PSIRT Product Security Engineer — Incident Response Lead

Okta; Dublin; On-site; EUR 74,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Okta is seeking a Staff Product Security Engineer, PSIRT, to strengthen its product security program in a leadership role. You will own and improve incident response, vulnerability coordination, and security disclosures across Okta’s products, working with cross-functional teams to reduce risk.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with engineering, IT, product, legal, and security, and help drive proactive threat detection in a fast-paced cloud environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Information Security focusing on Product Security, Application Security, Vulnerability Management and Security Operations.
• Experience conducting security code reviews to identify vulnerabilities and code flaws.
• Experience with incident response for product-related issues and vulnerability remediation.
• Knowledge of risk management and security governance in a product environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to present to executives.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement Okta’s Product Security Incident Response Program for all products and units.
• Manage the bug bounty program operations, researcher engagement, triage, validation, severity, remediation coordination, and process improvements.
• Oversee the full vulnerability lifecycle from discovery to resolution, coordinating with engineering and ensuring timely communication.
• Lead the security disclosure program from triage to public disclosure.
• Produce reports on program health and status; collaborate with teams to improve workflows and risk communication.
• Mentor junior engineers on incident response procedures, investigations, and remediation.
• Partner with leadership to drive proactive threat detection and vulnerability management.

Skills

Security leadership

Product Security

Vulnerability management

Security operations

Bug bounty program management

Responsible disclosure

Cross‑functional collaboration

Incident response

Mentoring juniors

Tools

Incident management tools

Security code review tooling

Job description

Okta is seeking a Staff Product Security Engineer, PSIRT, to strengthen its product security program in a leadership role. You will own and improve incident response, vulnerability coordination, and security disclosures across Okta’s products, working with cross-functional teams to reduce risk.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with engineering, IT, product, legal, and security, and help drive proactive threat detection in a fast-paced cloud environment.