Senior Solutions Architect, Auth0

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We are seeking a Pre sales Architect to join our team of identity security experts. In this role, you will leverage your technical expertise and business acumen to drive customer success, helping organisations modernise and secure their identity ecosystems. As a trusted advisor, you will collaborate with enterprise customers, channel partners, and internal teams to deliver innovative identity and access management (IAM) solutions that align with business goals. This role requires a balance of strategic thinking, technical depth, and exceptional communication skills to translate complex identity challenges into solutions that address customer needs. You'll play a pivotal role in accelerating sales cycles, enabling technical wins, and shaping the future of identity in your region.

Customer Engagement & Solution Design

Collaborate with customers to understand their business objectives, technical challenges, and security needs. Design and present tailored identity and access management (IAM) solutions using Auth0. Lead workshops, whiteboarding sessions, and technical deep dives with enterprise stakeholders.

Technical Expertise & Enablement

Deliver live architecture workshops, drive proofs of concept (POCs) as part of a team, and pilot deployments to showcase Auth0's capabilities. Stay up to date on emerging threats, compliance regulations, and industry trends to guide customers in future proofing their identity strategies.

Business Alignment & Thought Leadership

Align identity solutions with customers' business priorities, focusing on efficiency, security maturity, and ROI. Address regional compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, DORA ) and navigate micro macro economic factors affecting budgets. Represent the company as a technical leader at customer meetings, industry events, and webinars.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Alignment

Partner with account teams (AEs + SEs) to define account strategies and drive customer success. Act as a conduit between customers and product teams, ensuring feedback informs the product roadmap. Collaborate with professional services and customer success teams for seamless solution delivery. Engage with Partners to support co sell motions, ensure alignment on solution positioning, and provide technical enablement during pre deal registration and opportunity qualification. Act as an overlay support resource for complex opportunities, helping SEs craft tailored strategies that address unique customer challenges while accelerating deal velocity.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in identity protocols (OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML, LDAP)
• Understanding of core security concerns within a typical application (password hashing, SSL/TLS, encryption at rest, XSS, XSRF)
• Hands on experience with APIs, SDKs (JavaScript, HTML, frontend frameworks) development, mobile (iOS, Android) development, backend (Java, C#, Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby), and developer tooling for identity integrations.

Business & Strategic Skills

• Ability to align technical solutions with business outcomes and articulate ROI to stakeholders.
• Familiarity with regional compliance and regulatory frameworks, tailoring solutions to meet specific requirements.
• Awareness of threat landscapes and emerging risks, including AI driven attacks, insider threats, and privilege misuse.

Soft Skills

• Strong presentation skills leveraging multiple mediums like whiteboarding, capable of engaging technical and non technical audiences.
• Exceptional collaboration skills to work across customers, partners, and internal teams.
• Problem solving mindset with the ability to adapt to evolving requirements and priorities.

• 8+ years in pre sales, solution architecture, or a related field within the identity space with hands on experience in enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in Customer Identity & Access Management (IAM) platforms such as Okta, Auth0, Microsoft, Keycloak, or similar solutions.
• Experience tailoring customer IAM strategies to specific industries or addressing international challenges.
• Proficiency in an additional language relevant to your region (e.g., German, French, Arabic).

Below is the annual On Target Compensation (OTE) range for candidates located in the United Kingdom: £119,000 - £160,000 GBP. Your actual OTE, which is inclusive of base salary and incentive compensation, will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable) and comprehensive healthcare coverage and financial benefits including paid time off and parental leave in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit:

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