At Ignite IT, we partner with federal agencies to modernize IT infrastructure, streamline identity systems, and safeguard mission-critical data. We're a passionate team of engineers, strategists, and technologists who bring clarity to complexity. As we scale our Identity & Access Management (IAM) practice, we're looking for a skilled Okta Engineer to help our clients confidently secure and scale their cloud identity ecosystems. As an Okta Engineer, you will be a key contributor on the Identity Management and Domain Services Branch. You’ll design, deploy, and support Okta-based authentication and identity workflows for a dynamic federal environment. This role requires strong technical depth in identity federation, lifecycle management, and automation—along with the ability to work independently and collaboratively across multiple teams.
What You’ll Do
- Architect & Configure Okta Services:
Lead the design, deployment, and management of Okta Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) including Okta Verify, and Lifecycle Management across the enterprise. - Integrate & Secure Applications:
Implement secure identity integrations with SaaS apps and on-prem systems using SAML, OIDC, SCIM, SSL Certificates and REST APIs. - Automate Workflows:
Develop scripts, authentication policies, routing rules and workflows to automate provisioning, deprovisioning, and identity governance using Okta Workflows and tools like PowerShell or Python. - Ensure System Integrity & Uptime:
Monitor Okta performance, logs, and security events. Collaborate with InfoSec and Infrastructure teams to remediate risks and enhance reliability. - Support IAM Projects:
Lead or support key identity modernization efforts, migrations, and policy rollouts. - Document & Share Knowledge:
Produce architecture diagrams, runbooks, SOPs, and contribute to team training and onboarding.
What You Bring
- A minimum of 8 years of professional IT experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) and our IT security related experience.
- A bachelor's degree in a related field or an associate's degree and 2+ additional years of experience.
- 3+ years of experience administering Okta in a production environment.
- Proven experience with:
- SAML, OIDC, SCIM, LDAP, AD/Azure AD integration, AWS SSO Integration.
- Custom app integration, user/group mappings, MFA policies.
- Identity lifecycle automation and scripting (PowerShell, Python, JavaScript).
- Experience in a federal or highly regulated environment (FedRAMP, NIST preferred).
- Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, remote-first team.
Preferred Qualifications
- Okta Certified Professional or higher
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible).
- Exposure to CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Github, GitLab) and ITSM platforms (Remedy, ServiceNow).
- Background supporting hybrid cloud identity strategies (AWS, Azure).
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
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What We Do
Passion and Purpose. We are a start-up borne out of a group of architects and engineers providing solutions that transform with digital breakthroughs. We Partner - Partnership to us means being all in - on the ground, in the weeds, producing and delivering mission solutions. We Innovate - driving digital innovation and experimentation to improve decision services for the American people. We Engage – co-creating to deliver HCD (human centered design) to solve tour customers digital challenges. We Deliver – and take pride and accountability in everything we do. We are Ignite IT. Ignite IT deploys teams that are customer-obsessed, delivering a CX (Customer Experience) renaissance to our Private and Public Sector customers. We combine Commercial BX (Business of Experience) with customer delivery experts to benefit agencies to innovate and improve services and launch new digital solutions. We have built a company foundation dependent on each of our employee’s success, and provide a healthy, engaging, community where learning and knowledge sharing are encouraged. We empower our employees to be bold, continually innovate and propose new ideas to improve processes and services. We engage daily on work that touches millions of people, always focusing on positive impacts and results. We enable mission services that enable Enterprise companies to succeed in digital transformation, protect Border Agents, deploy the Army Reserve and National Guard, providing decision dominance to make America safer. We apply these digital services across the Private and Public Sectors to include include HHS, DHS, AOUSC and Army. We aim to continually raise the bar for our customers to expect more from their digital services. For more information, visit www.igniteitservices.com
