Deputy Director - IAM SSO Engineer/Okta - Gandipet Mandal / Hyderabad, India

The Identity Access Management (IAM) Engineer will be the senior technical SME in the IAM organization and is responsible to architect, design, Implement and support access management solutions in distributed OnPrem & Cloud infrastructure. Skilled in troubleshooting complex technical issues. Works closely with enterprise architects to ensure adequate security solutions are in place to mitigate identified risks sufficiently, while meeting business objectives and regulatory requirements. Provides technical leadership and deliver complex projects.

• Provides subject matter expertise in solutioning and implementing access management requirements.
• Provides advanced architecture and engineering support to automate and administrator identity and compliance.
• requirements.
• Drives planning and execution of identity management roadmaps and technology enhancements.
• Creates and maintains standards surrounding documentation related to identity processes, procedure and infrastructure.
• Assesses current applications and architecture to ensure current implementations align with industry guidelines, best.
• practices and management approved standards.
• Contribute to the development of the workforce and customer identity and access management strategy.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects, application development teams, Cybersecurity staff, and the infrastructure team to define.
• the enterprise IAM strategy.
• Provide level 3 production support to help diagnose and troubleshoot production issues.
• Adapt the architecture to evolving security conditions and support security guidelines.
• Develop and deliver applicable documentation, training, and knowledge transfer to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Foster the Agile DevOps culture through latest toolset to improve customer satisfaction through rapid, continuous delivery.
• Responsible for development, enhancements and bug fixes on custom code
• Maintain and enhance CI/CD piplelines for deployment and regression testing.

Years of experience

• 10-12 years of experience in IAM with 3+ years in Okta or similar product
• 5+ years java development and scripting
• Bachelors in engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Experience in architecting, designing and leading identity lifecycle management efforts.
• Strong expertise in designing solutions with the standard IAM platforms like Okta, PingFederate in enabling single sign-on services for both cloud and on-prem applications.
• Hands-on experience in building SSO solutions with various protocols like SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and headers-based applications and platforms, preferably Azure AD, Ping, and Siteminder
• Experience in directory services like Oracle LDAP, and AD
• Good understanding of the latest security principles like zero trust and passwordless authentication to implement new standards in the authentication model.
• Experience with Okta Customer Identity products (CIAM) required.
• Must have working knowledge of Okta Lifecycle Management and Administrative APIs
• Ability to implement automated provisioning of endpoint by using custom provisioning flows, SCIM or JIT capabilities.
• Experience with solutions like CyberArk, BeyondTrust, RSA or comparable products.
• Excellent understanding of REST integration concepts
• Strong experience with C#, Java, or another object-oriented programming language is required.
• Experience with JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PowerShell, or other scripting languages is required.
• Experience in Monitoring tools like Splunk, Elk and Appdynamics is required.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps tools and methodologies
• Minimum Okta Certified Administrator: Okta Certified Consultant and/or Okta Certified Developer preferred.
• CISSP / CIAM Certification is a plus.
• Experience in Siteminder is preferred.

Mandatory Non-Technical Skills

• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Ability to work within project timelines.
• Deliver outcomes with a little supervision, must be a self-starter and self-motivator.
• Proactive approach and enthusiasm for problem identification and solving.
• Ability to think strategically and suggest creative solutions.
• Ability to synthesize complex requirements into simple business practices.
• Flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities.
• Identity and Access Management techincal SME with solutioning and architecture skills along with Java development experience