Identity Solution Architect SME

Company: Booz Allen Hamilton
Location: Fayetteville
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Identity Solution Architect SME The Opportunity: At a certain level of expertise, designing secure, scalable, and adaptive identity solutions becomes second nature. With extensive experience across identity governance, identity providers, and privileged access management, you not only solve complex problems but also anticipate and mitigate future vulnerabilities. That’s the hallmark of an Identity Solution Architect—an innovative leader ensuring access and identity infrastructures adhere to zero trust principles. As an Identity Solution Architect within the Department of War, you'll craft solutions that strengthen national defense and safeguard mission-critical assets while championing a zero trust strategy. Using your expertise, you'll design scalable architectures, govern access policies, and enable seamless integration across a vast IT ecosystem. You’ll develop solutions across Identity Providers (IdPs) to enhance authentication and SSO, Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) to enforce access controls, and Privileged Access Management (PAM) to protect privileged accounts from exploitation. Your leadership will modernize identity strategies, support secure collaboration, and ensure resilience against cyber threats. What You’ll Do: Design and implement identity architectures aligned with zero trust principles. Secure identity lifecycles across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments. Create architecture products, design specs, and technical requirements for identity and access strategies. Evaluate and integrate technologies for IdPs, IGA, and PAM systems like PING, SailPoint, CyberArk, and BeyondTrust. Transform legacy identity systems into scalable, secure, and efficient platforms. Mentor and develop engineers, fostering innovation and technical excellence. On our team, you’ll go beyond solving present-day challenges—you’ll help shape the future of secure technology in national defense. You’ll secure systems, modernize identity frameworks, and strengthen the Department of War’s zero trust initiative, making a lasting impact on protecting critical infrastructure and advancing cyber defense. Together, we’ll create a safer, more resilient digital future. Join us. The world can’t wait. You Have: 5 years of experience designing and deploying Identity and Access Management systems Experience designing, implementing, and integrating identity federation, access management, directory, and policy-based authorization solutions using protocols, such as SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OIDC across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments Experience with IAM concepts, such as Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), Zero Trust, Federation, and single sign-on (SSO) Experience with IAM protocols, such as SAML, OAuth, or OIDC TS/SCI clearance HS diploma or GED Nice If You Have: Experience with PingFederate or similar for identity federation and SSO, including SAML and OIDC integrations, token mapping, and IdP configuration supporting cloud identity architectures and zero trust security models Experience with identity governance processes and entitlement management programs Knowledge of system, network, application, and security architectures and cybersecurity solutions Ability to collaborate with professional confidence and credibility to effectively engage and interact with technologists and leaders across the enterprise Ability to quickly comprehend complex problems, draw logical conclusions, make sound decisions, develop solutions, and drive closure Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required. Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,900.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement 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 interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided . Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings. Remote : If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility. Hybrid : If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility. Onsite : If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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