Remote Developer/Engineer

Summary

The job is for an experienced Okta developer to help migrate applications from CA/Broadcom Siteminder to the Okta platform for a 6+ month remote project. The candidate must have a strong background in developing, testing, integrating, and maintaining complex application migration software using Okta API's.

Requirements

• More than four years of experience in a software development role
• More than six months of hands-on experience implementing custom identity solutions with Okta
• Experience using Okta API Access Management to secure APIs
• Experience creating custom authorization servers, defining scopes and claims, and creating policies and rules to secure APIs
• Experience using Okta REST APIs and knowing how to pass the correct API parameters in requests
• Experience building client apps that authenticated users against Okta
• Experience configuring OIDC and OAuth apps in Okta
• Knowledge of how to validate an authenticated user’s session
• Understanding of the design principles of Okta APIs, including how to use pagination and how to filter query parameters on attributes
• Knowledge of how to identify and work with Okta API rate limits
• Knowledge of where to find the most current documentation and resources on Okta APIs
• Experience using Okta APIs to query logs and events
• Knowledge of how to create, update, and delete users, groups, and apps using Okta APIs
• Knowledge of when to use Okta REST APIs, Sign-in Widgets, and SDKs
• Understanding of the various Okta supported OIDC and OAuth flows, and knowledge of when to use them
• Understanding the differences between an Org authorization server and a custom authorization server in the context of OIDC and OAuth
• Understanding of how an Okta policy and the rules associated with that policy affect API calls and responses
• Knowledge of how to enforce Okta multifactor authentication for users in client apps
• Knowledge of how to interpret the common Okta API error codes
• Understanding of the different ways to create Okta sessions for Single Sign-On, including redirectUrl, OIDC authorize, and Legacy Sessions API
• Experience implementing the Okta Sign-in Widget with customizations
• Knowledge of how to do implicit and hybrid flows from the Okta Sign-in Widget
• Knowledge of how to create sessions in Okta using Okta APIs and SDKs
• Knowledge of how to configure trusted origins (CORS, Redirect), and understanding of the effects of the configuration of trusted origin when redirecting users

Responsibilities

• Enable customer to migrate applications from CA/Broadcom Siteminder platform to OKTA
• Take the user stories and requirements in the agile board (rally) develop the capability into the okta platform
• Development must be in two weeks sprint
• Migrate external identity and access management capabilities (for approximately 10 million identities) to Okta and desires support around Okta and related platforms
• Design, develop, test and integrate Okta development to support the initiative including such capabilities as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), integration with LDAP services and credential recovery

Preferred Qualifications

• A deep overall understanding of business & technology transformation around digital identity both within and across enterprises, identity providers, and other entities
• Strong interpersonal communication skills with strong spoken and written English
• Collaborative team worker – both in person and virtually using MS Teams or similar
• Implementation experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science
• Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CISM, vendor certifications, etc