Job Description

Okta Technical Architect
Denver, CO
Contract Job

Job Duties and Responsibilities
• Architect, design and implement Okta-based IAM solutions across workforce identity, ensuring secure and efficient access for on-premise and cloud-based applications and resources.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of IAM concepts and architecture around SSO, federation, identity governance, privileged access management.
• Experience with Okta Identity Governance (OIG) and OKTA Workflows is a must. Develop/deploy new workflows for implementing user life cycle.
• Strong understanding of IAM concepts, including identity federation, SSO, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, MFA, role-based access control (RBAC), and least privilege principles.
• Development using NodeJS, ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML, DevOps, REST APIs, SQL
• OKTA Identity & Access Management with threat detection knowledge involving responsibilities related to maintaining identity management programs, architecture, and standards for delivering enterprise-wide identity services. Proactively identify potential threats, exploit attempts and other security events related to Directory Services and IAM.
• Make recommendations and/or take action to mitigate these issues as appropriate. Actively contribute to and participate in security incident response as needed.
• Person responsible for managing user accounts, permissions, access controls, monitoring security incidents, collaborating with departments to ensure secure access, security protocols, scripting languages, other IAM tools and staying updated on industry trends.
• Extensive hands-on knowledge of identity and access management best practices, procedures, and software solutions
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology or Computer Science
• Hands-on experience in demonstrating OKTA Policies & Functions.
• Experience with NIST, and other industry standards.
Competencies:
• Requires explaining technical aspects to simple terminologies for other teams to understand.
• Requires a well-organized and persuasive individual, who can manage multiple priorities at
once
• Must have good meeting management, presentation, and communication skills to keep
conversations focused and productive.
• Must be self-driven; able to manage schedules, meet deadlines, coordinate with others, and perform tasks with minimal supervision.
• Must have the ability to work with a diverse audience, under tight deadlines, and negotiate
successful outcomes to challenging problems.
• Superior communication skills with the ability to ask questions, escalate roadblocks early, and interact effectively at multiple levels in the organization
• Solid working knowledge of information security concepts and controls
Other Qualifications:
• Professional certification (Okta Certification) is a plus.

Additional Information

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