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Okta

Principal Identity Engineer

Okta
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about 4 hours ago
Sydney, AustraliaStaff+
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Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary bridge between internal stakeholders and Okta’s core Product teams.
  • Serve as a foundational pillar and mentor for the IAM engineering team.
  • Identify systemic inefficiencies and champion agile execution.
  • Lead the organization toward identifying and implementing necessary initiatives.
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to enhance identity security.
  • Act as both architect and technical implementer for strategic initiatives.
  • Deliver clear, data-driven leadership updates to Okta’s executive team.
  • Establish and report on key performance metrics for the IAM ecosystem.
  • Facilitate design strategy and execution of playbook adoption.
  • Drive the secure adoption of AI technologies within the enterprise.

Requirements

  • 10+ years experience implementing and/or supporting enterprise IAM solutions.
  • Expertise in IAM concepts and best practices, including SSO, MFA, IGA, and PAM.
  • Deep expertise in modern authentication protocols like OIDC, OAuth 2.0, and SAML 2.0.
  • Comprehensive understanding of secure session lifetimes and token management.
  • Proven experience in machine-to-machine communication and cloud-native authentication.
  • Deep knowledge of enterprise secrets management architectures.
  • Advanced proficiency with IaC tools like Okta Workflows and Terraform.
  • Strong background in integrating IAM into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience leading and developing other engineers.
  • Leads with an automation-first mindset.

Benefits

  • Immersive, in-person onboarding experience to connect with the mission and team.
  • Support for employee well-being and social impact initiatives.
  • Opportunities for talent development and fostering community.

Tech Stack

GitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDTerraform