Staff Product Security Engineer

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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. 

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Staff Product Security Engineer, PSIRT

 

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 transform 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 box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can improve us with their unique experiences. 

 

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

 

The Security team’s mission is to strengthen Okta’s position as the leading Identity-as-a-service solutions provider by identifying and resolving risks to employees, products, and, most importantly, our customers. With the ever-increasing pace of cloud application adoption, companies are struggling to find ways to accurately assess risk and act at the speed of their business.

 

The Staff Product Security Engineer, PSIRT position is crucial in ensuring that Okta’s systems and services meet the highest security standards and align with our customers’ requirements. This position requires expertise in security operations, responsible disclosure, vulnerability management, and program management.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for defining, improving, formalizing, and implementing Okta’s Product Security Incident Response Program for all products and business units
• Oversee the entire lifecycle from discovery to resolution, including triaging, impact assessment, coordination with engineering teams, and validating fixes while ensuring timely communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Lead the overall security disclosure program, from triaging to disclosure 
• Report on the health of the program and the overall status of its activities
• Collaborate with internal teams to improve workflows, governance, and communication of vulnerabilities and risks
• Work closely with Engineering, IT, Product, Legal, and Security teams on cross-functional initiatives

What You Bring

• 6+ years of experience in Information Security with a focus on Product Security, Application Security, Vulnerability Management, and Security Operations
• Working experience in conducting comprehensive security code reviews to identify vulnerabilities and code flaws
• Working experience in Application Security vulnerabilities
• Working experience in Product Security concepts
• Working experience in risk management
• Working experience in handling incident response for product-related issues
• Knowledge of incident and log management tools
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, particularly in technical writing, process documentation, and executive presentations

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Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/can.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:$131,000—$197,000 CAD

What you can look forward to as an Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging 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/.

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. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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