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# Staff Software Engineer

- **Company:** Okta, Inc.
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $161,000.0 - $221,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Application Integration Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Databases, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Security, Multi-Factor Authentication, Fault Tolerance, Home Automation, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), OAuth, OpenID, Windows PowerShell, Systems Development Life Cycle, Cloud Services, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Enterprise Data Management, Policy as Code, Data Processing, Scripting, Google Cloud, Okta, Data Ingestion, Containerization, Data Lakes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Slack, Data Management, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Golang
- **Published:** October 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/staff-software-engineer-federal-washington-dc--f3eacc00-532d-45bf-a4fb-94b54aff073f

## About the Role

by hiring a Staff Software Engineer in the DC area. You'll work closely with Security, Business Technology Engineering, and Product teams to implement and manage security solutions, ensuring our core infrastructure applications protect our workforce, endpoints, and corporate data. To deliver on this vision, you will build data and infrastructure platforms by leveraging your software, data, and security engineering skills. You'll use automation, policy-as-code, and cloud-native technologies to deliver scalable, resilient, and secure solutions. What you bring: 8+ years of strong coding and scripting experience, with a focus on building automation and custom tooling for security engineering teams. Experience with Python is required; proficiency in other languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell, Go) is a plus. Experience developing and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines for onboarding security data into Okta's security data lake. Experience working with security teams to integrate log sources and ensure
seamless data ingestion. Ability to build and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant data pipelines to process security event data. Proven track record of automating security controls and workflows using a cloud-first approach. Experience with Terraform and other infrastructure-as-code tools to orchestrate security infrastructure. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for security automation and drift management. Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with technical staff, support teams, executive leadership, and external vendors. 2+ years of experience building engineering solutions within highly regulated environments such as FedRAMP High, IL4, IL5, and/or IL6 is a plus. Current or previous Secret, Top Secret (TS), or Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance. What you'll be doing Serve as a security subject matter expert (SME) for solution engineering and architecture reviews, preferably in the Detection and Response and/or enterprise security
tooling space. Lead technical efforts to evaluate, design, and implement new enterprise security systems and feature enhancements. Build, maintain, and enhance custom automation and cloud infrastructure using Terraform or similar tools to support team workflows and enforce security controls. Develop integrations with APIs, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and security infrastructure to improve detection, response, and remediation. Write and maintain scripts and automations, with an emphasis on Python-based solutions, to streamline security operations. Establish monitoring and alerting for security posture, misconfigurations, and threats across endpoints, SaaS, and cloud workloads. Proactively identify and remediate security gaps; stay updated on emerging threats, solutions, and tooling across the industry. And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following! Advanced identity management technologies (MFA, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, WebAuthn) Deep understanding of Oktas
ecosystem, including advanced configuration and integrations Experience with continuous compliance solutions (e.g., policy-as-code, automated evidence gathering) #LI-HYBRID#LI-SH1P24527_3348076, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Application Integration, Application Programming Interface (API), Architectural Engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Bash Scripting, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Programming, Computer Security, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Lake, Data Management, Data Processing, Database Extract Transform and Load (ETL), Design Evaluation, Ecosystems, Engineering, Enterprise Protection, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), GCP (Good Clinical Practices), Government, Government Contracts, Home Automation, Identity Data Management, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Leadership, Machine Tool, Microsoft Windows Azure, OAuth, Onboarding, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Scalable System Development, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Security Infrastructure, Security Monitoring, Slack, Software Engineering, Software as a Service (SaaS), Team Player, Technical Delivery,
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