Solutions Engineer

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Okta is The World's Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we're looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

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About The Team
Global Innovation Center SE team (Presales):

Over the last 3 years, Okta in Bangalore has fueled our growth around the world. The Global Innovation Center Presales team has been a crucial part of this growth. We are expanding this team made up of exceptional high-performing individuals. In this team, you will focus on being a customer-facing solution engineer crafting identity and security solutions for commercial segments in the US, ranging from digitally native start-ups to scaling SMBs.

As a Solutions Engineer you will:

• Support our customers along their sales journey by showing them the value of the Okta technology through live demonstrations and sales presentations.
• Sell directly to IT managers, developers, product managers, and occasionally more senior executives across various industries..
• Have a focus on our Okta Workforce Identity solutions and be able to model how this solution will support their current architecture requirements and use cases
• Execute well-defined, outcome-focused POCs
• Maintain a broad and deep technical understanding of the Okta product line and the underlying technologies and protocols
• Occasionally participate in local and regional events evangelising Okta as a presenter and an attendee.

We are looking for:

• Ability to work in the US time zone.
• A minimum of 5 years of working experience in IAM or a related SaaS field as a pre-sales engineer.
• Expertise or hands-on experience in IAM, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, passwordless authentication, universal directory, privileged access, and device access is preferred.
• Experience working with REST APIs and SDKs.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas and solutions, incorporating white-boarding, practical examples, and product demonstrations.
• Experience in a customer-facing role such as consulting, customer support, or pre-sales.
• Strong empathy, listening skills and time management skills.

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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