Security Engineer

Whizdom; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Whizdom is recruiting an IAM Engineer to provide engineering and operational support across Okta Cloud and Okta Access Gateway environments. The role focuses on onboarding applications, identity integrations, testing, automation, platform maintenance and operational readiness.

You will collaborate with application, infrastructure and security teams to support secure access services and ongoing IAM improvements across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Okta administration and engineering.
• Experience supporting Okta Access Gateway.
• Experience implementing SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, LDAP, SCIM and Kerberos.
• Knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, load balancers, reverse proxies and SSL/TLS certificates.
• Experience with REST APIs and identity-related automation.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Okta tenant environments.
• Configure and maintain SSO, MFA, Adaptive Authentication, Universal Directory and Lifecycle Management.
• Integrate cloud and enterprise apps using SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect and WS-Federation.
• Create and manage authentication, MFA and authorization policies.
• Troubleshoot provisioning, federation and authentication issues.
• Perform testing, validation and deployment-readiness for releases.
• Support and maintain Okta Access Gateway appliances.
• Integrate legacy on-prem apps with Okta SSO.
• Configure header-based, Kerberos/IWA, form-based and reverse-proxy authentication.
• Manage SSL/TLS certificates and assist with onboarding and migration.
• Develop automation using REST APIs and Okta Workflows.
• Create runbooks, procedures and documentation.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure and security teams.

Skills

Okta administration

Okta Access Gateway

SAML

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

LDAP

SCIM

Kerberos

REST APIs

Automation

HTTP/HTTPS

DNS

Load balancers

Reverse proxies

SSL/TLS certificates

Tools

Okta Workflows

CyberArk

SailPoint

Job description

IAM Engineer – Okta & Okta Access Gateway

About the Opportunity

An enterprise organisation is seeking an experienced IAM Engineer to provide engineering and operational support across its Okta Cloud and Okta Access Gateway environments.

This role will focus on application onboarding, identity integrations, testing, automation, platform maintenance and operational readiness. You will work closely with application, infrastructure and security teams to support secure access services and the continued improvement of the organisation’s IAM environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support Okta tenant environments.
• Configure and maintain Single Sign-On, Multi-Factor Authentication, Adaptive Authentication, Universal Directory and Lifecycle Management.
• Integrate cloud and enterprise applications using SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect and WS-Federation.
• Create and manage authentication, MFA and authorisation policies.
• Troubleshoot provisioning, federation and authentication issues.
• Undertake testing, validation and deployment-readiness activities for production releases.

Okta Access Gateway

• Support and maintain Okta Access Gateway appliances.
• Integrate legacy on-premises applications with Okta SSO.
• Configure header-based, Kerberos/IWA, form-based and reverse-proxy authentication.
• Manage SSL/TLS certificates supporting secure application access.
• Assist with application onboarding and migration to modern authentication methods.
• Perform OAG upgrades, patching, monitoring and troubleshooting.

Operations, Automation and Governance

• Resolve ServiceNow incidents and service requests.
• Support access reviews and audit activities.
• Develop automation using REST APIs and Okta Workflows.
• Create and maintain runbooks, operational procedures and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure and security teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and platform optimisation.
• Support knowledge-transfer and training activities.

Required Skills and Experience

To be successful, you will bring:

• Strong hands-on experience in Okta administration and engineering.
• Practical experience supporting Okta Access Gateway.
• Experience implementing SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, LDAP, SCIM and Kerberos.
• Sound knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, load balancers, reverse proxies and SSL/TLS certificates.
• Experience working with REST APIs and identity-related automation.

The following would be advantageous:

• Okta Certified Professional, Administrator or Consultant certification.
• Experience with CyberArk, SailPoint or other IAM platforms.
• Experience working within enterprise IAM environments.
• Familiarity with Okta Workflows.

What’s on Offer

• A technically focused IAM engineering opportunity covering both modern cloud identity and legacy application integration.
• Exposure to application onboarding, automation, platform operations and security governance.
• The opportunity to collaborate with multidisciplinary application, infrastructure and security teams.
• Meaningful involvement in platform optimisation and modern-authentication initiatives.