Identity & Access Management (ICAM) Architect (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

Experience as a solutions architect, systems architect, or enterprise architect on complex modernization, security, or ICAM programs

Experience designing distributed systems, microservices architectures, and cloud-native solutions

Experience leading or supporting teams engaged in ICAM modernization, enterprise identity, or authorization and policy services

Experience with Agile methodologies, Program Increment (PI) planning, and architectural runway development

North Point Technology is

place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions!  We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems.

This position provides architectural leadership across the PEP/PIP, EMS, and RPMS modernization, ensuring alignment with NGA's Zero Trust and ICAM strategic framework and guiding the transition from the legacy PDP to JBlocks.

Duties include developing end-to-end architectural patterns for identity, attribute services, authorization flows, and policy distribution; partnering with the Technical Lead to validate modernization roadmaps and integration strategies for microservices-based components; translating mission needs into technical requirements, sequence diagrams, data models, and interface specifications; designing modern PEP/PIP interfaces that support attribute-based access control and dynamic policy evaluation; architecting EMS and RPMS capabilities such as resource registration and policy lifecycle automation; providing guidance to DevOps and software teams on scalability, resilience, and security; conducting architectural reviews, risk assessments, and compliance verification; and serving as a senior technical advisor to program management.