Principal Consultant – Okta, Auth0

Job Description:

• Deliver solo-based work or act as the point for complex projects
• Act as technical escalation point for other consultants
• Lead capacity planning and hardware specification recommendation efforts
• Lead 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 technology build processes, code migration, and source control use
• Provide knowledge transfer and post-production support
• Mentor less experienced consultants
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge through workshops, publications, networks, and professional associations
• Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certification
• Complete administrative project tasks including time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting
• Contribute to Optiv communities for solutions of focus
• Establish and maintain productive relationships with delivery teams, practice management, client management, customers, vendor partners, and colleagues
• Improve operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives
• Review other team members’ work to ensure it meets quality standards
• Collaborate with Practice Directors, Practice Managers, and Technical Managers on training, education, career development, performance development, and team collaboration

Requirements:

• Bachelor's (or higher) degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, or related field, or equivalent education and/or experience
• 5+ years’ experience related to designing, implementing or supporting Access Management and Federation solutions, or 3+ years direct Access Management consulting experience
• Approximately 4-7 years of technical architecture experience
• Strong understanding of Authentication, Authorization, MFA, SSO, Federation, and Directory Services concepts
• Knowledge of formal architecture documentation processes such as UML
• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle
• Ability to present information to different audiences at the correct level of detail
• Ability to define strategic and tactical solutions and determine when each applies
• Ability to support sales processes involving proof of concepts, demos, and proposal development
• Ping strategy guidance experience at a programmatic level
• Ping deep dive experience
• Designed and implemented at least 5-6 large-scale projects
• Java and PowerShell scripting experience
• API driver experience
• Python experience with API usage
• Minimum of three years of software development and implementation of one or more Access management and federation products
• Minimum of three years of Okta Architecture and design using the Okta platform
• Minimum of three years of advanced MFA solutions design, including Phone-as-token methods, FIDO compliant, OAuth, OTP, and/or Mobile Push
• Minimum of three years of strong understanding of Okta Architecture, federation protocols and SSO
• Minimum of three years of developing or integrating federated identity solutions using SAML, OAuth, or OpenID
• Minimum of three years of working with REST and SOAP web-services technologies
• Minimum of three years of working with user directories and databases, including Active Directory, Oracle Directory, and Radiant Logic VDS
• Okta certification required upon hire, or willingness to obtain it in the first month of joining Optiv
• CISSP is a plus

Benefits:

• Employee Resource Groups
• Work/life balance
• Professional training resources
• Volunteer Opportunities through “Optiv Chips In”
• Ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)