# Principal Technical Consultant

**Company:** [Okta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/okta)
**Location:** Washington, DC
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Saml 2.0, OAuth, Openid Connect, Ws-Federation, Java, Ruby, .Net, PHP, Rest, JSON, JavaScript, Angular, React, Backbone, Ember
**Posted:** 2026-06-17

> Lead hands-on Okta customer deployments and technical consulting for federal clients. Requires 5-7 years consulting experience, identity federation expertise, software development skills, active Top Secret clearance, and onsite work in Northern Virginia.

## Job Description

## Duties and Responsibilities
- Work hands-on with Okta customers in a post-sales role to provide innovative consulting services
- Gather, analyze, and document post-sales requirements
- Communicate to customers and partners at the technical and/or functional level appropriate for the situation
- Provide excellent design and deployment solutions resulting in extraordinary customer satisfaction
- Manage project scope, schedule, status, and documentation
- Mentor and train customers on the service
- Act as a liaison between Customers and Product Management to drive product development
- Lead interaction and collaboration with other Okta teams such as Engineering and Support
- Collaborate with the sales team on existing customers up-sell and cross-sell opportunities
- Perform hands-on technical design, configuration, and troubleshooting of the Okta service
- Shape and influence Okta's growth and scalability by designing new offerings
- Manage multiple concurrent deployment projects
- Apply knowledge of technologies and protocols to support identity federation and robust access control models (SAML 2.0, WS-Federation, OAuth, OpenID Connect)
- Apply knowledge of cloud architectures and complex enterprise on-premise IT landscapes
- Apply software development experience (Java, Ruby, .Net, PHP, REST/JSON) when working with customers
- Utilize knowledge of typical enterprise identity life cycle management processes and standards
- Apply experience with JavaScript and one of the major JavaScript MVC frameworks (Backbone, Angular, Ember, React) when working on customer integrations
- Provide mentoring, guidance, and expertise to less experienced team members
- Ensure quality and time management processes are followed by team
- Commit to and use a knowledge repository for deployment standard methodologies

## Requirements
- 5-7 years experience as a technical consultant delivering solutions to external customers
- Experience with technologies and protocols to support identity federation and robust access control models (OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, WS-Federation)
- Software development experience (Java, Ruby, .Net, PHP, REST/JSON)
- Experience with JavaScript and one of the major JavaScript MVC frameworks (Backbone, Angular, Ember, React)
- Knowledge of typical enterprise identity life cycle management processes and standards
- Ability to work independently and multi-functionally
- Ability to multi-task and manage multiple customer engagements
- Hands-on contributor
- Superb communication skills, including issue tracking, triaging and crisis management
- Experience in Process Improvement, Decision-making, Managing Processes, Planning, Analyzing Information and Developing Standards
- Ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data
- U.S. Person status (U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee)
- Must be available to work onsite in Northern Virginia
- Must have active Top Secret Clearance
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline

## Nice to Have
- Experience in designing and implementing security and identity management solutions to support critical systems and business programs
- Experience in delivering Okta implementations for organizations
- Mobile development experience (iOS and Android)

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