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ElasticOkta Identity Engineer
This full-time, on-site Okta Identity Engineer role is based in the United States. Candidates must currently live in the Central Time zone. The engineer joins a…
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This full-time, on-site Okta Identity Engineer role is based in the United States. Candidates must currently live in the Central Time zone. The engineer joins a growing internal IT team and acts as the subject matter expert for identity and access management solutions, designing, implementing and maintaining Okta services. The team focuses on building systems and supporting internal partners, and it works in an agile way. Much of the job…
Job Description
This full-time, on-site Okta Identity Engineer role is based in the United States. Candidates must currently live in the Central Time zone. The engineer joins a growing internal IT team and acts as the subject matter expert for identity and access management solutions, designing, implementing and maintaining Okta services. The team focuses on building systems and supporting internal partners, and it works in an agile way.
Much of the job is integration and automation. The engineer connects Okta with cloud and SaaS applications to streamline authentication and authorization, configures single sign-on and multi-factor authentication, and builds automations using Okta Workflows and approved AI-powered tools. Terraform is used for configuration management, so the role also needs infrastructure-as-code habits.
Security oversight is an ongoing duty. The engineer runs regular audits and security assessments against industry standards and best practices, keeps watch on who holds which permissions and how access is actually used, and works to reduce risk. When Okta configurations or integrations fail, the engineer troubleshoots and fixes them. Requirements are gathered from cross-functional teams to deliver identity solutions that meet business needs.
The posting asks for at least five years of IT experience and three years of Okta experience, including user lifecycle work, provisioning and federation, along with working knowledge of SAML 2.0 and OAuth. It notes that interest in process automation, a positive approach in a high-growth setting, and experience with geographically distributed teams would be welcome.
Responsibilities
- Build, roll out and maintain Okta IAM solutions
- Integrate Okta with cloud and SaaS applications to streamline authentication and authorization
- Configure single sign-on and multi-factor authentication using Okta
- Build automation with Okta Workflows and approved AI-powered tools
- Conduct periodic audits and security reviews measured against accepted standards and practices
- Monitor who holds which permissions and how access is used, to reduce risk
- Troubleshoot and resolve Okta configuration and integration issues
- Capture requirements from cross-functional teams and deliver identity solutions that meet business needs
Requirements
- Five or more years of IT experience and three or more years of Okta experience
- Hands-on use of Okta as an enterprise IdP, including its features, integrations and architecture
- Understanding of SAML 2.0 or OAuth and SSO authentication protocols
- Experience with IDaaS platforms, provisioning, lifecycle management and federation
- Experience with automated provisioning through custom flows, SCIM or just-in-time methods
- Setup work on authentication policies and app connections inside Okta
- Administering MFA options such as Okta Verify, hardware FIDO keys, one-time codes and RSA tokens
- Experience automating with Okta Workflows plus REST endpoints, webhooks and JSON
- Experience using Terraform for configuration management
Qualifications
- Interest in improving and automating processes
- Efficient use of Terraform as infrastructure as code
- Comfort in a quick-moving, rapidly growing setting, with a constructive attitude
- Experience with multicultural, geographically distributed teams
Core Skills
Benefits
- Pay set by the scope of the work rather than past salary
- Medical coverage for staff and their families in many regions
- Choice of location and working hours for many positions
- Generous annual vacation allowance
- Matching for charitable giving and service of up to $2,000 in local currency equivalent, plus up to 40 hours a year for volunteer projects
- Parental leave of at least 16 weeks
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers are based only on the employer’s listing; where it doesn’t say, neither do we.
Is there a time zone requirement?
Yes. The posting requires candidates to currently live in the US Central time zone.
What is the base salary range?
The typical starting base salary is 94,300 to 149,200 USD. In select locations, the range is 113,300 to 179,200 USD. The posting states there is no variable compensation component.
How much Okta experience is needed?
The posting asks for at least three years of Okta experience and five years of IT experience overall.
Is the role on-site?
Yes. The listing is marked on-site and the location is United States.
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