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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth. At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

About this role

We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Certification Exam Developer. As a critical member of our Certification Team, you will design and help create innovative performance-based test items and preparatory materials to support our Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) powered by Auth0 portfolio of certifications using your programming skills. The audience for this portfolio of certifications is developers who use Okta to build and manage identities in consumer and SaaS apps.

In this role, you will collaborate with subject matter experts to create innovative performance-based testing experiences and contribute to the continuous growth and maintenance of certifications for developers and other technical audiences. Your work will be instrumental in ensuring our customers' success.

We are seeking an entrepreneurial team member who is a software developer and has experience developing apps and services or providing services that help make developers successful. You will work with different teams across Okta to identify and prioritize performance-based testing needs, you will work with subject matter experts to design and develop performance-based testing items, and you will utilize your programming skills to create testing experiences that delight our developer audience.

The ideal candidate for this role is passionate about creating impactful work, takes the lead on projects, and can drive a project from start to finish. You are excited to use your software development experience to make a meaningful impact. You thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, embrace change, and can effectively lead a project from end to end.

Joining our team means being part of a supportive and creative environment where your work is valued and significantly impacts our customers' success.

Duties and responsibilities   

• Scoping and designing certification exam performance-based content to meet the needs of developers who use Okta to build and manage identities in consumer and SaaS apps.
• Designing and building performance-based exam content with subject matter experts and developing preparatory materials.
• Managing and coordinating performance-based exam development activities and coordinating content refreshes.
• Co-facilitating analysis, design, development, and review workshops to ensure the performance-based content reflects the skills and knowledge developers need.
• Creating and maintaining maintenance exams, practice exams, and other preparatory materials to support exam takers.
• Maintaining and enforcing program policies to ensure consistency and fairness.
• Aggregating, reviewing, summarizing, and taking action on in-exam feedback and feedback received through other media to improve performance-based exam content continuously.
• Reviewing and reporting on exam performance data, creating and communicating improvement plans to key stakeholders, and executing improvement plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology preferred
• A minimum of 3 years of experience and proven expertise in software/application development
• Some knowledge and experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Security space is preferred but not required
• Strong attention to detail, highly organized, and a self-starter who can multitask effectively. Demonstrated ability to take a project from ideation to completion and deliver results.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to work collaboratively across functions.
• Resourceful and skilled at managing a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Strong customer service skills.

Technical Qualifications

• Knowledge of software/application development fundamentals and familiarity with popular programming languages
• Knowledge of HTTP, encryption, and basic security concepts
• Proficient in at least one programming language, such as Java, JavaScript, or C#

What you can look forward to as an Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Okta 

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

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