Okta Architect / Senior IAM Architect

Job Title: Okta Architect / Senior IAM Architect

Experience: 10+ years in IT, including 5+ years in IAM and 3+ years of hands-on Okta experience

Location: USA – Remote

Employment Type:  / Contract

Role Summary: We are seeking a high-caliber, hands-on Lead Okta Operations Architect & Platform Engineer to drive our enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM) strategy and manage platform operations. This hybrid role requires a rare combination of high-level enterprise architecture, hands-on API and Terraform automation, and global operational leadership. In this role, you will lead complex M&A identity tenant migrations, orchestrate the modernization of legacy IAM systems (e.g., CA SiteMinder, PingFederate) to cloud-native Okta, and govern a 24x7 follow-the-sun operational support model across onshore and offshore engineering teams.

Required Technical Skills

• Okta Certification: Okta Certified Professional / Administrator required; Okta Certified Consultant or Okta Certified Technical Architect strongly preferred.
• IAM Core: 7+ years of hands-on experience in Enterprise IAM architecture, directory services (AD, Azure AD/Entra ID, LDAP), and federation protocols (SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM 2.0).
• Automation & Scripting: Hands-on proficiency with Python, PowerShell, Postman, and Terraform for Okta administration and provisioning workflows.
• Legacy Modernization: Proven track record migrating applications away from legacy platforms like CA SiteMinder, PingFederate, or Oracle Access Manager to Okta.
• Monitoring: Hands-on experience integrating Okta System Logs with SIEM tools (Splunk, Datadog) using Event Hooks and API streaming.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Team Leadership: Experience managing or leading hybrid teams (onshore + offshore) with clear escalation protocols and handoff discipline.
• Incident Leadership: Calm under fire during high-visibility production incidents with strong executive communication capabilities.
• Productivity Mindset: Obsessed with manual task elimination, operational hygiene, and structured documentation