Identity & Directory Management Services Senior Engineer- Okta (Application)

Years of Experience: 10+ Years

Education Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree

Program Description: As a leading provider of advanced information technology solutions and professional services to U.S. federal government agencies, is the prime for a $807m task order in support of the General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Digital Infrastructure Technologies (IDT) DIGIT (Digital Innovation for GSA Infrastructure Technologies) task order driving digital transformation and delivering continuous improvement and business value to its customers. The team is comprised of the best-in-class technology partners to leverage forward-leaning technologies and best practices to transform GSA’s IT capabilities and shift offerings to provide a more flexible service delivery model, completing the agency’s shift to a fully digital experience along with its adoption of advanced, emerging technologies such as intelligent automation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Position Description: DIGIT is seeking a Identity and Directory Management Services (IDMS) Senior Engineer with expertise with Okta and a focus on applications to support the design, administration, management, execution & maintenance of GSA’s Identity & Directory Management Services (IDMS) and Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) solutions to meet the needs of the enterprise users & the enterprise architecture. These services, systems, and capabilities include, but not limited to, directory services management, ICAM, privileged account management, Single Sign-On (SSO), Active Directory (AD) Domain Name System (DNS) services, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), auditing and log management, Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation/Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense (CDM/DEFEND), and the management of appliances. GSA IT currently leverages Microsoft (MS) AD as the authoritative account management system.

Requirements

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position shall perform the following (to include but not limited to) activities:

• Extensive experience with Okta includes installation, configuration, and migrations.
• Migrate applications using JBOSS, .NET, PHP, Java and Apache to Okta.
• Troubleshoot advanced problems within the Okta IdP by using tools such as SAML tracer, Fiddler, and other similar tools.
• Integrate applications with SAML, OpenID Connect, RADIUS and Oauth.
• Integrate applications with Multi Factor Authentication.
• Integrate applications with Password less Authentication.
• Provide advanced support for IAM/SSO/MFA by troubleshooting a variety of difficult software problems, implementing bug fixes, and performing root cause analysis using agile methodologies.
• Strong communication skills with customers over phone, email, or ticketing system.
• Implement technical capabilities including IAM solutions and application integrations, to enhance enterprise security risk posture.
• Manage, administer, and support the GSA IT MFA environment.
• Manage, administer, and support ICAM systems and related support activities.
• Utilize automation and role-based management to ensure availability of access and continuity of services.
• Providing on-call rotation support on a routine basis.
• Identifying process improvement opportunities for review and subsequent implementation.
• Providing positive customer service interactions for all levels of the organization up to and including senior executive staff.
• Continuously review and assess the GSA IT ICAM environment and provide recommendations for how to manage and administer the environment more efficiently.
• Ensure that all Group Policy Management (GPM) changes are controlled and documented.
• Other operational support duties as assigned.
• Provide Proof of Concepts and Pilots for Advancing Zero Trust and final implementation to transfer Zero Trust integration to infrastructure engineering support.
• Developing new technologies to support existing applications or creating new applications using new technologies.
• Participating in meetings with executives to discuss technical issues and propose solutions.
• Collaborating with other members of the engineering team to design new features or improve existing ones.
• Escalate issues to vendor and third-party entities, as necessary and directed by the Government.

CONTRACT REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Public Trust Clearance
• ITILv4 Foundation Training and ITILv4 Foundation Certification, may be obtained within 120 days after
• hire.
• 7+ year experience with IDMS system