Job brief: Principal Classified Systems Architect, Okta Federal

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• Listed on Okta's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• The apply link opens okta.com, the address Okta's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $210,000 to $289,300 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Washington, DC · Washington DC
• Posted: 2026-02-17 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Principal".

Must have

• 12+ years of experience in systems architecture, DevSecOps engineering, or a similar role, with at least 5 years focused on DoD Classified environments (IL6/Secret or higher).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) to the extent required by U.S. Government contracts.
• The selected candidate may be subject to drug testing to the extent required by U.S. Government contracts.

Conditions

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, ma…

Main duties

• Design resilient, scalable infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and blueprints for air-gapped environments, solving unique challenges related to disconnected operati…
• Collaborate closely with Product Engineering (ORD), Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), Business Application teams, Collaboration Engineering teams, and Secur…
• Review and approve architectural changes and major system upgrades across the classified boundary, ensuring that operational drift does not introduce securit…

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Across Okta's 162 open listings, 33% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Okta hires

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