Services Presales Senior Consultant · Okta

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:45:34 GMT
Engineering

Okta · Bellevue, Washington; Los Angeles, California; Oregon; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington · $157,000-$215,000 USD · hybrid

We are looking for a Services Presales Senior Consultant to join our team. As a Services Presales Senior Consultant, you will be responsible for leading the pre-sales discovery of functional and technical requirements required to establish an Identity platform for our customers. You will work with Partners, Customers and Engagement Managers to document and mitigate technical risk identified during discovery.

Support creation of services estimates to implement the proposed solution. Review services estimates to ensure project scope can be successfully delivered as outlined - technical risk is appropriately mitigated and timelines follow staffing guidelines. Develop co-delivery proposals by identifying and engaging appropriate partners. Drive New Product Introduction (NPI) across PS by training Engagement Managers and developing associated assets such as scope modules, SKUs, success stories and enablement toolkits.

Minimum REQUIRED Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

5+ years of overall IT / software development experience, solution design and technical architecture experience

2+ years of Okta implementation experience

3+ years of consulting experience

3+ years driving application architecture design

3+ years of experience with (IAM) architectures

Experience with employee and customer identity use cases: HR driven identity, Active Directory, SSO, SaaS application integrations.

Experience with Identity Governance and Privileged Access Management use cases.

Demonstrated ability to work and interact with high-level customer executives and technical resources.

Experience in supporting discovery workshops to derive customer requirements and specifications.

Experience in developing functional specifications and system design specifications for customer engagements.

Strong knowledge of Security Architecture, Design and Operations, LDAP, Active Directory, SSO, SAML, OIDC, RBAC, OAuth, JSON, REST.

Experience integrating with a multitude of On-Prem and SaaS based products.

Exhibits confidence and a deep understanding of emerging industry practices when solving business problems.

Identifies critical issues with ease.

Effectively communicates technical information to non-technical audiences.

Manages customer expectations effectively.

Application design experience.

Clear and Dynamic Communication.

Ability to travel up to 50%

Highly Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of software development security and cryptography.

Familiarity with IAM solution providers.

Experience with API Gateways, CASB, and Reverse Proxies (NGINX)

Proficiency with various open-source software and development tools

Proficiency in one or more of the following: .Net, Ruby, Java, Python or Perl

Education and Certification:

A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline required.

Okta Certified Technical Architect or a combination of Okta Certified Consultant and Okta Certified Developer is a plus.

CISSP certification is a plus.

TOGAF certification is a plus.

OTE range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between $176,000-$242,000 USD. Below is the annual On Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual OTE, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation, will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies.