Okta Engineer

Project overview

Okta Engineer - Contract

Project details

9 months

London - hybrid, typically 1-2 days onsite per week

ASAP

£500 per day, outside IR35

We're supporting a leading organisation seeking a hands-on Okta Engineer to join its Identity team. You'll maintain and improve enterprise identity services, deliver application integrations and automate access management across a hybrid environment.

Key responsibilities

Skills and experience

CyberArk or other Privileged Access Management experience would be beneficial.

• Configure and maintain Okta SSO integrations using SAML and OpenID Connect.
• Implement automated application provisioning and deprovisioning through SCIM.
• Support and improve joiner, mover and leaver processes.
• Troubleshoot authentication, authorisation, account and access issues.
• Develop automation using PowerShell and Terraform.
• Build operational identity dashboards and analyse Okta and directory data.
• Work closely with application owners, Cyber Security and operational teams.
• Maintain platform configurations, monitoring and technical documentation.
• Hands-on experience administering and supporting Okta Workforce.
• Strong understanding of SSO, SAML, OIDC, MFA and identity life cycle management.
• Experience implementing SCIM provisioning.
• Familiarity with Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace.
• Practical PowerShell Scripting and Terraform experience.
• Experience building dashboards using BigQuery, Looker Studio or comparable data visualisation tools.
• Proficiency with Google Sheets.
• Understanding of DNS, SSL certificates and Okta security best practices.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation and stakeholder communication skills.
• Start: 2026-10-26 00:00:00
• Duration: 9-months
• Location: London, UK, GB