Senior Identity Specialist | Okta

Okta Inc

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Remote (San Francisco, CA, US) Posted 6 days ago $170,000–$256,000 / year

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TL;DR

As a Senior Identity Specialist on the Solutions Engineering Team at Okta, you will engage with customers to deliver sales presentations and product demonstrations, focusing on customer identity and access management solutions. You will collaborate closely with technical leaders and stakeholders, providing strategic guidance and deep technical expertise to address complex challenges. Day-to-day responsibilities include preparing executive-level messaging, leading Q&A sessions, designing solution architectures, and executing proof-of-concepts. The role requires extensive knowledge of REST APIs, SDKs, OAuth, OIDC, SAML, and CIAM solutions like Okta and Auth0. You will also contribute to frameworks and tools for field enablement, represent Okta at industry events, and drive innovation in customer-driven initiatives. This position demands strong communication skills, technical depth, and the ability to operate effectively in a matrixed organization with significant travel expectations.

Skills

Okta Auth0 OAuth OIDC SAML REST APIs SDKs CIAM API-first AI-driven customer experience Fine-Grained Authorization MCP servers Full-stack web development iOS development Android development GraphQL Swagger/OpenAPI Kubernetes Docker Terraform AWS Azure GCP Git Jenkins GitHub PostgreSQL MongoDB CI/CD

What you'll do

Support strategic customer conversations with technical and engineering leaders.
Deliver tailored product demonstrations and presentations to diverse audiences.
Lead deep technical Q&A sessions to uncover customer requirements.
Design and execute proof-of-concept solutions for prospective customers.
Provide strategic guidance on Okta’s CIAM solutions across global teams.
Represent Okta in industry events, contributing as a thought leader.

What we're looking for

8+ years of experience in presales or customer-facing roles with CIAM projects.
Extensive development background focusing on application integration with identity services.
Proficiency working with REST APIs and SDKs, including authentication/authorization protocols.
Strong communication skills for complex technical presentations and events.
Expertise in architecting scalable CIAM solutions using API-first approaches across platforms.
Ability to solve complex technical problems innovatively and operate effectively in a matrixed organization.

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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About Okta Inc

Okta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco. It provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, websites, web services, and devices.[

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