Staff AI Security Engineer

Okta

HybridPosted July 25, 2026

About the role

Okta is building the future of secure enterprise-grade AI Agents. We are seeking a Staff AI Security Engineer to join our Security team. In this role, you will define the technical vision, architecture, and hands-on security controls for AI models, agentic workflows, and autonomous systems across Okta. This is a senior individual contributor role for a hands-on engineer who can design scalable AI security infrastructure, mentor engineers, and partner with cross-functional teams to build secure paving roads for AI innovation.

Staff AI Security Engineer

Okta

HybridPosted July 25, 2026

About the role

Okta is building the future of secure enterprise-grade AI Agents. We are seeking a Staff AI Security Engineer to join our Security team. In this role, you will define the technical vision, architecture, and hands-on security controls for AI models, agentic workflows, and autonomous systems across Okta. This is a senior individual contributor role for a hands-on engineer who can design scalable AI security infrastructure, mentor engineers, and partner with cross-functional teams to build secure paving roads for AI innovation.

What you’ll be doing: - Design and deploy enterprise AI guardrails, gateways, and other controls to protect agentic workflows from emerging threats - Establish security architectures for local and hosted agents to mitigate tool-calling, prompt injection, goal misalignment, and data exfiltration risks - Define secure design patterns and developer tools that allow engineering teams to build and deploy AI features safely and quickly - 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 assess 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: Drive technical alignment across product, security, and infrastructure teams; mentor engineers and security practitioners across domains

What you’ll bring: - AI security expertise: Deep kno

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What you’ll be doing: - Design and deploy enterprise AI guardrails, gateways, and other controls to protect agentic workflows from emerging threats - Establish security architectures for local and hosted agents to mitigate tool-calling, prompt injection, goal misalignment, and data exfiltration risks - Define secure design patterns and developer tools that allow engineering teams to build and deploy AI features safely and quickly - 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 assess 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: Drive technical alignment across product, security, and infrastructure teams; mentor engineers and security practitioners across domains