Customer Identity and Access Management - Okta Engineer

November 12, 2024

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Cloud Security Services

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Cloud Security Services is a company specializing in providing cutting-edge cybersecurity services to large enterprises. They focus on solutions such as identity governance and administration, access management, API security, and authentication management. The company partners with leading industry vendors to deliver reliable and secure platforms that simplify identity management and protect brands by securing intellectual property from internal and external threats. Cloud Security Services also guides organizations in adopting perimeter-less security technologies to adapt to the evolving cybersecurity landscape.

Zero Trust • Workforce Identity and Access Management • Customer Identity and Access Management • Data Security (Rest and In Motion) • Perimeter-less Security

2 - 10 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏢 Enterprise

🔐 Security

📋 Description

• Cloud Security Services is seeking a security Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) Okta Engineer with background in global, complex, and diverse CIAM environments to design, develop, and deploy CIAM solutions focused on Identity Governance and Administration workflows. • Work as part of Client’s External Identity and Access Management team to implement Okta and Okta Identity Governance for applicable use cases across business lines. • Develop Okta Workflows and LCM (Lifecycle Management) flows to provision and maintain users in Okta and downstream applications. • Interface with proprietary APIs to create and modify accounts in downstream applications. • Where possible, abstract proprietary API's and create a simple interface that Okta can consume. • Install and experiment with Okta connectors such as "Anything as a Source" and SCIM Connector. • Enable and use Okta Governance APIs (part of the new Okta Identity Governance tool). • Configure access requests and certification campaigns. • Work effectively with IGA product owners, architects, and engineers. • Document all decisions and gain consensus across the team. • Ensure that all implementations will function properly at customer scale (100,000 to millions of users). • Highlight any issues/concerns and be prepared to raise concerns to vendor.

🎯 Requirements

• Senior and experienced Okta developer (4-7 years) in creating Okta capabilities from the customers design pattern diagrams. • 5 years’ experience working in information security space in an engineering capacity. • 3-5 years hands on experience with Okta Platform. • Experience with integrating Okta into API gateways. • Experience with Okta Identity Governance (OIG). • Good understanding of CIAM. • Intimately familiar with IAM related protocols such as SAML, SPML, XACML, SCIM, OpenID and OAuth. • Good understanding of MFA, PAM, and Risk Based Authentication. • Deep technical understanding of IAM solutions across multiple vendors such as Okta. • Experience with NIST SP800-63 Digital Authentication Standard. • Experience creating custom authorization servers, defining scopes and claims, and creating policies and rules 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. • Knowledge of how to validate an authenticated user's session. • Understanding of the design principles of Okta APIs, including how to use pagination and how to filter query parameters on attributes. • Knowledge of how to identify and work with Okta API rate limits. • Knowledge of where to find the most current documentation and resources on Okta APIs. • Experience using Okta APIs to query logs and events. • Experience creating, updating, and deleting users, groups, and apps using Okta APIs. • Knowledge of when to use Okta REST APIs, Sign-in Widgets, and SDKs. • Understanding of the various Okta supported OIDC and OAuth flows, and knowledge of when to use them. • Understanding the differences between and Org authorization server and a custom authorization server in the context of OIDC and OAuth. • Understanding of how Okta policy and the rules associated with that policy affect API calls and responses. • Knowledge of how to create sessions in Okta using Okta APIs and SDKs. • Knowledge of how to configure trusted origins (CORS, Redirect), and understanding of the effects of the configuration of trusted origin when redirecting users. • Excellent analytical skills. • Collaborative team worker - both in person and virtually using MS Teams or similar. • Excellent documentation skills; demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. • Ability to work as liaison between business and information security/information technology. • Flexibility to accommodate working across different time zones. • Excellent interpersonal communication skills with strong spoken and written English. • Business outcome mindset. • Solid balance of strategic thinking with detail orientation. • Self-starter, ability to take initiative. • Project management and organizational skills with attention to detail.