Offer summary

Qualifications:

5+ years of experience securing corporate SaaS applications like Salesforce and Google Workspace., 3+ years of experience with enterprise security solutions and cloud environments, particularly AWS., Proficiency in a modern scripting language, preferably Python, for automation tasks., Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on security guidance and risk assessment..

Key responsabilities:

Collaborate with security architecture to design and evaluate end-to-end SaaS security solutions.

Implement relevant SaaS security solutions and automate security checks for various applications.

Manage relationships with internal teams for asset discovery, risk assessment, and vulnerability mitigation.

Stay updated on emerging security solutions and tools while responding to incident requests on a scheduled basis.

Job description

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.

Join Okta’s Enterprise Security team as a senior engineer. You’ll work closely with the Security, Business Technology and our Product Security teams to safeguard Okta’s endpoints, specifically our SaaS applications, API integrations, and Browser Plugins. You’ll use your skills in IT, security, and development to build, automate, secure, test, and operationalize solutions that achieve security and business objectives.

Preferred experience with enterprise security tools for API Security Posture Management, SSPM (SaaS Secure Posture Management), Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM), Unified Vulnerability Management (custom-built), Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM), Cloud Asset Monitoring (cloudquery), DLP (Data Loss Prevention), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), and Data Loss Prevention (DLP). The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of automating cloud-first solutions and be comfortable communicating with support staff, technical leadership, and management.

The most important quality is an innate desire to make tools and people work together to solve complex problems with expertise, creativity, and a security-first mindset.

What you’ll be doing

Collaborate with security architecture to design and evaluate solutions and processes for end-to-end SaaS security architecture.
Own the implementation of relevant SaaS security solutions.
Build and automate security checks for desktop applications, SaaS solutions, APIs (machine-to-machine) and browser plugins.
Automate continuous posture checks into permission scope for third-party applications and business-critical systems.
Own relationships with internal teams and contribute to asset and data discovery initiatives, risk assessment, security control contextualization, vulnerability triage, and mitigation.
Work with internal stakeholders and vendors to evaluate new SaaS solutions before they are deployed or critical changes are made to existing SaaS solutions.
Follow timezone-specific on-call schedules to respond to requests from incident response, GRC, IT, and end-users.
Build and update custom automation to support the team’s workflows.
Stay updated on emerging security solutions and tools.

What you’ll bring to the role

5+ years experience securing corporate SaaS applications (Salesforce, Google Workspace, Slack).
3+ years experience working with enterprise security solutions.
3+ years experience working in AWS or other cloud environments.
3+ years experience with a modern scripting language (Python preferred).
Experience providing security guidance and mitigations to teams.
Experience evaluating third-party software solutions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
A streamlined approach to meeting objectives in line with Okta's Secure Identity Commitment.

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!

Experience leading projects
Experience working with identity management technologies (MFA, SAML, WebAuthn)
Experience working with the Okta Identity Platform

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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/can.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:

$114,000—$172,000 USD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

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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, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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