Hands-on Security Engineering Manager, AI Identity

Okta Inc.; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 101,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (where applicable)

Bonus

Healthcare coverage

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Okta Inc. in Ireland is seeking an experienced Security Engineering Manager for the Customer Identity product unit. You will lead a globally distributed team focused on AI security tooling, gateways, and reviews, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Identity Security to ship secure AI controls.

You will stay hands-on with architecture, prototyping, and coding, while growing the team and shaping its roadmap in a fast-evolving security landscape.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing security or software engineering teams.
• 8+ years of experience in security engineering, with a strong foundation in cloud infrastructure and/or product security.
• Hands-on development background in Golang and Node.js, and remains hands-on to design/build micro-services and contribute code to security tooling and the AI gateway.
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML security — attacking, defending, or both, and interest in building controls, not just risk assessment.
• Experience performing product security or application security reviews, including threat modeling and architecture/design review, applied to AI/LLM-based systems.
• Working knowledge of AI agent / MCP ecosystem and secure API/gateway infrastructure (authentication, authorization, policy enforcement, auditing).
• Knowledge of AWS/Azure security and Kubernetes; OWASP security standards and secure SDLC practices.
• Proven ability to set technical vision, multi-quarter strategy, and influence cross-organizational security initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for engineering, product, and executive audiences.
• Experience leading globally distributed teams across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Hire, lead, and develop a globally distributed team of security engineers.
• Define and execute a multi-quarter roadmap aligned with Customer Identity goals and Okta's security strategy.
• Lead the design and delivery of an internal AI gateway that secures internal AI traffic with authentication, policy enforcement, and observability.
• Be hands-on in architecture, prototypes, and code; set the engineering bar for the team.
• Run an AI security review practice with threat modeling and actionable remediation guidance.
• Review and build security controls addressing risks such as prompt injection and data leakage.
• Turn findings into reusable, secure-by-default controls and patterns.
• Manage intake/prioritization of AI security review requests across time zones.
• Partner with Product/Engineering/Identity Security leadership to embed AI security into the lifecycle.
• Own and influence high-impact AI security architecture decisions across Auth0 and Okta Customer Identity.

Skills

Team leadership

Security engineering

Golang

Node.js

Threat modeling

Architectural design

Cloud security

Communication

Remote team leadership

Security tooling

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

OWASP

API gateway

Job description

Okta Inc. in Ireland is seeking an experienced Security Engineering Manager for the Customer Identity product unit. You will lead a globally distributed team focused on AI security tooling, gateways, and reviews, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Identity Security to ship secure AI controls.

You will stay hands-on with architecture, prototyping, and coding, while growing the team and shaping its roadmap in a fast-evolving security landscape.