Identity Solutions Architect

Overview

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.

Opportunity

As organizations successfully adopt phishing-resistant MFA, attackers have shifted their tactics-increasingly deploying Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) phishing kits and info stealer malware to execute session hijacking via cookie theft. With the explosive rise of autonomous AI workloads, securing human identity is no longer enough; we must protect and govern a fast-growing sprawl of non human, agentic workflows. We are looking for a highly mature, technically elite, and customer obsessed Identity Solutions Architect to drive the technical execution of our Identity Security & Agentic Identity portfolio. In this role you will be a cornerstone of the "Okta on Okta" team, acting as Customer Zero, reporting directly to the VP of IAM, and working hand in hand with our Principal Product Managers. You will own the technical architecture, internal deployment blueprints, and the public stage, shepherding cutting edge features from Alpha through Early Availability (EA)-guaranteeing we are our own first and best customer before these solutions scale to the rest of the world.

Key Portfolio Focus Areas

• AI Agent & Agentic Identity Security: Architect how Okta governs non human, autonomous AI workloads across O4AA (Okta for AI Agents) and A4AA (Auth0 for AI Agents), defining secure authentication and authorization patterns.
• Next Gen Guardrails: Design token exchange patterns, security gateways, and implement the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to secure agent to data interactions.
• Hardware Bound Session Security: Design Okta's defense against session cookie theft by leveraging cryptographically hardware bound tokens (Okta DBSSO and Chrome DBSC).
• Advanced Threat & Posture Management: Deploy Identity Threat Protection (ITP) for continuous risk evaluation and Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) to eliminate hidden vulnerabilities across human and machine identities.
• Identity Governance & Administration (IGA): Design and enforce modern access governance, including automated lifecycle management, self service access request workflows, and continuous access certification using Okta Identity Governance.
• Privileged Access Management (PAM): Architect secure, just in time (JIT) access to critical infrastructure, manage secrets, and secure privileged sessions using Okta Privileged Access.

What You'll Be Doing (Your Impact)

• Governance & Privileged Access Leadership: Lead the internal Customer Zero deployment of Okta IGA and PAM, blueprint workflows for least privilege access, ensuring robust compliance and security over Okta's most sensitive administrative, server, and infrastructure entitlements.
• Customer Zero Lifecycle Execution (Alpha to EA): Act as lead architect testing and deploying Alpha identity security features within Okta's internal IAM environment, authoring technical rollout blueprints and providing the core engineering teams with critical feedback.
• Anti Session Hijacking Architecture: Design the internal implementation blueprint for how Okta DBSSO and Chrome DBSC complement one another, creating an ironclad, layered defense that protects corporate endpoints from token and cookie exfiltration.
• Open Source & Community Leadership: Lead the technical effort to open source the complimentary tools our Customer Zero team builds, transitioning our internal innovations into a massive, thriving community effort with our customers.
• Thought Leadership & Personal Brand: Lead a dedicated "how to" video series and a potential podcast this year, and take the stage at major events to share our internal playbook.
• Ecosystem Integration: Define how Okta identity is woven into modern orchestration layers (LangChain/Graph, n8n, AWS AgentCore, Google Vertex ADK) and model providers (Azure Foundry, AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Anthropic).

What You'll Bring to the Role

• Professional Maturity & Architecture Expertise: 8+ years of overall IT/software development and technical architecture experience, with 3+ years specifically focused on IAM/Security Architecture. Proven track record of securing non human identities (NHIs) or machine to machine infrastructure in production.
• Governance & PAM Experience: Demonstrated experience deploying Identity Governance (IGA) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions, including just in time (JIT) access, infrastructure security, lifecycle management, and access certification.
• Protocol & Threat Literacy: Knowledge of core protocols: OAuth2/OIDC (especially Token Exchange), SAML, mTLS, JWT, and Model Context Protocol (MCP). Strong technical understanding of modern identity threat vectors (AiTM phishing, info stealer malware, session hijacking).
• Technical Influence: Ability to author clear Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and confidently influence at the VP/CTO level, serving as a true peer to product management and product engineering.
• Executive Presence & Communication: Elite verbal and written communication skills. Translate deep, ambiguous technical architecture into compelling business value for C suite executives and excel in front of a camera or a live audience.

Work Life Balance & Travel

We highly value work life balance and protect our team's time. Travel is limited and generally planned well in advance. Your travel footprint will primarily consist of Oktane (our flagship conference) and Oktane on the Road.

Why This Role is Different

This role gives you the backing of a world class security leader, the freedom to contribute to open source, a public platform to build your personal brand, and the elite challenge of securing the next frontier of identity.

The Okta Experience Supporting Your Well Being

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.

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