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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 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.
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Senior Product Security Engineer, Red Team
Within the Product Security team, our Red Team delivers robust security assurance for Okta's products, services, and infrastructure.
We seek a senior-level member to join our Red Team. Your role will include ideating, planning, leading, and executing red team engagements against Okta’s assets. Your role will also extend to cultivating stakeholder collaboration and elevating our company’s security posture through strategic engagement and proactive measures.
What You Will Do
- Execute comprehensive red team engagements against Okta’s products, services, and infrastructure following industry best practices.
- Collaborate closely with Defensive, Engineering, Product, and Business Technologies teams to comprehend their security needs and pinpoint opportunities for collaboration.
- Collaborate with Product Management to drive security features and enhancements.
- Deliver security presentations, representing Okta with authority in private and public forums.
What You Bring
- Extensive professional background in Offensive Security tools, techniques, and procedures
- Strong familiarity with operating within cloud and non-Windows environments
- Working knowledge of Blue Team operations and related technologies
- Experience writing proof-of-concept scripts to demonstrate vulnerability exploitation or general security tool development
- Experience in reversing binaries, bypassing EDR signatures, fuzzing techniques, or attacking network protocols
- Ability to adapt, adjust strategies, and iterate to overcome security controls
- Knowledge of current cryptographic algorithms and techniques
- Expertise in modern web application components, architecture, and design principles
- Strong understanding of modern business technologies, architectures, and practices
- Ability to communicate and present vulnerability risks and remediation options to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working with cross-functional teams, possessing exceptional stakeholder management skills
- Ability to maintain operational security in high-pressure scenarios
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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! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.
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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