberArk, UAA, OAuth/OIDC, PKI, certificate lifecycle automation, or ABAC/RBAC implementation.
• Experience advising Agile DevSecOps teams on identity integration patterns.
• Experience supporting audits, security findings, POA&Ms, or FISMA reporting.
• Experience with PIV authentication, HSPD-12, FICAM, Zero Trust, and federal identity governance.
• Experience with Shibboleth, CyberArk, UAA, OAuth/OIDC, PKI, certificate lifecycle automation, or ABAC/RBAC implementation.
• Experience advising Agile DevSecOps teams on identity integration patterns.
• Experience supporting audits, security findings, POA&Ms, or FISMA reporting.
Benefits:
At Makpar Corporation we understand that we all need to balance work and life – that is why we have a great benefits package, excellent training and career development opportunities, flexible work schedules along with a generous compensation package. At Makpar, we believe in keeping our employees happy, healthy and engaged. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding benefits, creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, collaborate, and be inquisitive in order to achieve goals.
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Makpar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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