Okta Architect

Why we're hiring:

WPP Enterprise Technology provides Technology services for WPP, the world’s largest communications services group. As a creative transformation company, WPP is helping its clients transform the future through extraordinary work. WPP ET is an integral part of that journey, and we are proud to provide technology for some of the world’s most creative brands.

Define the OKTA target architecture and integration patterns for WPP, ensuring a secure, scalable identity platform. A retained architecture role that sets the standards Kyndryl and engineers build to.

What you'll be doing:

• Design the OKTA architecture, tenancy model and integration patterns.
• Set standards for SSO, MFA, lifecycle and API access management.
• Assure complex integrations and partner-delivered designs.
• Embed zero-trust and security-by-design into the identity platform.
• Advise the product owner on platform direction and roadmap.
• Set the architecture, patterns and guardrails that Kyndryl implements and operates within.
• Assure that partner-delivered designs and changes meet WPP security, resilience and standards.
• Act as design authority and approval gate for partner architecture decisions.

What you'll need:

•    Expert OKTA architecture and identity-platform design.
•    Federation, SCIM, OAuth/OIDC and API access management.
•    Zero-trust and identity-security architecture.
•    Integration design across complex application estates.
•    Architecture documentation and design-authority experience.
•    Recognised architecture experience in the relevant domain at enterprise scale.
•    Relevant architecture or platform certifications (e.g. TOGAF or vendor architect tracks).
•    Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.•    Sets the target architecture, standards and design patterns for the domain.
•    Designs for security, scale, resilience and total cost of ownership.
•    Influences engineering and vendor teams without direct authority.
•    Balances strategic ambition with pragmatic, deliverable decisions.
•    Stays current with platform direction and emerging capability.

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