Category: Engineer

Employment Type: Contract

Reference: BH-372686

Yoh has an immediate need for an Identity Engineer - Okta. 1 Year assignment and hybrid in San Diego.

Pay up to $67 per hour w2 based on experience

searching for a highly competent and experienced candidate who has exceptional skills in migrating applications to SAML2.0 or OIDC authentication (using Okta as IdP). The ideal candidate is familiar with Okta suite of products, can collaborate with other engineers and developers, and execute on agreed timelines. Candidates must have a strong knowledge of identity management, including account provisioning technologies, role-based access controls.


Key Responsibilities:

• Work with various engineering teams to quickly enable SSO for POCs or production applications, enforcing SAML2.0 and OIDC.
• Work alongside Okta scrum team to configure and update tools used by engineering and development teams.
• Work closely with development and engineering staff to provide immediate support and issue resolution.
• Take direction from IT IAM manager to enable new Okta capabilities including MFA, Lifecycle management, custom workflows.
• Ensure IAM team is following application administration and engineering best practices.
• Create and maintain documentation of environment design, configuration, and workflows.
• Provide automated solutions to existing manual processes between various applications.
• Perform root cause analysis on persistent or major software & application related problems.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned.
  

• 5+ years' experience in Identity Administration/Engineering or demonstration of skills in your current role that are applicable to this job.
• 2+ year experience working with Okta required.
• Experience migrating and supporting multiple services from basic authentication to SAML2.0 and OIDC authentication.
• Knowledge of life cycle management, role-based access control, identity and access management tools.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Active Directory (AD), Universal Directory, LDAP, LAN/WAN topology, IT processes and procedures, security required.
• Must possess a strong ability to document standards.
• Understanding of protocols/technologies like HTTP, SSL, LDAP, YAML, SQL, HTML, XML strongly desired.
• Scaled Agile Framework for the Enterprise (SAFe) experience preferred.
• Scripting experience preferred (PowerShell, Ruby, Python, JavaScript).
• Exceptional teamwork and being able to work under your own initiative are highly desired.
• Ability to work independently and manage workload with minimal supervision.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and work effectively under the pressure of time constraints in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Ability to quickly learn modern technologies.
• Entra ID, Saviynt, or Active Roles experience a plus.
  

• S./B.A. in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Technical certifications preferred.