Lead Engineer OKTA

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.

Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara, and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle — from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

We are the Identity and Access Management (IAM) team, part of Enterprise Information Security at Hitachi Digital, and we are passionate advocates of information security! We maintain key tools and software in our corporate environment that ensures the proper identity and access management of our employees, vendors, customers, and partners.

We are out-of-the-box thinkers, innovators, and team players. We continuously seek new and better ways to enhance our practices and strive for nothing less than excellence in our cybersecurity operations. We are looking for highly motivated individuals with a positive attitude who want to be part of something exceptional. We strive for nothing less than the very best IAM program!

• As an experienced, technically sound Sr Okta Engineer with 5–7 years IAM experience, you will join a team of IAM/Okta engineers. Working closely with other teams, you will help to mature the Identity and Access Management program at Hitachi Digital.
• As an expert at managing, configuring, and developing IAM platforms, you will be responsible for maintaining the health and proper functioning of our internal identity ecosystem. This includes designing and maintaining workflows around user onboarding, access requests, certification, and developing integrations for Authentication and Authorization using protocols such as SAML and OIDC/OAuth2.0.

• Strong/expert-level understanding of authentication mechanisms and protocols including OIDC/OAuth and SAML, and key related security concepts such as MFA, and how these are used with Okta and other IdPs.
• Familiarity with Okta’s public facing API collections and development SDKs.
• Knowledge of advanced Okta SKUs such as Okta Access Gateway, Okta Workflows, and Okta Identity Governance.
• Okta certifications are highly encouraged – Okta Certified Administrator or higher.
• Strong/expert-level experience integrating applications with Okta for SSO.
• Comfort and skill with PowerShell, Terraform, CI/CD tooling, and Infrastructure as Code best practices.
• Understanding of modern cybersecurity threats and how a successful IAM program can mitigate them.
• Great interpersonal skills: good written & oral communication in English, ability & willingness to work within an international team, collaborative & team-oriented approach, self-driven, adaptable to new technologies, detail-oriented, and quality-focused.

• Tier 3 end user support
• Creating, reviewing, and maintaining custom OAuth and OIDC integrations with Okta
• Management of application, org, and authorization server access policies
• Architecting, maintaining, developing, and supporting integrations with critical platforms such as Oracle, Workday, Active Directory, and Azure
• Managing and integrating applications with the Okta Access Gateway
• Developing Okta Workflows to drive critical business processes
• Developing custom code to interact with Okta’s public APIs (Terraform and PowerShell experience encouraged)
• Managing Org2Org federations with other companies in the Hitachi Group
• Implementing advanced Okta features including FastPass, Device Management and Assurance Policies, Desktop MFA, and Identity Threat Management
• Mentoring junior team members
• Completing code reviews for automation and tenant management
• Experience implementing Okta Identity Governance is encouraged

We’re a global, 1000-strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate, and empowered — blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with shaping our future.

Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future

Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion 

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.