Identity & Access Management (IAM) Analyst

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for an Identity & Access Management (IAM) Analyst is responsible for administering user identities and access privileges across enterprise systems and applications. This role ensures that users receive appropriate access based on business requirements while maintaining compliance with security policies, regulatory requirements, and the principles of least privilege. The analyst supports the full user account lifecycle, including onboarding, role changes, and offboarding, while safeguarding organizational information assets.

Primary Responsibilities:

Identity Lifecyle Management & Identity Governance & Compliance

Provision, modify, suspend, and deprovision user accounts across enterprise systems and maintain user identities throughout the employment lifecycle. Participate in periodic access certification and recertification activities, support internal and external audits by providing access documentation, review accounts for compliance with security and customer policies, and identify dormant, orphaned, or excessive privileged accounts. Support Privileged Access Management (PAM) processes, monitor for unauthorized or inappropriate access, escalate potential security incidents involving user identities, maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

Access Management

Grants, modify, and revoke access to enterprise applications and systems, assigns security groups, roles, and permissions based on approved request, and ensures access aligns with role-based access controls (RBAC) and least privilege principles. The team is responsible for validating approvals before provision access, administering the appropriate applications ie. Microsoft Active Directory, maintain user attributes, organizational units, distribution lists, and security groups, and troubleshoot identity synchronization and authentication issues. Support Multi-Functional Authentication (MFA), resolves account lockouts and authentication failures, and assist with password management in accordance with organizational policies. Document provisioning activities with in the ITSM platform, maintain standard operating procedures, and work instructions, and develop and update knowledge articles related to IAM processes. Provide timely support for identity and access request, communicate request status to customers, and meet established Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Basic Qualifications

• Possesses and applies comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments.
• Experience planning and leading major technology assignments.
• Experience evaluating performance results and recommending major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.
• Experience as a technical expert across multiple project assignments.
• Experience with interacting with customers to handle service inquiries and problems.

Requirements:

• BS degree and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 – 13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain. Experience may be exchanged for degree.
• TS/SCI w/Polygraph

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Original Posting:

July 22, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $116,350.00 - $210,325.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.