IAM / Okta Analyst – Authorization POC

Location: Remote across Canada — preference for candidates in Quebec

Experience: Senior / hands-on IAM & Okta experience

Duration: Until the end of the year, with potential renewal for several years

Hours: 35 hours/week

About the Role

Our client is a leading insurance organization currently modernizing and expanding its Identity & Access Management capabilities. They are looking for an IAM / Okta Analyst to support the design, implementation, and validation of a Proof of Concept (POC) focused on Okta Authorization .

The organization already uses Okta for both internal employees and external customer portal users . The successful candidate will take ownership of the POC from analysis and configuration through application/API integration and testing, while also providing recommendations for the eventual production implementation.

This is a hands-on opportunity for someone who enjoys working across IAM architecture, Okta configuration, OAuth/OIDC integration, security testing, and troubleshooting .

Main Responsibilities

- Assess the existing Okta and IAM environment and identify requirements for the authorization POC.




- Define authorization use cases for internal and external users and design appropriate authorization models.
- Configure Okta Authorization Servers, scopes, claims, policies, and access tokens .
- Implement and integrate OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect flows with target applications and APIs.
- Develop and execute functional and security test scenarios while troubleshooting integration and configuration issues.
- Document the POC architecture, configuration, results, and recommendations while supporting knowledge transfer and production planning .

Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with Okta / Okta Identity Engine in enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of IAM, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, access tokens, scopes, claims, and audiences .
- Proven experience integrating applications and APIs with Identity Providers (IdP) .
- Ability to work across the full lifecycle: analysis, configuration, integration, testing, and troubleshooting .
- Strong documentation, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently.
- Experience with API security, RBAC/ABAC, MFA, FIDO2/WebAuthn/Passkeys , or an Okta certification is considered a robust asset.

📌 IAM Analyst (Canada)
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