Senior Data Engineer Job in Okta

Senior Data Engineer Enterprise Data Platform

Location: Bengaluru

Department: Business Technology Data Engineering

Experience: 5+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

About Okta

Okta is The World s Identity Company. We empower people to securely use any technology, anywhere, on any device. Through our Okta and Auth0 platforms, we provide secure access, authentication, and automation placing identity at the center of security and growth for thousands of organizations.

We value diverse perspectives and lifelong learners. We re not looking for someone who checks every box we re looking for someone who will make us better with their unique experiences.

Team: Business Technology Data Engineering

The Data Engineering team at Okta supports cross-functional partners by building scalable, secure, and high-performing platforms. These platforms power decision-making and business processes across sales, marketing, engineering, finance, product, and operations.

As part of this team, you ll contribute to data solutions that fuel Okta s hyper-growth. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in cloud infrastructure, data lakes, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.

The Role: Senior Data Engineer

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design, build, and manage modern data pipelines, infrastructure, and automation frameworks. You ll help scale our enterprise data platform using tools such as Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Databricks, and AWS, while ensuring security, observability, and performance.

You ll also contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and secure development lifecycle practices, enabling consistent, efficient, and secure delivery of data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Development & Infrastructure

• Design and maintain scalable data pipelines and platforms using Snowflake, AWS, Databricks, dbt, and Airflow.
• Manage infrastructure with Terraform, enabling repeatable and consistent deployments.
• Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Jenkins.
• Containerize data services using Docker for better scalability and portability.

Security & Compliance

• Implement and enforce secure development lifecycle practices, integrating tools like DAST, SAST, SCA, and Secret Scanning into pipelines.
• Conduct vulnerability scanning and apply patches to ensure system integrity.
• Ensure data security and compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Collaboration & Innovation

• Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, and analysts across business units to ensure data availability and integrity.
• Identify opportunities for automation and optimization within the data platform.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and drive adoption of best practices.

What We're Looking For

Must-Have Skills

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, including:
  • Advanced SQL and ETL development with Airflow and dbt.
  • Experience with data warehouses such as Snowflake, Redshift, or BigQuery.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS (S3, Lambda, EC2, EMR, EKS).
• 2+ years of experience managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.
• Experience with Terraform and Docker.
• Proficiency in backend languages such as Python, Java, or Go.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with lakehouse architectures like Databricks, including knowledge of Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg.
• Background in infrastructure security, vulnerability management, and observability tooling.

Why Join Okta?

• High Impact: Help build and scale the data platform that powers Okta s global business.
• Cutting-Edge Stack: Work with best-in-class technologies like AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Terraform, and Databricks.
• Collaborative Culture: Join a diverse, inclusive, and globally distributed team that values knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
• Career Growth: Shape the future of Okta s data engineering practice while expanding your technical and leadership skills.

Ready to Build the Future of Data at Okta?

Bring your passion for data, cloud, and automation and let s shape the future of secure, scalable enterprise data platforms together.