valimailinc Remote - US Full-time 2024-09-20

Company Overview

Valimail is a fast growing, venture funded startup and the leader in Email Authentication as a Service. Here is your chance to get in on the ground floor at an important technology innovator and to help build a major business service category. We have built a revolutionary platform on top of open standards — DMARC, DKIM, and SPF — for the first time it makes it possible for any organization to protect itself against email impersonation. Valimail pioneered the notion of automated email authentication, with innovative components like our DNS-based Authenticator (including our patented Instant SPF). We’re committed to building a more trusted email ecosystem.

Frequently cited statistics show that women and underrepresented classes will only apply to roles if they feel they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Valimail, we encourage you to break through that statistic. Roles evolve over time, especially with innovation, and you may be just the person we need in the future. NO ONE ever meets 100% of the qualifications. We hope you’re open to learning new skills in order to grow with us. Make our team, your team!

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior IAM Engineer to assist Valimail on a contract basis. You will be providing part-time, daily support to the organization on a variety of Okta migration responsibilities and IT-operations.

Hours Expected: 15-25 hours/per week from September 30th, 2024 (flexible) – January 24, 2025

Time Zones Preferred: Central, Mountain, Pacific – Must be willing to work Pacific Time hours, afternoons. 

Compensation Rate: $90-100/h, biweekly pay schedule. 

What You’ll Be Doing:

Okta OIE Upgrade

  • Upgrade our production Okta tenant to OIE
  • Test and purpose a solution to replace the legacy saml2aws command in use by R&D for command line/script authentication to AWS
  • Review, redesign, and document AWS authorization roles of R&D and support personas federated by Okta
  • Map and implement a similar authorization structure in our production Azure environment federated by Okta
  • Document, train, and communicate the process to R&D for the Okta OIE upgrade
  • Troubleshoot issues with the OIE upgrade following go live

Stand up Okta Gov environment

  • Migrate applications with provisioning and deprovisioning to the new environment
  • Stand up a new domain or subdomain for the Gov environment identities
  • Test and QA new Gov environment
  • Document configurations and architecture
  • Configure new identities, including users and service accounts in the new Gov environment
  • Document, train, and communicate the process to employees getting setup with new Gov environment identities
  • Troubleshoot issues with the Gov instance following go live

Okta Device Trust implementation

  • Plan, configure, test, and deploy device trust roll out locking Okta sign in Kandji
  • Plan, configure, test and deploy adaptive MFA roll out to enforce security policies on BYOD endpoints
  • Document configurations and architecture in Confluence
  • Document, train, and communicate the process to employees

Automate UARs

  • Review current UAR processes
  • Automate monthly UAR processes
  • Document, train, and communicate the process to UAR stakeholders and participants
  • Troubleshoot issues with the UAR process automations following go live

About You:

  • 8+ years of relevant IAM Engineer  experience
  • Experience in a fast-paced fully remote SaaS startup
  • Effectively provide end users with directions during fully remote troubleshooting via Zoom and Slack
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain technical issues in non-technical terms
  • Experience with our tech stack: Okta, Jira, Zoom, Google Workspace, macOS

Who We Are

Valimail is the global leader in zero-trust email security. The company’s full line of cloud-native solutions authenticate sender identity to stop phishing, protect brands, and ensure compliance; they are used by organizations ranging from neighborhood shops to some of the world’s largest organizations, including Uber, Splunk, Yelp, Mercedes Benz USA, and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Valimail is the fastest-growing DMARC solution with the largest global market share and is the premier DMARC partner for Microsoft 365 environments. 

Why Join Us?

  • Competitive pay 
  • Remote First Company, you can work anywhere within the US
  • Flexible work environment. We believe balanced, happy, relaxed people do better work

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