Okta for Developers
Job Title
Technical Architect, Auth0
Overview 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 Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud (CIC), powered by Auth0 technology, is an easy‑to‑implement authentication and authorization platform designed by developers for developers. We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for more than 100 million daily logins around the world. Our modern approach to identity enables this Tier‑0 global service to deliver convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation.
The Services Architect – CIAM is a technical authority on both cloud and on‑premises IT systems and is responsible for ensuring the successful design and implementation of Okta’s industry‑leading cloud identity platform at our customers. You will focus on Okta’s CIAM offering targeted at customer identity use cases, develop relationships with customers to help them achieve their business goals while promoting creative solutions, and translate business needs and insights into an actionable strategy to assist customers in driving their initiatives to results and high business value. This is a key member of the Professional Services team, working as part of a PS Delivery Team on each customer implementation. This role is for the Auth0 product unit and you’ll be supporting CIC customers.
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‑check 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, multi‑factor authentication, SSO, delegated administration, social identities.
Demonstrated ability to work and interact with CxOs and high‑level customer executives.
Experience in leading discovery workshops 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%.
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 and Benefits The OTE range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between $206,000 – $310,000 USD. Below is the annual OTE range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington: $184,000 – $276,000 USD. The base salary and incentive compensation will depend on factors such as skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. Okta offers equity (where applicable) and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies.
What you can look forward to as a full‑time Okta employee: Amazing Benefits, Making Social Impact, Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta.
Additional Information Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in‑person onboarding.
Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live.
Equal Opportunity Statement 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. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this
form
to request an accommodation.
Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Personnel and Job Candidate Privacy Notice at
https://www.okta.com/legal/personnel-policy/ .
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Overview 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 Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud (CIC), powered by Auth0 technology, is an easy‑to‑implement authentication and authorization platform designed by developers for developers. We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for more than 100 million daily logins around the world. Our modern approach to identity enables this Tier‑0 global service to deliver convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation.
The Services Architect – CIAM is a technical authority on both cloud and on‑premises IT systems and is responsible for ensuring the successful design and implementation of Okta’s industry‑leading cloud identity platform at our customers. You will focus on Okta’s CIAM offering targeted at customer identity use cases, develop relationships with customers to help them achieve their business goals while promoting creative solutions, and translate business needs and insights into an actionable strategy to assist customers in driving their initiatives to results and high business value. This is a key member of the Professional Services team, working as part of a PS Delivery Team on each customer implementation. This role is for the Auth0 product unit and you’ll be supporting CIC customers.
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‑check 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, multi‑factor authentication, SSO, delegated administration, social identities.
Demonstrated ability to work and interact with CxOs and high‑level customer executives.
Experience in leading discovery workshops 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%.
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 and Benefits The OTE range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between $206,000 – $310,000 USD. Below is the annual OTE range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington: $184,000 – $276,000 USD. The base salary and incentive compensation will depend on factors such as skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. Okta offers equity (where applicable) and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies.
What you can look forward to as a full‑time Okta employee: Amazing Benefits, Making Social Impact, Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta.
Additional Information Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in‑person onboarding.
Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live.
Equal Opportunity Statement 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. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this
form
to request an accommodation.
Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Personnel and Job Candidate Privacy Notice at
https://www.okta.com/legal/personnel-policy/ .
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