Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Okta for AI Agents
Core
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer defining reference architectures and patterns for agent identity, delegation, audit, and kill-switch mechanisms across enterprise accounts.
Role type
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Agent Identity)
Builds
Trusted identity infrastructure for AI agents, including authorization, audit trails, and safety controls.
Domain
Enterprise Security / AI Agents / Identity & Access Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
distributed systems, identity protocols (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, DPoP), fine-grained authorization (ReBAC, ABAC, OPA, Cedar, OpenFGA), AI agent security frameworks (OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications, NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS), MCP, A2A, ISO/IEC 42001, EU AI Act, HIPAA, FedRAMP, SOC 2, technical leadership, mentoring, customer-facing authority.
Preferred skills
contribution to standards or open source.
Technologies
OPA, Cedar, OpenFGA, MCP, A2A
Responsibilities
Define canonical agent identity and delegation patterns; lead strategic and novel deployments; review architectures and coach senior engineers; synthesize field patterns to shape product roadmap; represent Okta as technical authority to C-suite; resolve complex technical and political situations; set standards for evals and observability; build reusable modules and internal tooling.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship
