Solutions Engineer

Okta Okta · Enterprise · Toronto, ON · SE Field-321

Okta is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to join their team in Toronto. This role involves collaborating with account executives, conducting customer research, delivering POCs, crafting technical content, and preparing/delivering demos to showcase Okta's Identity Platform. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of pre-sales engineering experience, a strong understanding of Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Zero Trust Architecture, and experience with cloud platforms. Experience with web, mobile, or backend development is a plus.

What you'd actually do

  1. Collaborate with account executives to develop and execute territory and account strategies to maximize the Okta opportunity in those accounts
  2. Conduct research and discovery to understand customer requirements and communicate the business value of solving technology problems using cloud technology
  3. Execute the delivery of POCs for customers with complex use cases, collaborating with other Okta engineering teams as needed
  4. Craft technical content to show customers how to implement specific use cases or standard methodologies for new technologies
  5. Prepare and deliver demos to showcase how the Okta platform meets customer’s business needs and use cases.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years pre-sales engineering experience
  • customer-facing role like consulting or support, ideally solutions engineering
  • ability to quickly and effectively communicate complex technical concepts via presentation, slides and whiteboard
  • Strong Understanding of Identity & Access Management (IAM)
  • strong understanding of Zero Trust Architecture and core security concerns within a typical application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF)
  • elite communicator
  • Can identify, map, and manage multiple personas: IT admins, CISOs, architects, procurement, and legal.
  • Confident dispensing knowledge to a highly skilled and experienced audience

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas is a plus: web (JavaScript, HTML, frontend frameworks) development, mobile (iOS, Android) development, backend (Java, C#, Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby) development, IP-based real-time communications
  • Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP.

What the JD emphasized

  • relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes
  • builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence
  • career-defining work
  • all in on this mission