# Senior Software Engineer (Federal) at Okta

- Company: Okta
- What the company does: The Okta and Auth0 Platforms enable secure access, authentication, and automation — putting identity at the heart of business security and growth. Backed by Greylock, Khosla and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.okta.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://www.okta.com/company/careers/opportunity/8210915?gh_jid=8210915
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/okta-senior-software-engineer-federal/

## About the role

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.

## What they're looking for

- 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
- Supporting Your Well-Being

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