ICAM SME - USCIS

February 4, 2026

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cFocus Software seeks an ICAM SME to join our program supporting the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This position is 100% remote. This position requires a Public Trust clearance. Qualifications:<ul><li class="Default" style="margin-left:8px;">5+ years of ICAM experience</li><li class="Default" style="margin-left:8px;">The ICAM Subject Matter Expert must have in-depth knowledge of federal ICAM standards and the Federal ICAM Roadmap and Implementation Guidance. </li><li class="Default" style="margin-left:8px;">The ICAM SME will need knowledge of the capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses of current commercial and open-source ICAM products. </li><li class="Default" style="margin-left:8px;">Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP identity services, PKI, certificate lifecycle management, identity governance, privileged access architectures, AD/LDAP, OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, DevSecOps.</li><li class="Default" style="margin-left:8px;">SME must be certified in one of the following recognized identity, access, and security certifications: Certified Identity and Access Manager (CIAM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Defensible Identity and Access Management (GDA), Certified Access Management Specialist (CAMS), Comp TIA+ Security, or FICAM related training</li></ul>Duties: <ul style="margin-bottom:11px;"><li style="margin-left:8px;">Provide in-depth expertise on federal ICAM standards and the Federal ICAM Roadmap and Implementation Guidance. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Advise government leadership on ICAM strategy, policy, implementation, best practices, and technology enhancements. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Evaluate commercial and open-source ICAM products to recommend solutions that meet agency requirements. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Support program governance, compliance, and integration across ICAM service areas (SSO, PAM, PKI, ePACS, OAuth/OIDC).</li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Support development and operational sustainment of PIV-based authentication services and SSO integration. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Implement ABAC and RBAC models for enterprise access control. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Assist in deploying scalable authentication and authorization microservices.</li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Provide guidance on CyberArk-based PAM solutions, credential vaulting, rotation, privileged session management, and multi-cloud privileged access governance. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Support privileged access monitoring, auditing, and compliance with federal security standards. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Lead technical PKI efforts including device certificate lifecycle management, Person-Centric PKI, and NPE PKI. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Ensure compliance with DHS PKI Interface Specifications and COPG guidelines. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Support Active Directory architecture, tiering, permissions, and cybersecurity best practices. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Oversee account provisioning, de-provisioning, and identity lifecycle automation.</li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Recommend and design new technology solutions aligned with ICAM modernization initiatives, cloud migrations, Zero Trust, and enterprise architecture. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Support DevSecOps teams to implement secure ICAM features and integrations.</li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Provide Tier 2+ SME support during system outages, degradation, and critical incidents involving SSO, PKI, PAM, AD, OAuth/OIDC, and physical access systems. </li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Assist Duty Officers with severity determination, triage, root-cause analysis, and mitigation.</li><li style="margin-left:8px;">Develop SOPs, training materials, system documentation, and technical guidance. </li><li style="margin-bottom:11px;margin-left:8px;">Ensure compliance with DHS 4300A, OMB directives, Section 508, and audit requirements.</li></ul>

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