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Solutions Engineer, IAM & Identity Platform
Job in
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 94199, USA
Listed on 2026-07-16
Listing for:
Okta
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-16
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity, IT Consultant
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Requirements
- 5+ years of pre-sales engineering experience in IAM ,
- Strong understanding of IAM concepts, including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and SAML ,
- Experience with lifecycle management, role-based access control (RBAC), and provisioning/deprovisioning ,
- Technical Proficiency: ,
- Hands-on experience in one or more of the following development areas: web (JavaScript, HTML, frontend frameworks), mobile (iOS, Android), backend (Java, C#, Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby), or IP-based real-time communications ,
- Experience working with REST APIs, API Gateways, and SDKs ,
- Deployed applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Vercel, etc.) ,
- Understanding of core security concerns in applications (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF) ,
- Customer Engagement & Communication: ,
- Passion for serving customers, demonstrated in a customer-facing role (ideally pre-sales, but consulting or support also valued) ,
- Ability to quickly communicate complex technical ideas, including on-the-fly whiteboard explanations ,
- Elite communication skills, confident in dispensing knowledge and presenting to highly skilled and experienced audiences ,
- Strategic & Organizational
Skills: , - Territory management skills, including pipeline building and collaboration with sales counterparts for execution excellence ,
- Diagramming experience for user journey flows, complex architecture diagrams, etc ,
- Education & Travel: ,
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS, or a comparable field is preferred ,
- Typically 25% travel ,
- (Desirable) Experience with Auth0, Auth0 FGA, or OpenFGA ,
- (Desirable) Hands-on experience with Generative AI or LLM technology (Lang Chain, Gen Kit, Llama Index, etc.) ,
- (Desirable) Experience integrating with microservices, data lakes, or customer data platforms ,
- (Desirable) Developed ReBAC or Fine-Grained Authorization models
- We believe Solutions Engineers at Okta are involved in all stages of the customer’s digital transformation ,
- Solutions Engineers are experienced using presentations, email, phone and social media to connect with customers virtually and in-person ,
- We are looking for great teammates who can build and deliver sales presentations and customized product demonstrations to help educate Okta’s Customers (everyone from developers to product managers to C-level executives) on best practices during their cloud security technology journey ,
- We believe Okta’s Solutions Engineers empathize with Customers and quickly discern their true technical needs by asking detailed, clarifying questions while presenting solutions that specifically address those needs ,
- Okta Solution Engineers have the rare combination of technical acumen and business insight; in a career where you can utilize both ,
- As a Solutions Engineer at Okta, you will further develop each of these skills by advising a diverse set of customers on the value they will gain by using Okta’s Identity Platform ,
- Reporting to the Senior Manager of Solutions Engineers, the Sr Solutions Engineer is a functional business consultant, witha passion for technology and the advanced ability todevelop, position anddemonstrateproduct-specific solutions during sales cycles, while achieving quarterly and annual sales goals for an assigned territory ,
- Work alongside the sales team as the technical and domain expertof a customer-facing sales team to help Customers understand the value of Okta’s solutions ,
- Understand customer challenges and business issues and provide product demonstrations to align our solutions with customer needs ,
- Answer product feature and technical questions from customers, partners and Okta colleagues ,
- Plan and deliver Proof Of Concepts for customers who have more complex use cases, collaborating with other Okta engineering teams as needed ,
- Provide feedback to product management about product enhancements thatcanaddress customer needs and provide additional value ,
- Shareand learnbest practices and re-usable assets with other Solutions Engineers to enhance the quality and efficiency of the team ,
- Stay current on competitive analysis and market differentiation ,
- Support marketing events including executive briefings, conferences, user groups, and trade shows ,
- At times, be asked to learn and lead your team as a subject matter expert (SME) with various product solutions and/or competitive knowledge
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