ICAM Architect

POSITION: ICAM Architect

WORK LOCATION: Chantilly, VA

JOB CATEGORY: Information Technology

JOB TYPE: Full-Time

REQUISITION ID: EM07-56

CITIZENSHIP: United States Citizen

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret/SCI

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Up to 10%

E&M Technologies, Inc. is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. E&M provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

E&M Technologies, Inc. is currently seeking an ICAM Architect to join our team in Chantilly, VA in support of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The NGA delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, military service members, intelligence professionals, and first responders.

Job Responsibilities:

• Define and maintain the enterprise ICAM architecture across PEP/PIP/EMS and RPMS modernization, ensuring alignment with NGA’s ZT and ICAM strategic framework. Transition from the legacy PDP to JBlocks.
• Develop end to end architectural patterns for identity, attribute services, authorization flows, policy distribution, and resource/role lifecycle management.
• Partner closely with the Technical Lead to validate modernization roadmaps, architectural decisions, and integration strategies for on-prem and cloud-native, microservices-based ICAM components.
• Translate mission needs into technical requirements, sequence diagrams, data models, interface specifications, and system architecture artifacts.
• Oversee the design of modern PEP/PIP interfaces that support attribute-based access control, dynamic policy evaluation, and event-driven decision making.
• Architect improved EMS and RPMS capabilities including resource registration, policy lifecycle automation, attribute orchestration, and enterprise authorization services.
• Provide architectural guidance to Development and Operations (DevOps) and Software teams to ensure solutions meet scalability, resilience, security, and maintainability requirements.
• Conduct architectural reviews, risk assessments, and compliance verification for modernization milestones and incremental releases.
• Ensure modernization reduces operational overhead through automation, standardization, improved observability, and optimized deployment pipelines.
• Identify opportunities for innovation in identity services, authentication technologies, authorization models, and system integration patterns.
• Serve as a senior advisor to program management, providing technical insight to support planning, budgeting, and customer engagement.