Senior Okta IAM Engineer: Passwordless & Platform Architect

The Planet Group; Exton (PA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Planet Group seeks a Senior Okta Platform Engineer to design and manage advanced Okta infrastructure, security, and authentication policies. You will lead deployment, integrate devices, and enable passwordless solutions across platforms.

Ideal candidates bring 5–10 years in IAM/Security, deep Okta expertise, and strong scripting/IaC skills to automate identity operations and troubleshoot cross-domain issues.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in IAM/Security Engineering with hands-on Okta Workforce Identity.
• Proven experience engineering Okta FastPass and passwordless authentication for mobile and desktop.
• Hands-on design of complex Okta authentication, sign-on, and device policies.
• Scripting and IaC: Python, PowerShell, Okta APIs, Terraform or OpenTofu.
• Strong networking and infrastructure skills for cross-domain troubleshooting.
• L3 production identity platform engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and support enterprise Okta Workforce Identity architectures and complex access policies.
• Engineer passwordless solutions with Okta FastPass across desktop and mobile.
• Implement Device Trust, FIDO2/WebAuthn, step-up authentication, and endpoint integrations.
• Perform L3 production support and on‑call rotations for identity services.
• Automate identity operations using Okta APIs, Workflows, Python, PowerShell, Terraform/OpenTofu.

Skills

Okta Workforce Identity

Okta FastPass

Passwordless

Python

PowerShell

Terraform/OpenTofu

Networking

L3 Engineering

Intune

Workspace ONE

Okta APIs

Tools

Intune

Workspace ONE

Mac/iOS

Job description

The Planet Group seeks a Senior Okta Platform Engineer to design and manage advanced Okta infrastructure, security, and authentication policies. You will lead deployment, integrate devices, and enable passwordless solutions across platforms.

Ideal candidates bring 5–10 years in IAM/Security, deep Okta expertise, and strong scripting/IaC skills to automate identity operations and troubleshoot cross-domain issues.