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Okta · 1 day ago

AI Infrastructure Architect

Okta is The World’s Identity Company, focused on providing secure access, authentication, and automation. They are seeking an AI Infrastructure Architect to build and evolve the AI infrastructure that supports their identity security solutions, enabling teams to integrate AI capabilities safely and securely.

CRMEnterprise SoftwareIdentity ManagementIT InfrastructureManagement Information SystemsSoftwareWeb Development
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Responsibilities

Lead AI enablement initiatives, including proof-of-concepts for emerging AI infrastructure technologies and integration approaches
Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, security, data science, and product teams to align AI platform architecture with business and security goals
Architect scalable, resilient, and secure AI infrastructure that supports AI-powered tools and features across Okta’s Identity Platform
Lead infrastructure decisions across AWS, GCP, or hybrid environments with a focus on secure identity data handling
Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Helm) to ensure consistent, reproducible deployment of AI services
Champion security and compliance by embedding data privacy and identity protection standards directly into the AI platform and infrastructure design
Serve as the key advocate and strategist for AI-driven efficiency initiatives across infrastructure platform teams and pre-production systems
Implement robust MLOps practices, such as model evaluation, rollback strategies, and A/B testing, to guarantee the reliability and governance of AI in production
Drive continuous innovation by staying current with AI and cloud infrastructure trends and evangelizing best practices internally

Qualification

AI infrastructure architectureCloud platforms AWSCloud platforms GCPInfrastructure-as-code TerraformInfrastructure-as-code HelmMLOps practicesDistributed systemsContainer orchestration (Kubernetes)Identity security experienceRisk analytics experienceHands-on coding

Required

10+ years in infrastructure or software engineering, with ≥ 2 years building AI/ML systems
Exceptional systems level thinking and a track record in architecting and building enterprise grade infrastructure
Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), distributed systems, and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
Expected to be very hands-on in order to create, review, and contribute large chunks of quality code

Preferred

Experience in identity, security, fraud, or risk analytics domains
Experience operationalizing large language models or foundation models in production environments
Contributions to MLOps or infrastructure open-source projects

Benefits

Health, dental and vision insurance
401(k)
Flexible spending account
Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)

Company

Okta is a management platform that secures critical resources from cloud to ground for workforce and customers.

H1B Sponsorship

Okta has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (117)
2024 (133)
2023 (108)
2022 (201)
2021 (142)
2020 (120)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.23B
Key Investors
Sequoia CapitalAndreessen Horowitz
2020-06-08Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2017-04-06IPO
2017-03-30Secondary Market

Leadership Team

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Todd McKinnon
CEO & Co-Founder
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Frederic Kerrest
Vice-Chairman & Co-Founder
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