Get to know Okta

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.

The Solutions Engineering Team

Solutions Engineers at Okta are involved in all stages of the customer’s development lifecycle and are experienced using presentations, email, phone and social media to connect with customers. We are looking for great teammates that can build sales presentations, product demonstrations, and educate customers (everyone from developers to product managers to C-level executives) on the best ways to adopt cloud security technology.. Okta’s Solutions Engineers empathize with customers and quickly discern their true technical needs by asking detailed and clarifying questions and presenting solutions that target those needs. You have the rare combination of technical savviness and business insight and you’re looking for a career where you can utilize both. 

The Senior Solutions Engineer Opportunity

Reporting to the Senior Manager Solutions Engineers, this Senior Solutions Engineer will be partnering with two to three Enterprise Account Executives .

As a Senior Solutions Engineer at Okta you will be the technical lead in all stages of the customer lifecycle. You will focus on delivering customer value by aligning customer requirements to business results that are enabled by Okta solutions. You will contribute to account and opportunity strategies, and collaboratively prove the value of Okta solutions through presentations, whiteboard sessions and proof of concepts.

At Okta we focus on winning as a team. Our Solutions Engineers collaborate cross-functionally with our sales, products and partner organizations to drive new business and ensure the success of our customers.

What you’ll be doing 

• Support the sales team in helping customers understand what they can achieve with Okta
• Understand customer requirements and communicate the business value of solving technology problems using cloud technology
• Execute the delivery of POCs for customers that have more complex use cases, collaborating with other Okta engineering teams as needed
• Craft technical content to show customers how to implement specific use cases or standard methodologies for new technologies
• Prepare demos and proof of concepts to demonstrate various use cases for Okta’s Platform
• Distill and communicate customer needs and product feedback to Product Management, Engineering, Marketing and Sales
• Typically 10-25% travel

What you’ll bring to the role

• 5+ years pre-sales engineering experience.
• A passion to serve the customer, which has played out in some customer-facing role like consulting or support, ideally solutions engineering. 
• An ability to quickly communicate complex ideas around a technical topic, ideally on the fly at a whiteboard.
• Experience with at least one standard network security protocol. (eg. OAuth, OAuth2, SAML, LDAP)
• We are looking for someone with hands-on experience in multiple cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) 
• You are an elite communicator.
• Confident dispensing knowledge to a highly skilled and experienced audience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS or a comparable field is preferred.

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following! 

• Experience in the IAM space
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS or a comparable field is preferred.

Below is the annual On Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual OTE, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation, will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us. 

The annual OTE range for this position for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:$170,000—$282,000 USD

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/.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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