Identity and Access Management (IAM) Analyst - Journeyman at ASM Research
Fairfax, VA
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Jul 7, 2026
Fairfax, VA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level IAM role focused on managing the full lifecycle of user accounts — provisioning, access reviews, and deprovisioning — across enterprise directories and applications in a federal IT environment. Day-to-day work involves enforcing least-privilege controls, configuring authentication mechanisms, maintaining compliance documentation, and monitoring access logs for anomalies. Suits candidates with several years of hands-on IAM experience who hold or can obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
Mid level · 4+ years · National · Secret clearance
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The title 'Journeyman' is a federal/DoD seniority label roughly equivalent to mid-level; the 4–6 years of experience required supports a Mid classification rather than Senior.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience)' — equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, so no formal degree is hard-gated.
An active Secret clearance is a hard gate; the posting also notes DoD 8140 IAM baseline compliance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required as a hard gate for clearance eligibility.
No work location or CBSA is specified in the posting; the federal/DoD context suggests an on-site or hybrid government facility, but remote cannot be confirmed.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily IAM administration (access controls, provisioning, audit support), which sits at the intersection of Information Security Analysts (15-1212) and Systems Administrators (15-1244). The security policy, compliance, and audit-readiness emphasis tips it toward 15-1212.
DoD 8140 certifications (Security+, CISSP, CAP, CISM) appear under Preferred Qualifications and are not hard-gated; they are listed as preferred alongside PAM and SIEM experience.
'access reviews' is listed as a named, concrete IAM practice (periodic access certifications and reconciliations) required in the Required Qualifications section — retained as a required skill representing this distinct IAM discipline.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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