Senior IAM Systems Engineer - Okta (Global Security)

What is the opportunity?
As the Senior IAM Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for leading, implementing, and supporting Authentication Services within RBC. The ideal candidate is passionate about authentication and security, has experience building large-scale enterprise software, and has direct experience in authentication, identity, PAM, security, and in building complex rule-based systems for authorization.

What will you do?

• Participate in the full lifecycle of an Okta and associated IAM policies and processes from initial internal hand-off from Business Analysts and Project Program teams to installation, system configuration, and testing.
• Be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Okta Cloud Identity Solution architecture, tools, and products.
• Provide guidance during the implementation from a technical perspective on issues such as performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
• Handle escalations where necessary and manage partner as well as internal resources expectations.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions around solutions and enhancements.
• Identify opportunities for efficiencies by leveraging automation and other techniques.
• Document detailed design and define technical solutions that take into account the enterprise architecture strategies, current state environment, and constraints.
• Create and update technical project documentation (i.e., technical and configuration runbook, implementation plan, etc.).
• Build and maintain dev environments that include but are not limited to: ensuring RBC required patching is maintained, ensuring currency on applications including testing, hotfixes, and service packs, and supporting application integrations.
• Prepare change requests, plans, and coordinate all implementations for production and non-production environments.
• Work with architecture and infrastructure SMEs to ensure that all aspects of the IAM solution architecture are defined and elaborated.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with team members, stakeholders, and interface groups using a variety of techniques.
• Provide development and L3 production support along with other team members.
• Collaborate effectively with the development teams to work on and assess defects.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 4-7 years of IAM experience with strong knowledge in development (installation, configuration, and coding) of Okta Cloud Identity Solution (SSO, MFA, and associated IAM solutions).
• Deep knowledge of Identity and Access Management protocols and technologies: OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, Federation, SSO, etc.
• Experience in developing and tuning highly scalable systems.
• Knowledge of network security, authentication, and authorization.
• Familiarity with web services patterns/architectures, e.g., REST, SOAP, etc.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Able to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Quick learner with the ability to pick up new technologies/skills and business knowledge.
• Highly motivated with the ability to work independently and effectively.

Nice-to-have:

• Okta Certified Consultant/Administrator/Developer/Professional Certification.
• Hands-on experience using a cloud-based big data stack such as Kinesis/Kafka, Spark/Storm, object storage such as AWS S3, messaging service (JMS, SQS), AWS Glue, SageMaker, Linux, and Elasticsearch.
• In-depth understanding of multithreading, garbage collection, and memory management.
• Experience with server-side technologies including caching, asynchronous processing, and multi-threading.
• Experience with architecture and implementation of automation solutions using Ansible, Jenkins, Ansible Tower, Git, JIRA, Confluence, and CI/CD tools.
• DevOps experience with continuous integration/delivery best practices, technologies, and tools such as Jenkins, Nexus, JIRA, Confluence, and Urban Code Deploy.
• Knowledge of business line(s)’ applications and processes.
• IT standards, methodologies, CMM, and audit requirements.

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Flexible work/life balance options.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities.
• Opportunities to build close relationships with clients.

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Job Skills

Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Identity Access Management (IAM), Information Security, Information Technology Security, IT Systems Integration, Negotiation, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Additional Job Details

Address: 330 FRONT ST W:TORONTO

City: TORONTO

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2024-11-13

Application Deadline: 2025-01-01

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above.

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