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Staff Identity Governance and Access in USA

  • Chicago, IL

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end Okta Identity Governance architecture, including access request workflows, entitlement structures, resource collections, and certification campaigns.
  • Lead birthright provisioning, RBAC, and joiner/mover/leaver lifecycle strategy across the enterprise.
  • Design Workday integration architecture, including scheduled reconciliation, real-time termination sync, and attribute sets for access rules.
  • Design and harden mover/leaver automation, including attribute-driven group re-evaluation and stale-access decommissioning.
  • Lead Okta Privileged Access, Identity Security Posture Management, and Zero Standing Privilege initiatives, including JIT elevation, privileged sessions, break-glass access, vulnerability detection, and system tiering.
  • Own PAM and ISPM telemetry and KPIs covering standing-privilege reduction, JIT adoption, stale-access cleanup, and break-glass testing.
  • Build and maintain Okta Workflows automation for IGA and PAM access requests, approvals, and remediation.
  • Mentor engineers, review designs, serve as a technical escalation point, and communicate risks, roadmaps, and updates to leadership.

Requirements

  • At least 4 years of direct, advanced experience managing and administering enterprise IGA, PAM, or ISPM platforms.
  • Hands-on production experience designing and deploying birthright provisioning models and RBAC architectures.
  • Production experience with OPA or equivalent PAM tooling, including Zero Standing Privilege, JIT access, break-glass design, and administrative tiering.
  • Production experience with ISPM tools that integrate with EDR solutions such as CrowdStrike Falcon.
  • Knowledge of SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SCIM, and role- and attribute-based access control.
  • Experience owning end-to-end joiner/mover/leaver technical designs from documentation through production rollout.
  • Experience in SOX and compliance-critical environments, including audit evidence, segregation of duties, and access certification integrity.
  • Ability to work independently, drive initiatives, and communicate updates, risks, and roadmaps to executives.
  • Preferred experience governing non-human identities, including service accounts, API tokens, secrets, AI agents, and workload identities.
  • Familiarity with ServiceNow and Jira-based service request intake for IGA, PAM, and ISPM operations.
  • Preferred Okta Certified Administrator, Okta Certified Consultant, or Okta Workflows Specialist certification.
  • Experience with REST APIs, JSON parsing, webhooks, Workday-to-identity-provider integrations, and real-time versus scheduled reconciliation.
  • Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or GDPR audits is preferred.
  • Must work on U.S. soil and qualify as a U.S. person under the stated requirements.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) and flexible spending account.
  • Paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.
  • Equity and bonus opportunities where applicable.
  • Immersive in-person onboarding designed to connect employees with the team and mission.
  • Well-being support, social impact programs, talent development, and community-building initiatives.

Salary: $161k - $221k/yr

Okta

Okta builds identity and access management solutions that provide secure authentication and automation for businesses. Our products empower organizations to safely connect any technology, device, or application, making identity central to security and operational efficiency. We cater to companies...

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