Okta
Staff Software Engineer - Federal
$161K–$221K
Chicago, Illinois +4 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Feb 25, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
New York, New York
Seattle, Washington
Washington, DC
Chicago, Illinois, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of coding and scripting experience; 2+ years in highly regulated environments is a plus.
About the job
Build and manage secure data and infrastructure platforms, automation, and integrations that protect Okta’s workforce, endpoints, and corporate data.
What you'll do
- Advise on security solution engineering and architecture reviews, and lead evaluation, design, and implementation of enterprise security systems.
- Build and maintain automation, cloud infrastructure, and security data integrations and pipelines.
- Develop security monitoring, alerting, and remediation capabilities across endpoints, SaaS, and cloud workloads.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of coding and scripting experience focused on security engineering automation and tooling.
- Experience with Python; experience developing and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines for security data.
- Experience integrating log sources and building scalable, fault-tolerant security event data pipelines.
- Experience automating security controls using a cloud-first approach and with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools; current or previous Secret, Top Secret (TS), or TS/SCI clearance.
Nice to have
- 2+ years building engineering solutions in highly regulated environments such as FedRAMP High, IL4, IL5, and/or IL6.
- Proficiency in Bash, PowerShell, or Go; experience with advanced identity management, Okta integrations, or continuous compliance solutions.
Pay
$161,000 — $221,000 USD annual base salary
Tools
Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Azure
AI focus
No AI engineering work is specified; the posting describes AI in Okta’s broader mission and mentions AI only in its recruitment notice.
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