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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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.

Enterprise Security Architect

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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.

The Security team’s mission is to strengthen Okta’s position as the leading Identity-as-a- Service solutions through identifying and resolving risks to the employees, product, and most importantly, our customers. With the ever-increasing pace of cloud application adoption, companies are struggling to find ways to accurately assess risk and act at the speed of their business.

The Enterprise Security Architect role guides and defines the overarching technical security strategies and partners across multiple functions as a trusted leader to support and ensure the secure development of architecture solutions and technology strategy.

The Enterprise Security Architect actively collaborates with Okta’s technology leaders to develop and drive security strategies across Okta. The position is a crucial role in ensuring that Okta’s systems and services meet the highest security standards and align with our customers’ requirements.

The Enterprise Security Architect will conduct, or assist with conducting, designing, planning, implementing and operationalization of infrastructure, applications, and systems, including selection and deployment of cybersecurity technologies. This position requires an astute collaborator, who thrives working with multiple stakeholders and can align cross-functional teams in security decisions making and solutions.

This position may be located anywhere in the USA.

What You Will Do

• Review current security architecture, plan and build target-state security architecture for Okta’s enterprise systems, infrastructure and corporate technology environments, and lead security architecture decisions through consultation and partnership with technology and business stakeholders
• Ensure Okta’s security strategy is aligned with business objectives, regularly reviewed for effectiveness, and successfully delivered
• Design and architect secure, scalable, and high-performance solutions that align with business and customer needs, incorporating security best practices from the outset.
• Contribute to risk assessment and threat model development to assess potential attack vectors and develop mitigations through architecture of appropriate security mechanisms
• Research new services, security controls, or emerging security technology that will further mature the security of the Okta enterprise and its products and services, including engaging with third parties and partners for strategic security initiatives
• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to assess and explain risks, threats, exploits to make risk-informed security decisions
• Communicate Okta’s enterprise security architecture and direction, as well as reporting on the state of security across Okta’s enterprise systems to security and engineering teams and leaders across the organization.
• Establish security metrics and define KPIs to determine areas for further maturity and improvement

What You Bring

• 10+ years of experience in information security with a focus on security architecture, enterprise systems, infrastructure security, and secure application design
• Proficiency in security frameworks and standards (NIST, ISO 27001, PCI, FedRAMP preferred)
• Strong knowledge of cloud security (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with security tools and technologies (e.g., SASE, EDR/XDR, CASB, DLP)
• Excellent communication, collaboration and executive presentation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Industry certific