Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth. At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

The Okta Security team’s mission is to strengthen Okta’s position as the leading Identity-as-a-Service solutions through identifying and resolving risks to the employees, product, and most importantly, our customers. With the ever-increasing pace of cloud application adoption, companies are struggling to find ways to accurately assess risk and act at the speed of their business. 

The Vulnerability Management Analyst is a key member of the Okta Security team and an essential collaborator with our broader Engineering organization. Executing the Vulnerability Management Program’s strategy. The Vulnerability Management Program is a crucial pillar of the security organizations’ imperative to reduce the threats to Okta’s infrastructure and applications. You’ll be an integral part of building and sustaining strong and effective relationships across Okta with our Engineering, Product and Business Technology counterparts.

What You'll Do

• Assist in deploying, managing, maintaining, configuring, extending and automating vulnerability scanning infrastructure and services.
• Document, review and deliver requirements and recommendations related to vulnerability remediation which follow common industry standards and security frameworks.
• Understand the technical details of newly published vulnerabilities/ CVEs and zero-days as well as their real risk.
• Monitor and respond to security inquiries, requests, and incidents.
• Build data models and queries as well as develop reporting and dashboards for vulnerability metrics, KPIs and scorecards as part of data visualization and storytelling.
• Connect with internal stakeholders to understand user data needs and translate these needs into business requirements to be delivered by the team’s technical staff.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Some experience defining school projects, including goals, activities, targets, and milestones.
• Some experience with open-source vulnerability scanners regarding at least one of these spaces: Infrastructure/ IP based Assets, Web Application, SAST, DAST, Containers.
• Some knowledge of vulnerabilities, exploitation and remediation. You should be able to explain the nature of most common vulnerabilities.
• Some experience in Python and Shell.
• Knowledge of at least one of AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.

Qualifications:

• (In progress) BS in Information Systems or MIS, or related degree 
• You have a deep focus on execution, follow-through, accountability, and results.
• You have a growth mindset; You thrive on challenge, you see learnings and opportunities, not failures.
• You enjoy working with cross-functional teams and have exceptional stakeholder management skills.
• You surround yourself with high energy, thriving teams to achieve quality outcomes.

As an intern, you’ll do real work that matters. While you’re on board, you’ll work on meaningful projects and have an opportunity to see what working at Okta is all about. You’ll also have the support of your mentor and manager to help you develop new skills. 

Our interns have the opportunity to build a strong community - with their fellow interns, within their teams, and with the broader company. We want you to grow professionally and you’ll do that through participating in events like our Executive Speaker Series and Brown Bags.  And of course, we want you to have fun too.

Interns may choose the format of their internship: either in-person at one of our Okta offices, or virtually. We give our interns the opportunity to choose the option that best suits their needs. 

We offer 12 week Summer internships in the U.S.

What you can look forward to as an Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Okta 

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

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 participate in the job application or interview process, please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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