Privileged Access Management; PAM Engineer; Journeyman

Description

Athenix Special Missions is seeking a Privileged Access Management (PAM) Engineer Journeyman in Mac Dill Air Force Base (Tampa), Florida!

Athenix Special Missions is a world leader in designing, building, and developing realistic training exercises for Special Operations, conventional forces, and partner nations. Our experience ranges from planning individual team training events to executing 2,000-person joint exercises.

Our mission-tailored solutions include tactical and strategic training events and exercises and often integrate live forces with virtual and constructive training domains. By bringing together the right combination of subject-matter expertise, domain insight, and advanced technology, we help improve mission readiness, increase situational awareness, and enhance performance.

To meet or exceed our customers’ expectations for quality, delivery, and service through continual improvement, striving to meet our objectives, and committing to meeting all legal and statutory requirements.

Mac Dill AFB, Florida

Must have an Active DoD TS/SCI Clearance

We are seeking a PAM Engineer to join our team executing Wave 2 of the USSOCOM Zero Trust Integration effort. This role is critical to Line of Effort 2, focusing on the deployment and operationalization of an enterprise-wide Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution to secure the NIPR, SIPR, and Top-Secret network enclaves. The ideal candidate will be responsible for vaulting privileged credentials, enforcing Just-In-Time (JIT) access, and integrating the PAM architecture with the broader Zero Trust ecosystem.

• PAM Solution Deployment: Lead the installation, configuration, and technical implementation of the enterprise PAM solution (Delinea focus) across multiple network enclaves.
• Credential Vaulting: Discover, inventory, and onboard all known privileged user, administrator, and service accounts into the secure PAM vault.
• Policy Enforcement: Design and configure policies for Just-In-Time (JIT) access, session recording, and privileged session monitoring to ensure zero standing privileges.
• Infrastructure Integration: Develop scripts and API integrations to connect the PAM solution with the existing Splunk SIEM for centralized logging and the Identity Governance (IGA) platform for lifecycle management.
• Security Compliance: Support the RMF accreditation process by developing Low-Level Design (LLD) documents, System Security Plans (SSP), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to achieve Authority to Operate (ATO).
• Enterprise Rollout: Manage the expansion of PAM policies from initial pilot groups to full enterprise enforcement for all privileged users.

• DoD 8570 Compliance: Must hold an IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CCNA Security) or higher.
• Specific
  
  Certifications:
  
  
  Delinea Certified Administrator is highly preferred/required.

• Deep expertise in Privileged Access Management (PAM) architectures and "Zero Standing Privileges" concepts
• Experience implementing Just-In-Time (JIT) access workflows
• Proficiency in integrating PAM tools with Active Directory, SIEM (Splunk), and IGA tools.

Applies a set of disciplines for planning, analyzing, engineering, and designing information systems, including specialized engineering of security solutions.

• Develops analytical and computational techniques and methodology for problem solutions.
• Performs enterprise-wide strategic systems planning, business information planning, and business analysis.
• Analyze and recommendation of security/privacy products and services.
• Assessment of security/privacy policies and procedures.
• Applies process improvement practices to reengineer methodologies and principles and business process modernization projects.
• Applies reverse engineering and re-engineering disciplines to develop migration strategic and planning documents.

• Education:
  
  BA/BS or MA/MS
• Years Exp: 3-10
• A Journeyman labor category has 3 to 10 years of experience and a BA/BS or MA/MS degree. A Journeyman labor category typically performs all functional duties independently.

• Education:
  
  MA/MS
• Years: 10+
• A Senior labor category has over 10 years of experience and a MA/MS degree. A Senior labor category typically works on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and performs all functional duties independently. A Senior labor category may oversee the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status