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As an Identity Access Management (IAM) Okta Engineer, you will be instrumental in architecting and advancing our enterprise-wide authentication and access management ecosystem. This critical role encompasses the comprehensive design, development, and optimization of our Okta Single Sign-On (SSO) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) infrastructure, driving technological innovation and security excellence. This pivotal role will report directly to the Senior Manager of Identity & Access Management. The ideal candidate will bring technical expertise, strategic vision, and a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of technological security and efficiency.
What You’ll Do:
- Review and lead the gathering of business, functional and technical requirements for establishing an Okta Identity platform.
- Complete the assigned engagement tasks within the project scope and budget, while meeting deliverable requirements.
- Hands-on development/coding in Okta.
- Create, update, and maintain metrics and reports to show progress and value of IAM program.
- Design, implement, and maintain identity and access management solutions for non-human identities (service accounts, applications, and systems) to ensure secure authentication and authorization across the organization's infrastructure and applications.
- Review Updates and new features of Okta and make recommendations for implementation to environment.
- Provide technical leadership and oversight to IAM team.
- Support the creation of project plans to develop and implement the proposed solution.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
- Lead upgrades to Okta platform.
- Work closely with development, infrastructure, and service delivery teams to understand their needs and deliver a cost-effective solution.
- Suggest new functionality as an improvement to existing OKTA platform.
What We’re Looking For:
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required.
- Must have a minimum 5+ years of IAM experience.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in the development and/or operational experience with Okta, including implementation, installation, configuration & administration of various components.
- Hands on experience integrating applications with Okta SSO.
- Hands on experience migrating legacy header-based applications to modern authentication standards such as SAML, OIDC, OAuth.
- Hands-on experience with OAG implementation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
- Able to effectively present SSO concepts to stakeholders with various levels of technical understanding.
- Have knowledge and ability to create OKTA APIs for custom integrations and solutions.
- Have a solid understanding of identity management and security policy concepts, protocols, and best practices.
Location
India
The #TeamGBT Experience
Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.
Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
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Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.
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