Security Architect - U.S. Public Sector
About The Position
The U.S. Public Sector Security Architect is a key member of Okta’s Security Federal team, working across engineering, product, sales, marketing, and other functions to support the growth of Okta’s public sector business. The role provides strategic leadership and expertise on identity and security requirements in the public sector, with a focus on meeting customers’ security and compliance needs. The position is located within the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The architect leads the technical vision, priorities, and roadmaps for highly regulated products and services; partners with security, compliance, engineering, management, and go-to-market teams; supports compliance validation and continuous monitoring; and represents Okta Security with classified Intelligence Community and Department of Defense customers. The role also supports Okta’s federal agentic infrastructure and business processes, builds agentic workflows to automate complex tasks, and mentors junior engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
- 10+ years of experience across security, compliance, or technology.
- Prior experience working within or supporting the U.S. Public Sector.
- TS/SCI Clearance with Poly.
- Must be on U.S. soil, defined as the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or U.S. outlying areas under FAR 2.101.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) to the extent required by U.S. Government contracts.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the point of contact and subject matter expert for highly regulated public sector initiatives across the company.
- Lead and define the technical vision for highly regulated products and services.
- Define priorities and roadmaps for meeting highly regulated requirements.
- Work with management, sales, customer success managers, and the go-to-market team to set expectations and validate communications.
- Communicate requirements across security, compliance, and engineering teams.
- Work with security and compliance teams on vulnerability management, security standards, and compliance validation.
- Review, validate, and update System Security Plans (SSPs) in coordination with GRC and engineering teams.
- Review network and boundary compliance diagrams and work with TechOps to keep them updated.
- Partner with TPM on project planning, execution, problem resolution, obstacle removal, and status reports.
- Define and collaborate with product engineering architects on new features for Okta’s U.S. Public Sector Compliance production infrastructure.
- Review significant service changes and coordinate significant change requests with DISA/DoD and FedRAMP.
- Work with Product and Engineering to ensure the platform supports U.S. Public Sector use cases.
- Assist the GRC team in conducting the CONMON process effectively.
- Build and implement agentic workflows to automate complex tasks.
- Assist in supporting and maintaining Okta’s Federal agentic infrastructure and business processes.
- Represent Okta Security with Intelligence Community and DoD classified customers.
- Clarify design and solution discovery processes and guide teams on meeting classified requirements.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers.
Benefits
- Equity, where applicable.
- Bonus.
- Health insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- 401(k).
- Flexible spending account.
- Paid leave, including PTO and parental leave.
- Immersive, in-person onboarding experience.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
