Sr. Okta Identity Governance (OIG) Engineer/Developer
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IGA – Okta Identity Governance (OIG) Sr. Engineer/Developer
- Location: Remote – Atlanta, GA is preferred
- Compensation: This job is expected to pay about
- No Visa Sponsorship Available for this role
Who You’ll Work With
You’ll join our office as part of Secure Foundations Cyber Security group on the IAM team.
The IAM team is responsible for developing and operating IAM services globally across the organization for both internal and external facing services. Your team members are located across the world in different time zones (Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, India, USA, Costa Rica).
What You’ll Do
- You will help with the transformation from traditional IT to digital and work in a newly
established IAM team part of the Secure Foundation Cyber Security group.
As an OIG Sr. Developer, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including IT operations, security, application development, and business stakeholders. - You will work alongside other IGA professionals to ensure the seamless migration and implementation of our identity governance processes.
- You will be responsible for migrating the IGA process and applications from the legacy IBM Tivoli Identity Management system to Okta Identity Governance (OIG).
- This role involves implementing and configuring OIG features, including Lifecycle Management, Access Certification, Okta Workflows, and various automation tools. You will design, develop, and maintain identity and access management solutions, ensuring compliance with security best practices and company policies.
- You’ll play a pivotal role in this large-scale project, ensuring a smooth transition and leveraging Okta’s automation capabilities to streamline IGA processes.
Qualifications
- Years of IT professional experience Minimum 6
- Years of IT Security Experience Minimum 4
- Experience using Okta API Access Management to secure APIs
- Experience using Okta REST APIs and knowing how to pass the correct API parameters in requests.
- Experience assigning and unassigning apps to users using Okta Users and Groups APIs
- Understanding of the design principles of Okta APIs, including how to use pagination and how to filter query parameters on attributes
- Experience using Okta APIs to query logs and events
- Understanding of the various Okta supported OIDC and OAuth flows, and knowledge of when to use them
- Understanding of how an Okta policy and the rules associated with that policy affect API calls and responses
- Knowledge of how to enforce Okta multifactor authentication for users in client apps
- Knowledge of how to interpret the common Okta API error codes
- Proven experience (3+ years) working with Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions in a complex enterprise environment.
- 3+ years of experience working with Okta Identity cloud and its core functionalities, including Lifecycle Management, Access Governance, Workflows, okta native API integrations, and scripting languages (Python, JavaScript).
- Certified as Okta Certified Administrator is mandatory.
- Okta certified Developer certification is mandatory.
- Certified as Okta Certified workflow is nice to have
- More than 2 years of hands-on experience implementing custom identity solutions with Okta
- Strong understanding of IAM concepts, including user provisioning, authentication protocols (SAML, OAuth), directory services, and security best practices.
- Analytical mindset with a focus on data-driven decision-making, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
- Proficiency in version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines for effective code management and deployment.
- Familiarity with security best practices and secure coding principles.
Desired knowledge in specific technologies (must have vs. nice to have):
- Okta Identity Governance (Lifecycle Management, Access Certification, Okta Workflows, Access Governance)
- Experience integrating on-premises applications with a SSO solution and integrating multiple IdPs using SAML / OIDC
- Experience making API calls to the Okta API or another Identity Provider API
- Experience with creating sequence diagrams depicting AuthN flows and IGA processes
- Strong Knowledge of Python or Java programming languages.
- Experience with JML processes
- Directory integration (e.g., Active Directory)
- Relational databases knowledge, including cloud-based warehousing and analytics using Snowflake.
- Experience with RESTful web services and JDBC integration
- Familiarity with security frameworks and best practices
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) – nice to have.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (Terraform, Ansible) – nice to have.
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