Get to know Okta Okta is The World s Identity Company We free everyone to safely use any technology anywhere on any device or app Our flexible and neutral products Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform provide secure access authentication and automation placing identity at the core of business security and growth At Okta we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences Join our team We re building a world where Identity belongs to you We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer Security Engineering to join our security team This role will primarily focus on remediating security vulnerabilities with a specific emphasis on remediating dependency vulnerabilities from various sources supported by in-house automations The ideal candidate will ensure issues are accurately identified prioritized and communicated for remediation and will also contribute to building and maintaining a centralized CI pipeline that ensures the quality of the fixes You will play a key role in maintaining our security posture Responsibilities Build security automations for internal use that enables Security Engineering to operate at high speed and wide scale Triaging vulnerabilities identified from different sources such as application security reviews Pentest SAST DAST and SCA with a strong focus on validating and remediating open-source dependency vulnerabilities Execute the end-to-end dependency remediation process including Analyzing and validating findings from SCA tools like Snyk Creating and managing Pull Requests PRs for dependency upgrades patches Testing and verifying that the upgraded dependencies resolve the vulnerability without introducing regressions Automate the process described above as much as possible Drive the prioritization and remediation plan for vulnerabilities in partnership with engineering teams Contribute to the design and implementation of centralized CI pipelines to embed security throughout the development lifecycle Provide support in grooming vulnerability backlog and vulnerability metrics reporting Our Ideal Candidate Will Have Good understanding of Web application security identification and remediation of code and design flaws Experience in Building security tooling and automation scripts Must be very hands on Good development experience in at least one of the following Go and or Python Strong practical experience in remediating third-party and open-source dependency vulnerabilities Proficiency with Software Composition Analysis SCA tools like Snyk and socket dev Solid experience with Git GitHub and the Git CLI for source code management branching merging and PR workflows Experience in building or maintaining centralized CI CD pipelines e g using GitHub Actions Jenkins GitLab CI etc Good understanding of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities Positive Experience in enterprise vulnerability management Experience in source code review Experience with security tools SCA SAST DAST Burp Proxy ZAP Proxy etc Ability to explain complex security issues and their impact to diverse audiences Familiarity with cloud platforms AWS Azure and their security features Experience with Agile software development practices Knowledge of Scrum and Kanban is beneficial Understanding of Agile estimation and iterative processes Also Nice to Have Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container security principles Experience specifically securing workloads within the AWS ecosystem Experience with OWASP Top 10 security vulnerabilities Any cloud infrastructure automation skills Terraform Experience with Agile software development practices Knowledge of Scrum and Kanban is beneficial Understanding of Agile estimation and iterative processes Hybrid LI-Hybrid P24006 3294050 What you can look forward to as a Full time Okta employee Amazing Benefits Making Social Impact 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