Managing Security Consultant - Okta

Managing Security Consultant / Senior Okta Architect

GuidePoint Security is seeking a Managing Security Consultant / Senior Okta Architect to help support client projects and serve as the subject matter expert, responsible for architecting, designing and implementing a variety of identity and access management solutions. Duties will consist of scoping and leading projects for the installation, configuration, upgrade, and patching of Identity and Access Management products, including Okta and others, as well as supporting technologies. The candidate will also participate in general maintenance and support activities such as performance monitoring/tuning and troubleshooting of issues that arise in IAM environments. Additional project duties include gathering, defining and refining of client requirements, solution design, creation of technical documentation, and development of customized security components

Role and Responsibilities:

• Participate in discussions on IAM architecture, process, and governance development

• Develop deployment and implementation methodology and standards consistent with vendor best practices

• Install, integrate, configure, deploy and architect IAM solutions and systems to facilitate User Life-Cycle Management, Identity and Access Governance, Automated Provisioning, Single Sign-On, Federation, Privileged Account Management.

• Transcribe and present technical information to business / executive levels

• Develop and execute test cases and test plans for IAM solutions

• Work directly with clients to develop and refine requirements for new installs, upgrades, re-implementations, and feature enhancements

• Lead the analysis and design of IAM solutions featuring Okta and related technologies

• Prioritize and execute on tasks required for solution delivery on new installations, upgrades, feature enhancements, re-implementations, and at-risk projects

• Understand and explain the concepts central to IAM and relevant to enterprise implementations including identity, identity lifecycle, identity governance, access, authorization, directory, and entitlements.

• Work directly with clients and sales engineers to scope and level projects, perform functional analysis, identify assumptions, and assist in the creation of proposals

• Assist in the design and production of technical documentation, including product deployment and configuration documents

• Provide advanced troubleshooting support for enterprise clients

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of engineering experience with Okta

• 5+ years of technical leadership (Architect, Technical Principal, Lead Engineer, etc.)

• Experience designing, building, and deploying Okta workflows

• Experience integrating Okta with HR Systems including Anything-as-a-Source

• Experience building authentication modules within applications and web applications.

• Extensive knowledge of the Identity and Access Management Domain

• Extensive knowledge of Authentication and Authorization concepts

• Extensive knowledge of Single sign-on Concepts

• Extensive knowledge of Lifecycle Management Concepts

• Extensive Knowledge of Identity Governance and Administration Concepts

• Experience scoping and estimating IAM projects

• Experience maintaining customer or stakeholder relationships, building rapport, and managing expectations

• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight

• Ability to guide and mentor team members

Preferred Qualifications:

• Okta Consultant Certification

• Okta Developer Certification

• Experience with Okta Identity Governance

• Experience with other IAM security products such as Auth0, PingOne, Forgerock, Duo, etc.