The Senior Solutions Engineer Opportunity

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Solutions Engineers, the Sr Solutions Engineer (Corporate New Business) is a functional business consultant,  with a passion for technology and the advanced ability to develop, position and demonstrate product-specific solutions during sales cycles, while achieving quarterly and annual sales goals for an assigned territory. A background in software development and experience with developer-centric identity platforms (such as Auth0) can be particularly impactful, enabling you to deeply understand and articulate the value of Auth0 by Okta from a technical implementer's perspective.

What you’ll be doing 

• Work alongside the Corporate/New Business (employee size 300-1249) sales team as the technical and domain expert of a customer-facing sales team to help Customers understand the value of Okta’s solutions
• Understand customer challenges and business issues especially those faced by development and product teams - and provide product demonstrations to align our solutions with customer needs.
• Answer product features and technical questions from customers, partners and Okta colleagues.
• Plan and deliver Proof Of Concepts for customers who have more complex use cases, collaborating with other Okta engineering teams as needed. This will include scripting and coding to showcase Auth0’s capabilities.
• Provide feedback to product management about product enhancements that can address customer needs and provide additional value.
• Share and learn best practices and re-usable assets with other Solutions Engineers to enhance the quality and efficiency of the team.
• Stay current on competitive analysis and market differentiation.
• Support marketing events including executive briefings, conferences, user groups, and trade shows.
• At times, be asked to learn and lead your team as a subject matter expert (SME) with various product solutions and/or competitive knowledge.

What you’ll bring to the role

• 8+ years pre-sales engineering experience.
• A passion to serve the Customer, demonstrated in a customer-facing role, such as consulting or support, but ideally in a pre-sales capacity.
• An ability to quickly communicate complex ideas around a technical topic, ideally on the fly, using a whiteboard.
• Deployed apps in cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, Vercel, etc.
• Experience with at least one standard network security protocol. (eg. OAuth, OAuth2, SAML, LDAP)
• Experience working with REST APIs, API Gateways, and SDKs
• 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.
• Leverage your software development background to effectively communicate with technical audiences, including developers, architects, and DevOps engineers, translating their requirements into robust solutions.
• An understanding of core security concerns within a typical application. (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF)
• Exceptional communicator.
• Confident dispensing knowledge to a highly skilled and experienced audience, presenting to large rooms filled with experts in the field
• Territory management skills, including pipeline building and working with Sales counterparts to guide execution excellence.
• Typically 25% travel.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS or a comparable field is preferred.

You might also have (not mandatory):

• Hands-on experience with Generative AI or LLM technology such as LangChain, GenKit, LlamaIndex, etc.
• Experience integrating with microservices, data lakes, or customer data platforms.
• Developed ReBAC or Fine Grain Authorization models.
• Diagramming experience for user journey flows, complex architecture diagrams, etc.

Preferred Experience (bonus points):

• Trusted Advisor in your sales region (Area Sales Director and Area Vice President)
• Experience leading highly strategic technical sales plays, targeting new account acquisitions, or transferrable experiences preferred.
• Creation of reusable artifacts to be adopted by the presales and/or sales community.
• Publication of thought leadership documentation externally annually.
• Technical leader among peers and a mentor to help grow others in the segment.

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Position Description: 

We believe Solutions Engineers at Okta are involved in all stages of the customer’s development lifecycle and are experienced using presentations, email, phone and social media to connect with customers. We are looking for great teammates that can build sales presentations, product demonstrations, and educate customers (everyone from developers to product managers to C-level executives) on the best ways to cloud security technology.  We believe in Okta’s Solutions Engineers empathize with customers and quickly discern their true technical needs by asking detailed and clarifying questions and presenting solutions that target those needs. You have the rare combination of technical savviness and business insight and you’re looking for a career where you can utilize both. As a Senior Solutions Engineer at Okta, you will hone each of these skills by advising a diverse set of Fortune 500 customers on what is possible using Okta’s Identity Platform. 

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

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

Required Skills:

• 5+ years pre-sales engineering experience
• A passion to serve the customer, which has played out in some customer-facing role like consulting or support, ideally solutions engineering
• An ability to quickly and effectively communicate complex technical concepts via presentation, slides and whiteboard 
• A Strong Understanding of Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• SSO, MFA, SCIM, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and LDAP.
• Lifecycle management, role-based access control (RBAC), and provisioning/deprovisioning.
• A strong understanding of Zero Trust Architecture and core security concerns within a typical application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF)
• 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.
• You are an 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
• Typically 10-25% travel
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS or a comparable field is preferred.

 This role requires in-person onboarding and travel to an office in the U.S. during the first week of employment.

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