About the role
What will you do at Capgemini?
Capgemini Government Solutions (CGS) LLC is seeking a highly skilled Identity
Platform (IdP) Engineer to join our Zero Trust Architecture team. In this role,
you will be the one primary architect and administrator for identity services
that form the "new perimeter" of our enterprise. You will bridge the gap between
traditional networking and modern identity-centric security, ensuring that every
access request is fully authenticated, authorized, and encrypted.
Job Responsibilities
As Identity Platform (IdP) Engineer, you will be responsible for:
* Design and implement identity-based access control policies that adhere to
Zero Trust principles (Never Trust, Always Verify).
* Lead the deployment, configuration, and optimization of PingFederate and
PingAccess to provide seamless SSO and attribute-based access control (ABAC).
* Manage the full lifecycle of Identity, Credential, and Access Management
(ICAM), including automated provisioning and complex directory integrations.
* Collaborate with the SOC and Network teams to integrate identity signals into
our broader security monitoring and incident response workflows.
* Act as the subject matter expert for integrating PingFederate as the core
Identity Provider (IdP) with third-party Zero Trust ecosystem components,
including Privileged Access Manager (PAM), Master User Record (MUR) and
Identity Governance and Administration (IGA).
* Create and maintain authentication policies, including Multi-Factor
Authentication (MFA) and Risk-Based Authentication (RBA).
* Knowledge of directory services (Active Directory, LDAP, Azure AD).
* Familiarity with NIST 800-207 Zero Trust Architecture standards.
* A security-first mindset with the ability to troubleshoot complex
authentication handshakes.
* Provide guidance and hands-on training for onboarding new applications into
PingFederate using self-service templates, OIDC, and SAML to ensure
consistent security standards across the enterprise.
Required
Qualifications
- * Have an active Secret Government security clearance that requires U.S.
- citizenship
- * Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity,
- or a related technical field.
- * Minimum of six (6) years of hands-on experience in ICAM (Identity,
- Credential, and Access Management) within enterprise or government
- environments.
- * Deep proficiency with PingFederate (OIDC, SAML, OAuth protocols).
- * Strong experience with PingAccess for protecting web applications and APIs at
- the gateway level.
- * Active CompTIA Security+ (or equivalent IAT Level II certification) to meet
- compliance requirements.
About Capgemini
Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping
organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable
world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a
responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries.
With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to
unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business
needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from
strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading
capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep
industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global
revenues of €22.1 billion.
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employment authorization in the US by Capgemini.
Capgemini discloses salary range information in compliance with state and local
pay transparency obligations. The disclosed range represents the lowest to
highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time
of this posting, although we may ultimately pay more or less than the disclosed
range, and the range may be modified in the future. The disclosed range takes
into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making
compensation decisions including, but not limited to, geographic location,
relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills,
seniority, performance, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or
organizational needs. At Capgemini, it is not typical for an individual to be
hired at or near the top of the range for their role. The base salary range for
the tagged location is $110K-$125K
This role may be eligible for other compensation including variable
compensation, bonus, or commission. Full time regular employees are eligible for
paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits
to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such
amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any
bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a
particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until
paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the
law.
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