Technical Architect

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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.
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.
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.
Assist in periodic customer health‑checks and project reviews.
8+ years of overall IT / software development experience, solution design and technical architecture experience.
~3+ years driving application architecture design.
~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.
~ Manages customer expectations effectively.
~ Application Architecture Background.
~ Application Design experience.
~ Software Development.
~ Consultative to lead a customer and drive business questions.
~ Ability to travel up to 50%.

This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. Must have active Top Secret Clearance.
Knowledge of software development security and cryptography.
Knowledge of cloud/virtualization technologies, such as VMware vSphere, EC2, Xen, KVM, OpenStack.
Proficiency with various open‑source software and development tools.
Net, Ruby, Java, Python or Perl.
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.
Compensation Annual On‑Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington is between $184,000—$276,000 USD. Okta also 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).
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Industries: Software Development.
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. Accommodation 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.
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