Technical Architect

ABOUT THE ROLE ---------------- Okta is seeking a seasoned Services Architect to lead the design and implementation of its industry-leading cloud identity platform for customers. As a technical authority on cloud and on-premises IT systems, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of Okta's Workforce Identity Cloud offering for customer identity use cases. You will develop relationships with customers to help them achieve their business goals, promote creative solutions, and establish yourself as a trusted partner with a focus on their success. WHAT YOU'LL DO -------------- As a Services Architect, your key responsibilities will include: - Reviewing and leading the gathering of business, functional, and technical requirements for establishing an Identity platform powered by Okta for customers - Working with customers to document common technical and functional requirements for specific solutions - Supporting the creation of project plans to develop and implement proposed solutions - Participating as a member of the professional services delivery team to translate requirements to designs and provide technical leadership and oversight - Assisting in periodic customer health-checks and project reviews WHAT YOU'LL NEED ---------------- To be successful in this role, you will need: - 8+ years of overall IT/software development experience, solution design, and technical architecture experience - 3+ years of consulting experience - 3+ years of 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, including user registration, multifactor authentication, SSO, delegated administration, and 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, and 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% WHY REMOTE ------------ As a remote employee, you will have the flexibility to work from anywhere and be part of a team that is dedicated to securing every identity, from AI to human. BENEFITS --------- Okta offers a competitive On-Target Earnings (OTE) range of $224,000 - $308,000 USD for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area. In