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Okta

Staff AI Security Engineer

Okta
Washington, DC $180k - $248k/yr Full time Posted 10d ago
Agent Agentic Ai Ai Security Application Security Artificial Intelligence Cloud Platforms Data Security Generative AI Information Security InfoSec Security Security Guardrails Security Standards Threat Modeling
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Job Description

Okta is seeking a Staff AI Security Engineer (senior individual contributor) to set the technical direction for AI security. This role focuses on architecture and hands-on security controls for AI models, agentic workflows, and autonomous systems, with an emphasis on scalable infrastructure, mentorship, and cross-functional partnership.

Responsibilities

  • Secure AI implementations: Design and deploy enterprise AI guardrails, gateways, and other controls to protect agentic workflows from emerging threats.
  • Agent hardening and sandboxing: Create security architectures for both local and hosted agents to mitigate risks including tool-calling abuse, prompt injection, goal misalignment, and data exfiltration.
  • Define paved roads and security standards: Develop secure design patterns and developer tools that help teams build and deploy AI capabilities safely and efficiently.
  • Threat modeling for AI workflows: Lead threat modeling and security reviews for agentic AI systems, enterprise deployments, and agent ecosystems.
  • AI discovery and visibility: Build systems to discover, inventory, and evaluate AI usage and data flows across the enterprise.
  • Agentic platform infrastructure: Design and operate internal AI security platforms, and develop integrated AI capabilities that automate complex security operations.
  • Technical leadership and mentorship: Provide technical alignment across product, security, and infrastructure teams. Mentor engineers and security practitioners across domains.

Requirements

  • Deep knowledge of the AI threat landscape, including OWASP, MITRE ATLAS, and NIST AI RMF, with practical experience addressing prompt injection, excessive agency, and other AI-related threats.
  • 8+ years of experience in security engineering or backend software development, with strong coding proficiency in Python or Go and hands-on cloud experience.
  • Experience securing or auditing agentic frameworks, including LangChain, Strands, Claude Agent SDK, or custom tool-calling agents, particularly in sandboxed environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to design scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS/GCP, including API gateways, proxy architectures, and enterprise access controls.
  • Proven ability to build developer-first security tools and platform controls that maintain engineering velocity.
  • Strong communication skills, including a track record of driving technical strategy, influencing engineering leaders, and mentoring engineers.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or equivalent practical experience.

Technologies

  • Python
  • Go
  • OWASP
  • MITRE ATLAS
  • NIST AI RMF
  • LangChain
  • Strands
  • Claude Agent SDK
  • AWS
  • GCP

Okta Experience

  • Supporting Your Well-Being
  • Driving Social Impact
  • Developing Talent and Fostering Connection and Community

Job Details

  • Location: Washington, DC (hybrid)
  • Salary: USD 180,000 - 247,500 per year
  • Minimum Experience: 8 years

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