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Senior Security Engineer

Okta

Okta

Software Engineering
Poland
Posted on Jun 30, 2023

Get to know Okta


Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Platform Security Engineer at Okta Customer Identity Cloud

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Customer Identity Cloud, an Okta business unit, is an easy-to-implement, adaptable authentication and authorization platform. If you are a problem solver wanting to improve the lives of our developers, look no further - the DX domain is where you want to be. Our domain’s mission is to provide a best-in-class developer experience for customers to enhance their end-users’ identity journey.

Remote; Poland or Spain

What You Will Do

  • Build and maintain security controls in our Cloud environment
  • Build tooling to make security frictionless for Okta platform engineers
  • Develop design patterns, standards and best practices for Cloud security
  • Support our engineering teams in developing secure Cloud infrastructure
  • Identify gaps in our security posture and prioritize remediation efforts

You’re a good fit for this role if:

  • You have 5+ years of experience in Cloud Security Engineering
  • You have strong knowledge of AWS or Azure or GCP services and security controls
  • You have proficiency with at least one of the following languages
    • Python
    • Go
    • JavaScript
  • You have proficiency with writing and deploying Terraform code
  • You have strong written and verbal communication skills

Bonus points if:

  • You have experience in the identity and access management (IAM) domain.
  • You have experience working with and securing containers and Kubernetes.
  • You have experience working with a fully distributed, remote team.
  • You have a robust knowledge of security engineering and application security.
  • You have experience with developer enablement and accelerating development teams through best practices and shared tooling.

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What you can look forward to as an Okta employee!

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please use this Form to request an accommodation.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy/.