Sr Solutions Engineer, Large Enterprise, UK&I
London
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Sr Solutions Engineer, Large Enterprise, UK&I
The UK&I Solutions Engineering team guides Okta customers through their entire journey, from initial engagement to upsell and cross-sell, using their expertise in presentations, events, and meetings to ensure customers drive maximum value from our platform. We are looking for great teammates that can build sales presentations, product demonstrations, and educate customers (everyone from developers to product managers to C-level executives) on Identity Security.
Okta’s Solutions Engineers empathise with customers and quickly discern their true technical needs by asking detailed and clarifying questions and presenting solutions that target those needs. You have the rare combination of technical savviness and business insight and you’re looking for a career where you can utilise both. As a Solutions Engineer at Okta, you will hone each of these skills by advising a diverse set of customers on what is possible using Okta’s Identity Platform.
What you’ll be doing:
* Involved in all stages of the customer’s sales lifecycle in the role of trusted technical advisor.
* Building sales presentations, product demonstrations, and educate customers (everyone from developers to product managers to C-level executives) on the best ways to secure identity.
* Empathise with customers and quickly discern their true technical needs by asking detailed and clarifying questions and presenting solutions that target those needs.
* Using your technical savviness and business insights, you will hone each of these skills by advising a diverse set of customers on what is possible using Okta’s Identity Platform
What you’ll bring to the role:
* A passion to serve the customer, with experience working within PreSales (e.g. Sales Engineer, Solutions Engineer, PreSales Consultant)
* An ability to quickly communicate complex ideas around a technical topic, ideally on the fly at a whiteboard
* Knowledge of and/or experience with at least one standard network security protocol (eg. OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, LDAP)
* Knowledge of and/or experience in identity governance and administration (IGA): identity lifecycle management, access reviews, role-based access control (RBAC), and policy enforcement
* Knowledge of and/or experience in Privilege Access Management (PAM): familiarity with concepts such as least privilege, just-in-time (JIT) access, session monitoring, and vaulting privileged credentials to secure critical assets
* An understanding of core security concerns within a typical application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF)
* An understanding of sales methodologies and best practice, including awareness of MEDDPICCC
* Experience working with Large Enterprise and/or Strategic sectors
* Excellent communication skills and an ability to articulate business value
* An ability to disperse knowledge to a highly skilled and experienced audience.
* Enjoy travel and meeting customers
* Enjoy collaborating with cross functional teams to drive success
And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!
* Experience with Identity & Access Management, Single Sign-on and API-based solutions
* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS or a comparable field
* Software Developer experience
What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!
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! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/ .
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