Sr Solutions Engineer, Large Enterprise, UK&I

Okta; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital identity solutions is seeking a Sr Solutions Engineer in London to guide customers through their journey using Okta's Identity Platform. This role requires strong technical skills, an understanding of identity security, and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly. Candidates should have a background in PreSales and a passion for serving customers effectively.

Benefits

Amazing Benefits

Making Social Impact

Development and Fostering Community

Qualifications

• Experience working within PreSales (Sales Engineer, Solutions Engineer).
• Knowledge of standard network security protocols (OIDC, OAuth2, SAML).
• Experience in Identity Governance and Privilege Access Management.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted technical advisor throughout the customer’s sales lifecycle.
• Build sales presentations and product demonstrations.
• Empathise with customers to discern their technical needs.

Skills

Communication

Customer Service

Technical Savviness

Business Insight

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or MIS

Job description

Sr Solutions Engineer, Large Enterprise, UK&I

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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.

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.

Sr Solutions Engineer, Large Enterprise, UK&I

The UK&I Solutions Engineering team guides Okta customers through their entire journey, from initial engagement to upsell and cross-sell, using their expertise in presentations, events, and meetings to ensure customers drive maximum value from our platform. 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 Identity Security.

Okta’s Solutions Engineers empathise 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 utilise both. As a Solutions Engineer at Okta, you will hone each of these skills by advising a diverse set of customers on what is possible using Okta’s Identity Platform.

What you’ll be doing:

• Involved in all stages of the customer’s sales lifecycle in the role of trusted technical advisor.
• Building sales presentations, product demonstrations, and educate customers (everyone from developers to product managers to C-level executives) on the best ways to secure identity.
• Empathise with customers and quickly discern their true technical needs by asking detailed and clarifying questions and presenting solutions that target those needs.
• Using your technical savviness and business insights, you will hone each of these skills by advising a diverse set of customers on what is possible using Okta’s Identity Platform
  
  

What you’ll bring to the role:

• A passion to serve the customer, with experience working within PreSales (e.g. Sales Engineer, Solutions Engineer, PreSales Consultant)
• An ability to quickly communicate complex ideas around a technical topic, ideally on the fly at a whiteboard
• Knowledge of and/or experience with at least one standard network security protocol (eg. OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, LDAP)
• Knowledge of and/or experience in identity governance and administration (IGA): identity lifecycle management, access reviews, role-based access control (RBAC), and policy enforcement
• Knowledge of and/or experience in Privilege Access Management (PAM): familiarity with concepts such as least privilege, just-in-time (JIT) access, session monitoring, and vaulting privileged credentials to secure critical assets
• An understanding of core security concerns within a typical application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF)
• An understanding of sales methodologies and best practice, including awareness of MEDDPICCC
• Experience working with Large Enterprise and/or Strategic sectors
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to articulate business value
• An ability to disperse knowledge to a highly skilled and experienced audience.
• Enjoy travel and meeting customers
• Enjoy collaborating with cross functional teams to drive success
  
  

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

• Experience with Identity & Access Management, Single Sign-on and API-based solutions
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS or a comparable field
• Software Developer experience
  
  

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community 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/.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer and Network Security, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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