Principal Okta Engineer

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Engineer – Okta Workflows & OIG to provide technical leadership on a large, multi-year identity transformation program in the health sector.

You will help move the customer from fragmented processes, inconsistent identity data and manual intervention to automated, governed and auditable provisioning and deprovisioning using Okta Workflows and Okta Identity Governance (OIG).

This is a hands-on principal-level role. You will set technical direction and lead delivery, while remaining close to the implementation through discovery, design, workflow development, configuration, integration, testing, troubleshooting, cutover and transition to operations.

What you’ll do

• Lead the program’s technical outcomes: Own current-state assessment, target-state design, implementation, migration and operational handover; guide engineers, resolve technical challenges and coordinate dependencies across identity, security, HR, application, infrastructure and service management teams.
• Engineer Okta Workflows: Architect, build, test, operate and optimise reliable joiner, mover and leaver automation, including integrations, approvals, exception handling, reconciliation, observability, secure API patterns and production support.
• Deliver Okta Identity Governance: Design practical and auditable access requests, approvals, entitlements, access catalogues, certifications, reviews and lifecycle controls, including phased coexistence and migration from legacy IGA or manual processes.
• Remediate identity data and provisioning: Define authoritative sources, improve data quality and attribute mastering, and replace manual provisioning with governed integrations using SCIM, REST APIs, directories, HR, ITSM, SaaS and custom applications.
• Protect health-sector operations: Apply privacy, least privilege, separation of duties, auditability and controlled change principles; design for resilience, recoverability and safe fallback where identity failures could affect critical users or services.
• Establish sustainable delivery and stakeholder practices: Set standards for design, testing, release, monitoring, documentation and support; lead workshops and technical assurance, advise customer stakeholders, and grow Versent’s capability through mentoring and reusable assets.

What you’ll bring

Mandatory experience

• Extensive, recent and hands-on experience designing, building, testing, troubleshooting and operating Okta Workflows in complex enterprise environments.
• Extensive experience delivering Okta Identity Governance (OIG) or comparable IGA solutions, including access requests, approvals, entitlements, access catalogues, certifications, reviews, lifecycle governance and audit controls.
• Proven success replacing fragmented or manual provisioning with automated, governed and supportable solutions, with strong knowledge of identity lifecycle management, JML processes, data quality, attribute mastering, least privilege and deprovisioning.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate Okta with HR platforms, Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID, ITSM tools, SaaS and custom applications using REST APIs, SCIM, JSON, webhooks or equivalent technologies.
• Strong engineering and operational capability across validation, error handling, reconciliation, retries, observability, auditability, secure secrets management, testing, migration and production support.
• Proven principal-level leadership across complex programs, with the communication, consulting and mentoring skills to influence stakeholders, guide delivery teams and remain hands-on.

Desirable experience

• Experience delivering identity and access solutions in healthcare or another highly regulated environment, with an understanding of diverse workforces, clinical and corporate applications, contractors, third parties and high-availability services.
• Experience with complex identity transformations, including legacy IGA coexistence, application rationalisation, role and entitlement modelling, and phased migration or cutover programs.
• Experience integrating Workday or other HR systems, ServiceNow or other ITSM platforms, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, LDAP, databases and enterprise SaaS applications; familiarity with Okta Workforce Identity capabilities is valued.
• Experience with Terraform, configuration-as-code, CI/CD or other DevOps practices, adjacent platforms such as SailPoint, CyberArk or Auth0, and technical assurance across privacy, security, compliance and audit requirements.

Life at Versent

We're a diverse team of motivated humans who think outside the box and strive to deliver what others might consider impossible. At Versent we truly care about our people and put real focus on cultivating a culture of learning, collaboration and growth.  We provide our teams with the space, trust, and support, to deliver the best work of their careers. To enable this, we have a culture that places a high value on continual feedback, excellence, and invention anchored in customer success.

We also offer our team:

• Flexibility: We give you the freedom to excel, providing as much autonomy and flexibility around when you work so you can manage your time in a way that best suits you to get the job done.

• Learning: We are passionate about continuous improvement and care about you investing in and developing your craft. Our Craft 180 Program is a holistic strategy for ongoing, meaningful skill and capability development with an ultimate goal to create an environment where people can learn and contribute in different ways to develop, practice and become masters of their craft.

• Access to Benefits That Fit Your Life: From salary packaging and purchased leave to novated leasing options, we offer a range of benefits designed to suit different lifestyles and priorities. There’s something for everyone.

• Health & Wellbeing Programmes: We focus on you as a whole person, with wellbeing initiatives that are to support you mentally, physically, emotionally and financially.

• Connection: Regular social activities across your team and the organisation.

• Recognition: We offer several reward & recognition programmes to acknowledge the amazing work that you do!

• Career opportunity: We provide the opportunity to work on diverse projects and initiatives that enable you to create a brilliant career.

At Versent, we don't adhere to a one-size-fits-all hiring strategy. We understand that you might not fulfill all the criteria for this position. Our celebration of diverse perspectives isn't just a value, it's a way to gain an edge. If you believe this opportunity is where you can thrive, don't be shy and apply! 

If you require any accommodations throughout the interview process, please get in touch with us by emailing [email protected].