Senior Solutions Engineer, Okta

• A passion to serve the customer, which has played out in some customer-facing role like consulting or support, ideally sales engineering
• An ability to quickly communicate complex ideas around a technical topic, ideally on the fly at a whiteboard
• Experience with at least one standard network security protocol (eg. OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, LDAP)
• Experience in identity governance and administration (IGA): identity lifecycle management, access reviews, role-based access control (RBAC), and policy enforcement
• Experience in Privilege Access Management (PAM): familiarity with concepts such as least privilege, just-in-time (JIT) access, session monitoring, and vaulting privileged credentials to secure critical assets
• An understanding of core security concerns within a typical application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF)
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to articulate business value
• An ability to disperse knowledge to a highly skilled and experienced audience
• Enjoy travel and meeting customers - Typically 10-25%

Desirable

• The UK&I Solutions Engineering team are involved in all stages of the customer’s development lifecycle and are experienced using presentations, email, phone and social media to connect with customers
• We are looking for great teammates that can build sales presentations, product demonstrations, and educate customers (everyone from developers to product managers to C-level executives) on the best ways to cloud security technology
• We believe in Okta’s Solutions Engineers empathise with customers and quickly discern their true technical needs by asking detailed and clarifying questions and presenting solutions that target those needs
• You have the rare combination of technical savviness and business insight and you’re looking for a career where you can utilise both
• As a Solutions Engineer at Okta, you will hone each of these skills by advising a diverse set of customers on what is possible using Okta’s Identity Platform
• Involved in all stages of the customer’s development lifecycle and using presentations, email, phone and social media to connect with customers
• Building sales presentations, product demonstrations, and educate customers (everyone from developers to product managers to C-level executives) on the best ways to cloud security technology
• Empathising with customers and quickly discern their true technical needs by asking detailed and clarifying questions and presenting solutions that target those needs
• Using your technical savviness and business insights. As a Sales Engineer at Okta, you will hone each of these skills by advising a diverse set of customers on what is possible using Okta’s Identity Platform

• Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding