Enterprise Security Architect

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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 certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CISA highly desired
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a related field (Master's degree preferred)
• A growth mindset and willingness to learn & continuously improve

What you can look forward to as an Okta employee

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Okta

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:

$231,000—$347,000 USD

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, 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:

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:

$206,000—$310,000 USD

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

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

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

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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.

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