Sr. Cloud Security Engineer (Okta Identity Platform Engineering)
Core
Design, implement, and maintain enterprise-scale identity solutions and automation for Okta Workforce Identity Cloud to secure access across the enterprise.
Role type
Senior IC Cloud Security Engineer (Identity Platform)
Builds
Scalable identity architectures, automation frameworks, and secure authentication controls for enterprise platforms.
Domain
Cloud Security, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Platform Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Okta Workforce Identity Cloud, SAML 2.0, OIDC/OAuth 2.0, SCIM Provisioning, Okta APIs, MFA/Adaptive Authentication, FIDO2, Identity Lifecycle Management, Disaster Recovery Planning, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OpenTofu), Python/PowerShell scripting, AWS Services (Lambda, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch), Splunk/Log Analysis
Preferred skills
Identity Threat Protection, Behavior Detection, Okta AI/Agentic AI, Event-Driven Architectures, Identity Governance, GCP/Azure security controls, PKI/Certificate management
Technologies
Okta, AWS, Terraform, OpenTofu, Python, PowerShell, Splunk, GitHub, Git
Responsibilities
Design and implement enterprise-scale identity solutions; Lead application onboarding and federation; Develop automation solutions using APIs and IaC; Own platform resiliency and disaster recovery; Implement secure authentication and access controls; Mentor engineers and drive technical standards.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership