Forward Deployed Engineer - Software Engineer

The Corporate Security Identity Team is on a mission to transform how our workforce ecosystem securely accesses the tools they need to do their best work, advancing from foundational controls to sophisticated, automated governance across our identity platforms and our emerging AI tooling.

As a Staff Security Engineer, you'll be a senior technical leader and strategic anchor on the team. You're passionate about designing elegant solutions to complex identity challenges, whether that's architecting enterprise-scale conditional access policies, codifying our identity platforms in Terraform, or building governance frameworks for AI agents and non-human identities. You'll be responsible for critical systems, write technical proposals that influence our roadmap, raise the bar through design and code review, and lead cross-functional initiatives that span Security, IT, Engineering, Compliance and People teams.

This isn't about maintaining the status quo- it's about architecting the future of identity security for a rapidly scaling company operating in regulated environments. *Because this role may need to support our FedRamp tech stack, hiring may be restricted to US citizens physically located in the US.

What you'll do

• Design comprehensive identity and AI access solutions that scale with our business growth, from AI agent governance frameworks to privileged access workflows that eliminate standing access through just-in-time provisioning
• Lead identity and access engineering for our enterprise AI platforms including administration, SSO and SCIM integration, audit logging, data controls, and policy enforcement for Claude (web, Claude Code, Cowork) and adjacent tools
• Codify our identity platforms in Terraform, leading the migration of Okta, Lumos, and our NHI platform from click-ops to peer-reviewed infrastructure-as-code, with a focus on global critical policies
• Refactor our authentication framework to implement advanced conditional access controls such as device trust, location-based policies, risk-based step-up authentication, and behavioral analytics across our entire SaaS ecosystem
• Pioneer non-human identity governance by designing monitoring and management solutions for service accounts, API keys, certificates, AI agents, and MCP integrations, and leading deployment, integration, and operationalization of our NHI platform across the SaaS estate
• Drive cross-functional initiatives with Security, IT, Engineering, Enterprise AI, and the Office of the CIO to extract requirements from ambiguous business needs and translate them into actionable technical specifications
• Mentor senior and intermediate engineers on technical implementation and strategic thinking, helping them develop expertise in modern identity and AI security practices

• 8+ years of IAM experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale solutions, with demonstrated time at a Staff or senior IC level
• Expert-level Okta expertise including Identity Engine, advanced authentication policies, lifecycle workflows, and API automation
• Strong infrastructure-as-code practice with Terraform, including provider experience for SaaS identity platforms and a track record of migrating click-ops to code
• Hands-on experience administering or governing enterprise AI platforms (Anthropic Claude preferred; OpenAI ChatGPT Enterprise, Google Gemini Enterprise, or similar acceptable), and awareness of AI-specific risks including prompt injection, MCP attack surface, agent identity, and data leakage
• Strong automation experience using Python and iPaaS tools (Tines, Okta Workflows)
• Experience with IGA platforms like Lumos, ConductorOne, or similar
• Working knowledge of non-human identity tooling (Token Security, Oasis, Astrix, or similar), or equivalent experience governing service accounts, OAuth grants, and workload identities
• Experience in regulated environments with knowledge of compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, SOC2, SOX), including change management, evidence collection, and audit support
• Collaborative mindset and strategic communication skills for writing technical proposals, leading cross-functional initiatives, and mentoring teammates
• Nice to have Qualifications: Passion for emerging identity challenges including AI agent governance, non-human identity management, zero-trust architecture, and behavioral analytics; Active user of Claude Code, Cursor, or similar agentic development tools, with intuition for how engineers integrate them into daily workflows

Due to government requirements, you must be a United States Citizen (defined as any individual who is a citizen of the United States by law, birth, or naturalization) to fill this position.

The base salary range for this role's listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

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