Senior architecture architect

Enterprise Architect ICAM
GDIT is partnering with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to modernize and secure the enterprise Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) services that support millions of Veterans nationwide. As an Enterprise ICAM Architect, you will serve as a senior technical leader and subject matter expert responsible for developing the architectural strategy, design, governance, and implementation approach for large‑scale identity and access modernization initiatives.

You will guide enterprise transformation efforts that advance Zero Trust alignment, strengthen VA’s digital identity ecosystem, and ensure secure, resilient, and compliant access across the VA landscape. This role is mission‑critical and spans architecture, engineering, governance, technical leadership, and collaboration across federal and commercial environments.

How an Enterprise Architect Will Make an Impact

Lead enterprise‑level ICAM architecture strategy, roadmaps, and technical governance for VA’s identity modernization initiatives.

Serve as the primary ICAM architecture SME supporting Zero Trust principles, security strategy, and enterprise identity modernization.

Design and oversee large‑scale ICAM implementations across identity governance, authentication, authorization, lifecycle management, and privileged access.

Develop enterprise ICAM architecture frameworks aligned with FICAM, NIST, and federal cybersecurity requirements.

Lead the design and implementation of Access Certifications, RBAC models, identity lifecycle workflows, and customer‑focused IAM solutions.

Architect and support application onboarding/offboarding, SSOi and SSOe integrations, and multi‑system federation approaches.

Support identity integrations with Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and healthcare‑focused IAM requirements.

Collaborate with federal partners, enterprise stakeholders, and organizations such as DOW to architect federated identity solutions for diverse user populations.

Provide expert recommendations on ICAM modernization, emerging technologies, and security architecture patterns.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

10+ years of experience designing and leading ICAM architectures for complex enterprise environments in the federal and commercial sectors.

Expertise across IAM design, implementation, deployment, operations, and lifecycle management.

Strong background in security architecture, security strategy, regulatory compliance, and enterprise security engineering.

Strong understanding of application onboarding/offboarding workflows, SSOi/SSOe architectures, and federated identity integrations.

Experience supporting identity architectures for Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.

Ability to work across an enterprise to develop federated identity architectures with external organizations and diverse user communities.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Security Clearance
No visa sponsorship available.

Our benefits package for all US‑based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post‑tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long‑term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

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