Senior Okta Engineer

RedMatter Solutions; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RedMatter Solutions is seeking a Senior Okta Engineer to support a large-scale federal IAM environment. The role focuses on engineering, integrating, automating, and supporting enterprise Okta capabilities. The ideal candidate has hands-on Okta experience, knowledge of federal IAM requirements, and DevSecOps practices.

This position is primarily remote with occasional onsite support. You will work within an Agile team to implement SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and SCIM provisioning, and to ensure secure

Qualifications

• 5 years of hands-on Okta engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Minimum 5 years IAM experience in federal or public-sector environments.
• Hands-on experience implementing SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and WS-Federation integrations.
• Experience with SCIM provisioning and identity lifecycle/JML automation.
• Experience integrating Active Directory, Entra ID, and/or LDAP with Okta.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and IaC in IAM environments.
• Experience analyzing Okta System Logs and SIEM integrations.
• Knowledge of ICAM, HSPD-12, FISMA, and Zero Trust.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and support Okta solutions within a complex enterprise IAM environment.
• Implement SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and WS-Federation integrations.
• Develop and maintain identity lifecycle automation including JML processes.
• Integrate Active Directory, Entra ID, and LDAP with Okta.
• Implement PIV/CAC and certificate-based authentication.
• Use CI/CD pipelines and IaC to support IAM delivery.
• Analyze Okta System Logs to troubleshoot authentication and provisioning issues.
• Support integration of Okta logging with SIEM platforms such as Splunk or Microsoft Sentinel.
• Develop and maintain configuration documentation, user stories, backlog items, and operational runbooks.
• Work within an Agile product team and collaborate with architects, engineers, security personnel, and customer stakeholders.

Skills

Okta engineering

IAM solutions

SAML/OAuth/OIDC

SCIM provisioning

JML automation

Active Directory/Entra ID/LDAP

PIV/CAC auth

CI/CD & IaC

SIEM integration

HSPD-12 compliance

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Description

RedMatter Solutions is seeking a Senior Okta Engineer to support a large-scale federal Identity and Access Management (IAM) environment. The Senior Okta Engineer will be responsible for engineering, integrating, automating, and supporting enterprise Okta capabilities within a modern digital identity ecosystem.

The ideal candidate will bring deep hands-on Okta experience, strong knowledge of federal IAM requirements, and experience implementing secure authentication and identity lifecycle solutions using modern DevSecOps practices.

This position is primarily remote/telework; however, occasional onsite support may be required for meetings or other contractual activities.

Requirements

Responsibilities

• Engineer and support Okta solutions within a complex enterprise IAM environment.
• Implement SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and WS-Federation integrations.
• Develop and maintain identity lifecycle automation, including SCIM provisioning and joiner/mover/leaver (JML) processes.
• Integrate multi-forest Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and LDAP environments with Okta Universal Directory.
• Implement PIV/CAC and certificate-based authentication solutions.
• Use CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to support IAM delivery.
• Analyze Okta System Logs to troubleshoot authentication, provisioning, and integration issues.
• Support integration of Okta logging with SIEM platforms such as Splunk or Microsoft Sentinel.
• Develop and maintain configuration documentation, user stories, backlog items, and operational runbooks.
• Work within an Agile product team and collaborate with architects, engineers, security personnel, and customer stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of hands-on Okta engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Minimum 5 years of experience implementing or supporting IAM solutions within federal or public-sector environments.
• Hands-on experience implementing SAML, OAuth, OIDC, and WS-Federation integrations.
• Experience implementing SCIM provisioning and identity lifecycle/JML automation.
• Experience integrating Active Directory, Entra ID, and/or LDAP with Okta.
• Experience implementing PIV/CAC or certificate-based authentication.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and Infrastructure as Code within IAM environments.
• Experience analyzing Okta System Logs and integrating IAM platforms with SIEM solutions.
• Working knowledge of ICAM, HSPD-12, FISMA, and Zero Trust principles.
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization, identity governance, auditability, and access controls.
• Ability to meet federal suitability requirements associated with privileged IAM access.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Okta in a federal enterprise environment.
• Experience with Splunk and/or Microsoft Sentinel.
• Experience working in Agile digital-service delivery environments.
• Okta professional certifications.