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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.
THE AI IDENTITY SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT OPPORTUNITY
Reporting to the VP of Identity & Access Management, this role will be an AI Identity Pioneer, not just an IAM expert. The AI Identity Solution Architect's mission is to own Okta's enterprise identity strategy for autonomous AI agents, while serving as a technical authority on both cloud and on-premises based IT systems to ensure the successful design and implementation of Okta's industry-leading cloud identity platform for Okta and our customers.
The critical asset you bring is your hands-on proficiency securing non-human identities across large, complex environments and translating it to autonomous agents. You will establish yourself as a trusted partner to our customers with a focus on their success. By translating business needs and insights into an actionable strategy, you will assist customers in driving their initiatives to results and high business value. At Okta, you won't just implement security; you will use your battle-tested experience to drive the product features needed to secure the next generation of identities.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
- Customer Needs & Discovery: Review and lead the gathering of business, functional and technical requirements for establishing an AI Identity platform powered by Okta. You will lead discovery workshops to derive customer requirements, specifications, and business processes.
- Consultative Solutions: Develop relationships with both internal and external customers to help them achieve their business goals while promoting creative solutions.
- Drive the Roadmap: Act as a primary stakeholder for Okta's product teams. Translate your real-world experience securing agents into prioritized feature requests and product requirements.
- Cross-App Access & Brokered Delegation: Architect secure Cross-App Access patterns where agents act as intermediaries between enterprise systems. Refine how user identity is brokered to an agent (e.g. OAuth2 Token Exchange), ensuring the agent never has more power than the human user who triggered it.
- AI Ecosystem & Tech Stack Integration: Define how Okta identity is woven into modern AI orchestration layers. You will secure identity patterns for agents enabled by frameworks such as LangChain/Graph/Smith, n8n, AWS AgentCore, Google Vertex ADK.
- Model Provider Security: Architect secure connectivity to AI model providers such as Azure Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE
- Architecture, Consulting, & Identity Expertise: 8+ years of overall IT, software development, solution design, and technical architecture experience; combined 3+ years of consulting experience and IAM/Security Architecture with proven strategic success across workforce, customer, and Non-Human Identities (NHIs).
- The "Been There" Factor: Proven track record of securing AI agents and non-human identities in a production environment. You have a deep understanding of the identity gaps in current AI frameworks.
- Agentic Identity Authority: Act as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) for agentic workflows within Okta's internal Identity team. Partnering with the business to ensure our internal deployments of autonomous agents are secure, governed, and built on best-in-class architecture.
- Protocol Proficiency: Deep knowledge of the core protocols OAuth2/OIDC (especially Token Exchange), SAML, mTLS, JWT, and Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- Executive Presence & Communication: Demonstrated ability to work and interact with C-Suite and high-level customer executives. You must be able to effectively communicate technical information to non-technical audiences and effectively manage customer expectations.
- Technical Influence: Ability to author Architecture Decision Records (ADR) and influence at the VP/CTO level, while simultaneously acting as a peer to Product Management.
- Occasional travel required for in-person collaboration and attendance at industry conferences such as Oktane.
- Will take the stage to host customer-facing sessions, sharing our internal playbook and the cutting-edge best practices we've developed by operating as Okta's own Customer Zero.
AND EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING!
- Certifications such as CISSP-ISSAP, CCSP, or TOGAF are welcome but not required or expected.
COMPENSATION
- The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $242,000—$332,000 USD
Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies.
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $216,000—$297,000 USD
THE OKTA EXPERIENCE
- Supporting Your Well-Being
- Driving Social Impact
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community
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.
Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.
Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please
Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Personnel and Job Candidate Privacy Notice.
Okta
The foundation for secure connections between people and technology
Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With over 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business. More than 19,300 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.
INTRODUCTION
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.
THE AI IDENTITY SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT OPPORTUNITY
Reporting to the VP of Identity & Access Management, this role will be an AI Identity Pioneer, not just an IAM expert. The AI Identity Solution Architect's mission is to own Okta's enterprise identity strategy for autonomous AI agents, while serving as a technical authority on both cloud and on-premises based IT systems to ensure the successful design and implementation of Okta's industry-leading cloud identity platform for Okta and our customers.
The critical asset you bring is your hands-on proficiency securing non-human identities across large, complex environments and translating it to autonomous agents. You will establish yourself as a trusted partner to our customers with a focus on their success. By translating business needs and insights into an actionable strategy, you will assist customers in driving their initiatives to results and high business value. At Okta, you won't just implement security; you will use your battle-tested experience to drive the product features needed to secure the next generation of identities.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
- Customer Needs & Discovery: Review and lead the gathering of business, functional and technical requirements for establishing an AI Identity platform powered by Okta. You will lead discovery workshops to derive customer requirements, specifications, and business processes.
- Consultative Solutions: Develop relationships with both internal and external customers to help them achieve their business goals while promoting creative solutions.
- Drive the Roadmap: Act as a primary stakeholder for Okta's product teams. Translate your real-world experience securing agents into prioritized feature requests and product requirements.
- Cross-App Access & Brokered Delegation: Architect secure Cross-App Access patterns where agents act as intermediaries between enterprise systems. Refine how user identity is brokered to an agent (e.g. OAuth2 Token Exchange), ensuring the agent never has more power than the human user who triggered it.
- AI Ecosystem & Tech Stack Integration: Define how Okta identity is woven into modern AI orchestration layers. You will secure identity patterns for agents enabled by frameworks such as LangChain/Graph/Smith, n8n, AWS AgentCore, Google Vertex ADK.
- Model Provider Security: Architect secure connectivity to AI model providers such as Azure Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE
- Architecture, Consulting, & Identity Expertise: 8+ years of overall IT, software development, solution design, and technical architecture experience; combined 3+ years of consulting experience and IAM/Security Architecture with proven strategic success across workforce, customer, and Non-Human Identities (NHIs).
- The "Been There" Factor: Proven track record of securing AI agents and non-human identities in a production environment. You have a deep understanding of the identity gaps in current AI frameworks.
- Agentic Identity Authority: Act as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) for agentic workflows within Okta's internal Identity team. Partnering with the business to ensure our internal deployments of autonomous agents are secure, governed, and built on best-in-class architecture.
- Protocol Proficiency: Deep knowledge of the core protocols OAuth2/OIDC (especially Token Exchange), SAML, mTLS, JWT, and Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- Executive Presence & Communication: Demonstrated ability to work and interact with C-Suite and high-level customer executives. You must be able to effectively communicate technical information to non-technical audiences and effectively manage customer expectations.
- Technical Influence: Ability to author Architecture Decision Records (ADR) and influence at the VP/CTO level, while simultaneously acting as a peer to Product Management.
- Occasional travel required for in-person collaboration and attendance at industry conferences such as Oktane.
- Will take the stage to host customer-facing sessions, sharing our internal playbook and the cutting-edge best practices we've developed by operating as Okta's own Customer Zero.
AND EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING!
- Certifications such as CISSP-ISSAP, CCSP, or TOGAF are welcome but not required or expected.
COMPENSATION
- The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $242,000—$332,000 USD
Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies.
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $216,000—$297,000 USD
THE OKTA EXPERIENCE
- Supporting Your Well-Being
- Driving Social Impact
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community
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.
Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.
Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please
Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Personnel and Job Candidate Privacy Notice.
Okta
The foundation for secure connections between people and technology
Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With over 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business. More than 19,300 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.
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Frame your identity experience around zero-trust
Okta's Solutions Architect interviews heavily test your fluency with zero-trust architecture and IAM concepts. Before applying, build out examples from your background that map directly to workforce identity, customer identity, or privileged access scenarios.
Start your OPT extension paperwork early
If you're on F-1 OPT, file your STEM extension request with your DSO at least 90 days before your EAD expires. Okta's hiring process for Solutions Architects can span eight to twelve weeks, so overlapping timelines create real authorization risk.
Target Okta roles tied to a named industry vertical
Okta structures many Solutions Architect openings around verticals like financial services, healthcare, or public sector. Applying to a vertical-specific role signals domain depth and narrows your competition pool compared to general SA postings.
Confirm H-1B sponsorship willingness before final rounds
Ask the recruiter directly whether the specific Solutions Architect opening is approved for H-1B sponsorship before your onsite or technical presentation stage. Okta sponsors broadly, but individual headcount approvals can vary by team and fiscal quarter.
Understand how PERM timing affects your green card path
Okta files EB-2 and EB-3 PERM labor certifications for Solutions Architects, but DOL processing currently runs over a year. If your priority date or country of birth creates a backlog, negotiate a start timeline that keeps your H-1B status valid throughout.
Use Migrate Mate to find open Solutions Architect roles
Filter by visa type and company on Migrate Mate to surface active Solutions Architect postings at Okta that align with your sponsorship needs. This saves time you'd otherwise spend manually cross-referencing job boards with sponsorship history.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Okta sponsor H-1B visas for Solutions Architects?
Yes, Okta sponsors H-1B visas for Solutions Architect roles. The company has a consistent track record of filing H-1B petitions for technical pre-sales and post-sales positions. If you're in the H-1B cap lottery or need a transfer from a current employer, confirm with the recruiter early that the specific role you're interviewing for has sponsorship approved.
How do I apply for Solutions Architect jobs at Okta?
You can apply directly through Okta's careers portal or find verified open roles filtered by visa type on Migrate Mate. Okta's Solutions Architect hiring process typically includes a recruiter screen, a technical discovery call, and a customer-scenario presentation. Tailoring your application to a specific vertical, such as financial services or healthcare, improves your chances of moving past the initial screen.
Which visa types does Okta commonly use for Solutions Architect roles?
Okta sponsors H-1B, TN visa, and F-1 OPT for Solutions Architects at the nonimmigrant level. For permanent residency, the company files PERM-based EB-2 and EB-3 petitions. TN visa is available to Canadian and Mexican nationals whose role qualifies as a systems analyst or engineer under the USMCA occupation list. OPT candidates should ensure the role qualifies for STEM extension if they hold a degree in a STEM field.
What qualifications and experience does Okta expect for Solutions Architects?
Okta typically looks for a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field, plus hands-on experience with identity protocols such as SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect. Customer-facing or pre-sales experience in a SaaS environment is a strong differentiator. Candidates targeting senior-level openings are expected to demonstrate experience designing enterprise IAM architectures and leading technical evaluations with Fortune 500 or public sector clients.
How do I manage visa timing during Okta's hiring process?
Okta's Solutions Architect interview cycles can run two to three months from first contact to offer. If you're on a time-sensitive status, communicate your authorization end date to the recruiter at the start of the process. For H-1B transfers, your new petition must be filed before your current status expires to maintain continuous work authorization under USCIS portability rules. For OPT, apply with enough runway to complete the process before your EAD expires.