Technical Architect (Federal)

Overview

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World's Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box – we're looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We're building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Position Description

The Services Architect is a technical authority on both cloud and on‑premises based IT systems and is responsible for ensuring the successful design and implementation of Okta's industry leading cloud identity platform for our customers. You will focus on Okta's Workforce Identity Cloud offering targeted at customer identity use cases. You will develop relationships with customers to help them achieve their business goals while promoting creative solutions. You will establish yourself as a trusted partner with your customers with a focus on their success. You will translate business needs and insights into an actionable strategy and assist customers in driving their initiatives to results and high business value. This is a key member of the Professional Services (PS) team, working as part of a PS Delivery Team on each customer implementation.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Review and lead the gathering of business, functional and technical requirements for establishing an Identity platform powered by Okta for our customers.

Work with customers to document the common technical and functional requirements for specific solutions.

Support creation of project plans to develop and implement the proposed solution.

Participate as a member of the professional services delivery team to translate requirements to designs and to provide technical leadership and oversight.

Assist in periodic customer health‑checks and project reviews.

Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

8+ years of overall IT / software development experience, solution design and technical architecture experience

3+ years of consulting experience

3+ years driving application architecture design

3+ years of experience with IAM architectures

3+ years of experience with implementing cloud computing solutions such as AWS, Google Apps, Salesforce etc.

Experience with customer identity use cases for B2C and B2B : user registration, multifactor authentication, SSO, delegated administration, social identities.

Demonstrated ability to work and interact with CxOs and high‑level customer executives.

Experience in leading discovery workshop to derive customer requirements, specifications, business processes.

Experience in developing functional specifications and system design specifications for customer engagements.

Strong knowledge of Security Architecture, Design and Operations, LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, SSO, RBAC, OAuth, OIDC, web protocols XML, SOAP, JSON, REST

Proficiency in one or more of Java, .Net, JavaScript, Angular, React

Familiarity with IAM solution providers is strongly desired.

Experience integrating with a multitude of On‑Prem and SaaS based products.

Exhibits confidence and a deep understanding of emerging industry practices when solving business problems.

Identifies critical issues with ease.

Effectively communicates technical information to non‑technical audiences.

Manages customer expectations effectively.

Application Architecture Background

Architected distributed systems

Application Design experience

Software Development

Consultative to lead a customer and drive business questions

Clear and Dynamic Communication

Ability to travel up to 50%

Additional Requirements

This position requires the ability to access federal environments and / or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee) upon hire.

Must be available to work onsite at Fort Meade.

Must have active Top Secret Clearance.

Highly Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Okta Expertise, Experience, Certifications

Knowledge of software development security and cryptography.

Experience with API Gateways, CASB, Reverse Proxies (NGINX)

Knowledge of cloud / virtualization technologies, such as VMware vSphere, EC2, Xen, KVM, OpenStack

Proficiency with various open‑source software and development tools

Proficiency in one or more of .Net, Ruby, Java, Python or Perl

Proficiency in git and Subversion

Education and Certification

A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline required.

Okta Certified Technical Architect or a combination of Okta Certified Consultant and Okta Certified Developer will be a plus.

TOGAF and / or CISSP certification is a plus.

Compensation

$184,000 — $276,000 USD OTE (base salary and incentive compensation). Equity (where applicable) and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) are provided in accordance with our applicable plans and policies.

Benefits

Amazing benefits

Making social impact

Developing talent and fostering connection + community at Okta

Equal Opportunity Employer

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

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