Staff Security Engineer - FederalActive

The opportunity

We are expanding this team to support Okta’s Public Sector roadmap by hiring a Staff Software Engineer in the DC area. You’ll work closely with Security, Business Technology Engineering, and Product teams to implement and manage security solutions, ensuring our core…

What you'll do

  • + years of strong coding and scripting experience, with a focus on building: automation and custom tooling for security engineering teams.

  • Experience with Python is required; proficiency in other languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell, Go) is a plus.

  • Experience developing and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines for onboarding: security data into Okta’s security data lake.

  • Experience working with security teams to integrate log sources and ensure seamless data ingestion.

  • Ability to build and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant data pipelines to process security event data.

  • Proven track record of automating security controls and workflows using a cloud-first approach.

What they're looking for

  • Experience with Terraform and other infrastructure-as-code tools to orchestrate security infrastructure.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for security automation and drift management.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with technical: staff, support teams, executive leadership, and external vendors.
  • + years of experience building engineering solutions within highly regulated: environments such as FedRAMP High, IL4, IL5, and/or IL6 is a plus.