Senior Consultant - Okta | Remote, USA
Optiv Security

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At Optiv, we're on a mission to help our clients make their businesses more secure. We're one of the fastest-growing companies in a truly essential industry. Join us.

Our consultants are skilled technical and consultative resources expected to be strong in both technical and soft skills. A Consultant must be a proven self-starter with the ability to problem-solve, communicate, participate in diverse project teams from a technical perspective, and interface effectively with customers, vendor partners, and colleagues. Establish and maintain productive and respectful relationships with the delivery team, practice management, and client management team.

You will actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives, deliver timely engagements, and work closely with Practice Directors, Practice Managers, and Technical Managers to drive training and education, career development, performance development, and collaboration across the team.

In line with Optiv's commitment to quality, you will confirm that work is of the highest quality as per our quality standards, by reviewing the work provided by other members.

How you will make an impact:

• Identify and evaluate security gaps and help create security project plans
• Anticipate security requirements and identify sound security controls for applications, systems, processes and organizations
• Participate in various design and architecture discussions with federation partners and application teams
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of various federation standards and help clients with their federation use cases
• Modify and update the user experience based on project requirements
• Work with clients to develop Identity and Access Management (IAM) strategies, architectures, and implementation plans
• Install, configure, and implement IAM products and security risk mitigation
• Design and develop access management policies and workflows
• Comfortably deliver solo-based work or act as "point" for complex projects
• Act as a technical escalation point to assist other consultants
• Lead in capacity planning and HW specification recommendation efforts
• Lead in all technology deployment activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration
• Lead User Acceptance Testing and bug-related engineering efforts
• Design, implement and educate on specific technology build processes, code migration, and source control use
• Effectively provide knowledge transfer and post-production support activities as necessary
• Mentor less-experienced Consultants
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; and/or participating in professional associations such as ISSA
• Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certification
• Consistently complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting
• Act as a contributor in Optiv communities for solutions of focus

Qualifications for success:

• Okta Professional and Administrator certifications are required: Okta Consultant and/or Okta Developer certification is highly preferred
• Familiar with one or more Identity & Access Management products, which may include PingOne, PingFederate, PingAccess or similar.
• Technical experience in designing and developing access management and single-sign-on flows and adapters for logon
• Understanding of Authentication, Authorization, MFA, SSO, Federation, and Directory Services concepts
• A year or more of experience with software development and implementation of one or more Access management and federation products, such as Okta, PingFederate, and PingAccess.
• Experience must include a minimum of one year in several of the following:
• Managing Okta and/or Ping solution deployments through the complete system development lifecycle, including analysis of solution requirements, solution design, architecture and supporting business processes, configuring and customizing IAM software products using Application Development Framework (ADF), and testing (unit, system integration, performance, and UAT testing)
• Software development and implementation of one or more Access management and federation products such as Okta, PingFederate, PingAccess, Ping Directory, or equivalent solutions
• Utilizing methodologies, including Object-Oriented Analysis, Design, and Development (OOAD), Unified Modeling Language (UML), and software development lifecycle
• Installation of connectors and adapters to integrate Active Directory, RDBMS, SAAS applications, and various on-prem applications
• Development of custom Adapters based on outlined customer requirements and use cases
• Implementing automated provisioning of end-point by using custom provisioning flows, SCIM, or JIT capabilities
• Developing presentations to senior client contacts
• Strong oral and written communications skills.
• Strong potential for growth and acceptance of additional responsibilities
• Ability to take a broad view of his/her position and take initiative to communicate, interact and cooperate with others; to work in a team environment
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Willingness and ability to travel as required. The amount of travel will be dependent on the engagement. During the current COVID period, any client-related travel will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and must be approved by Optiv Management

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With Optiv you can expect:

• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through Affinity groups including but not limited to, Women's Network, Optiv Pride, Black Employee Network, and Veterans Support Network.

• Work/life balance. We offer "Recharge" a flexible, time-off program that encourages eligible employees to take the time they need to recharge

• Professional training resources, including tuition reimbursement

• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects

• Volunteer Opportunities. "Optiv Chips In" encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.

• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remote/from home (where applicable)

If you are seeking a culture that supports growth, fosters success, and moves the industry forward, find your place at Optiv! As a market-leading provider of cyber security solutions, Optiv has the most comprehensive ecosystem of security products and partners to deliver unparalleled services. Our rich and successful history with our clients is based on trust, serving more than 12,000 clients of varying sizes and industries, including commercial, government, and education. We have the proven expertise to plan, build, and run successful security programs across Risk Management, Cyber Digital Transformation, Threat Management, Security Operations - Managed Services, and Identity and Data Management.

Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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