Okta & Active Directory Administrator
First seen by Alion on Sep 29, 2026.
Job Summary :
As an AD and Okta Analyst, the candidate is expected to support various Identity and Access Management projects and work with the team to support extensive application portfolio.
Roles and Responsibilities :
- At least 5+ years of experience in IT with focus on Security Engineering and Identity Access Management (IAM).
- Strong Understanding of SAML / OAuth / OPEN ID Connect protocols and its behaviour.
- Good understanding of Okta single sign on along with multi-factor (OKTA Verify / RSA / SMS / etc.) authentications.
- Strong knowledge and proven experience on Okta SSO/MFA.
- Experience in integrating partners of different domains for achieving SSO using standards like SAML, OAuth and WS-Federation on Okta SSO/MFA platform.
- Experience in integrating applications with Okta SSO/MFA for achieving SSO, session management and password management solutions.
- Working with LDAP related technologies AD, OID, DS SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Hands-on experience.
- Design/build/install/configure/customize, implement, and support Identity and Access Management solutions using Okta Identity and Access Management components.
- Hands on experience implementing identity and access management/ Single Sign On SSO projects using Okta SSO/MFA solutions.
- Experience in implementing at least two IAM engagements, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and application support.
- Onboarding and off boarding of API Gateways accounts from Okta.
- Ability to administer and manage Okta Integration with different inhouse / hosted applications.
- Ability to set up Okta IDM (Authorization Server / AD Gent / IWA Agent) with all of applications (Web App/Mobile APP/Single Page etc.).
- Adding/Removing Claims from applications.
- Strong understanding on Application integration with OKTA and exposer towards working with OKTA vendor as needed.
- Good Understanding on Active Directory Services / ADLDS.
- Understanding on Network Level policies to limit the end user / Device Trust access.
- Prior experience with Active Directory Domain Admin (Active Directory design & architecture, Group Policy, Windows Server, Security, Active Directory troubleshooting) in production environment.
- Experience with Linux and Windows Operating Systems.
- Understanding of ITIL and Agile is a plus.
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills - with attention to details.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Experience with Ansible, PowerShell, Java, Python is a huge plus.
- Any experience with Active Directory DS & LDS, FIM/MIM, GPO, Change Auditor, Recovery Manager, Azure AD Connect is a huge plus.
- Hands on experience with the below Active directory tasks is a huge plus.
- Plan and execute Active Directory Domain Level Implementation & upgrades.
- Understanding of GPO's and implement them as per the requirement.
- Troubleshooting of replication / GPO / Authentication failure issues.
- Should have decent understanding on account lockouts issues.
- Capability of managing the Core operating system and apply the windows security patches manually as needed.
- A decent understanding of Azure AD and policy structure.
- The ability to create user-related policies in an Azure AD environment.
- Understanding of change auditor importance and usage.
- Understanding of the recovery manager tool (Quest) and its usage.
Education :
- B.E / B.Tech OR Any Graduate
Skills
Okta, Active Directory, iAM, Security Administration, Security, SAML, OAuth, Windows Server, Linux