Senior Software Engineer (TS/SCI)

Proactively identify and prioritize tech debt; drive improvements in areas beyond feature work - CI/CD, observability, documentation, reliability, and support processes. Partner with Product and Design to understand and own the desired customer outcome, not just the technical deliverable. Actively invest in the growth of peer engineers, taking responsibility for raising the technical bar of the team as a whole. What Youll Bring To The Role 5+ years in software engineering, shipping enterprise cloud software Hands-on depth in coding at scale using: Java, Python, or TypeScript, plus API (REST, gRPC) and UI automation (Playwright, Selenium, or equivalent) Experience with CI/CD (CircleCI or equivalent), containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and a major cloud platform Operates well beyond basic AI tool usage - understands how to apply AI meaningfully across the full software development lifecycle, can evaluate and adopt new AI tooling with good judgment, and is, able to

Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Software Engineering, Top Secret Clearance, Cloud Computing, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Distributed Computing, Government, Top Secret Clearance, Software Engineering, establish practices and bring a team, along. Proven experience defining scalable backend architectures and integrating complex APIs with modern web technologies - including the ability to make and defend architectural decisions with lasting org-wide impact. Solid understanding of web authentication and authorization fundamentals - how auth flows work, and best practices for securing sensitive user data. Architectural expertise: Proven experience defining scalable backend architectures and integrating complex APIs with modern web technologies, including making decisions with lasting, org-wide impact. Backend proficiency: Deep expertise in building reliable, secure, enterprise-grade software in Java or another type-safe language. Frontend flexibility: High proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript with true fullstack range, including the ability to ship robust frontends. Security Clearance: Active U.S. TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Poly Compliance Expertise: Proven experience navigating Federal and DoD compliance frameworks, specifically FedRAMP and Impact Level 6 (IL6) And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following! Federal Infrastructure Expertise: Hands-on experience building, scaling, and troubleshooting infrastructure in restricted environments (e.g., FedRAMP Medium/High, DoD Impact Levels, or air-gapped systems). Network & Security Isolation: Solid understanding of air-gap architectures, strict access controls, zero-trust frameworks, and data diode/secure transfer mechanisms. Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) - access requests, certifications, entitlement management, separation of duties, or role modeling (Okta, SailPoint, Saviynt, One Identity, Oracle, or in-house) Identity and Access Management more broadly: SSO, SCIM provisioning, directory integration, or privileged access Work experience in a compliance context - SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or FedRAMP - including audit evidence validation Additional requirements: U.S. soil status - the employee must be on U.S. soil, which means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or outlying areas of the United States, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101 U.S. Security Clearance status - the employee 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. #LI-HYBRID P24522_3553571Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, 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

work. Were all in on this mission. If you are too, lets talk. The Okta Identity Governance Team Okta Identity Governance (OIG) is Oktas Identity Governance and Administration solution, responsible for some of the most critical and visible workflows in enterprise identity: how people request access, how approvers grant it, how entitlements are enforced, and how organizations prove to auditors that only the right people have the right access. OIG is the leading contributor to Oktas new product bookings, and it runs inside some of the largest enterprises in the world - the kind of accounts where a single tenant carries hundreds of thousands of identities across thousands of applications. OIG currently supports high-compliance public sector workloads and plans to expand our footprint to support the most secure, highly classified environments in government. The Senior Software Engineer (TS/SCI) Opportunity As a Senior Fullstack Engineer on the OIG (Federal) team, your mission is to adapt the OIG product to the needs of the government customers. In this role, you will actively design, build, and maintain both robust backend services and intuitive frontend interfaces. This role requires deep expertise in distributed systems and a commitment to AI-native engineering as our standard. You will rethink backend design, validation, and delivery through AI-augmented workflows, ensuring our platform provides secure, interoperable, and scalable access-enforcing the principle of least privilege for every aspect of the product. What Youll Be Doing Architect, deploy, and maintain cloud and on-premises infrastructure across high-compliance security baselines. Support operations transitioning into disconnected, air-gapped, and top-secret defense environments. Maintain strict security controls, audit readiness, and continuous monitoring for classified networks. Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure software deployments meet stringent governmental security standards., our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us. The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between:$147,000-$202,000 USDThe Okta Experience Supporting Your Well-Being Driving Social Impact Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.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., If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

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