Associate Solution Engineer

We're an identity company. Identity matters because we’re all unique. We were raised in countries, cities, and towns. We have unique backgrounds. We’ve faced specific challenges. And we've learned a lot along the way. At Okta we believe those experiences equip us to look at the world with our own perspective. Our product protects your right to be you, and we want every single one of our employees to feel a sense of belonging, acceptance, and comfort to express their ideas, because ultimately our differences are what makes us great.

As an Associate Sales Engineer at Okta, you will use your technical savviness and business insights when advising a diverse set of customers on what is possible using Okta’s Identity Platform.

As an Okta Associate Solutions Engineer you will be: 

• Involved in all stages of the customer’s development lifecycle and using presentations, email, phone and social media to connect with customers
• Building and delivering technical sales presentations and solution demonstrations.
• Educating customers and prospective customers at all levels, from developers, architects and product managers to C-level executives on cloud native identity best practices.
• Empathising with customers and quickly discern their true business needs by asking detailed and searching questions.
• Creating and presenting solutions that align with desired business outcomes.

You could be a great fit for this role if you have:

• A passion to serve the customer, which has played out in some customer-facing role like consulting or support, ideally sales engineering.
• An ability to quickly and effectively communicate complex ideas around a technical topic, ideally on the fly at a whiteboard.
• Experience with at least one standard network identity-based protocol/standard (eg. OAuth, OAuth2, SAML, LDAP).
• Hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas: web (JavaScript, HTML, frontend frameworks) development, mobile (iOS, Android) development, backend (Java, C#, Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby) development, IP-based real-time communications
• An understanding of core security concerns within a typical application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF).
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to articulate business value.
• An ability to disperse knowledge to a highly skilled and experienced audience.
• Enjoy travel and meeting customers - Typically 10-25%. 

You might also have:

• Experience with Identity & Access Management, Single Sign-on and API-based solutions.
• Fluency in another European language.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS or comparable field experience.
• Software Developer experience.

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