Technical Consultant

Job Title: Technical Consultant

Location: Denver, CO

Position Type: Contract

Duration: 6 Month

Work Type: Onsite

Rate: Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Job Duties and Responsibilities


Architect, design and implement Okta-based IAM solutions across workforce identity, ensuring secure and efficient access for on-premise and cloud-based applications and resources.
Demonstrates a strong understanding of IAM concepts and architecture around SSO, federation, identity governance, privileged access management.
Experience with Okta Identity Governance (OIG) and OKTA Workflows is a must. Develop/deploy new workflows for implementing user life cycle.
Strong understanding of IAM concepts, including identity federation, SSO, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, MFA, role-based access control (RBAC), and least privilege principles.
Development using NodeJS, ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML, DevOps, REST APIs, SQL
OKTA Identity & Access Management with threat detection knowledge involving responsibilities related to maintaining identity management programs, architecture, and standards for delivering enterprise-wide identity services. Proactively identify potential threats, exploit attempts and other security events related to Directory Services and IAM.
Make recommendations and/or take action to mitigate these issues as appropriate. Actively contribute to and participate in security incident response as needed.
Person responsible for managing user accounts, permissions, access controls, monitoring security incidents, collaborating with departments to ensure secure access, security protocols, scripting languages, other IAM tools and staying updated on industry trends.
Extensive hands-on knowledge of identity and access management best practices, procedures, and software solutions


Education and Experience:


Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology or Computer Science
Hands-on experience in demonstrating OKTA Policies & Functions.
Experience with NIST, and other industry standards.


Competencies:

Requires explaining technical aspects to simple terminologies for other teams to understand.
Requires a well-organized and persuasive individual, who can manage multiple priorities at once
Must have good meeting management, presentation, and communication skills to keep conversations focused and productive.
Must be self-driven; able to manage schedules, meet deadlines, coordinate with others, and perform tasks with minimal supervision.
Must have the ability to work with a diverse audience, under tight deadlines, and negotiate successful outcomes to challenging problems.
Superior communication skills with the ability to ask questions, escalate roadblocks early, and interact effectively at multiple levels in the organization
Solid working knowledge of information security concepts and controls


Other Qualifications:

Professional certification (Okta Certification) is a plus.

ABOUT Ztek:

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Ztek Consulting Inc is a minority- and woman-owned business enterprise that leverages a unique blend of human talent, machine learning algorithms, and artificial intelligence to provide customized talent management solutions for clients. Ztek's diversity-focused hiring models have proven successful, particularly in hiring veterans. The company's veteran-focused hiring and deployment program, Z-V.E.T, matches skilled veterans with clients' needs in various areas.

Disclaimer:

Ztek is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Ztek is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Ztek encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Ztek does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. 1324b.