Senior Software Engineer in Test, Federal Classified

Okta Inc

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Washington, DC
Salary
$136,000–$187,000 / yr
Posted
53 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $176k
This role $162k
$119k most similar roles pay here $238k

This role pays less than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $150,187–$202,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $162k versus about $176k for comparable roles.

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About Okta Inc

Okta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco. It provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, websites, web services, and devices.[

Okta Inc currently has 137 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $174,000–$239,000 across 137 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer in Test, Federal Classified

As a Senior Software Engineer in Test, Federal Classified, you will serve as the sole quality assurance resource within a restricted environment, ensuring the validation and certification of all platform releases. You will collaborate with Development and Engineering Leads to refine requirements, manage deliverables under minimal supervision, and partner with Release Teams to support high availability and infrastructure growth. Your daily responsibilities include developing and debugging end-to-end system test plans, maintaining lab environments, and verifying that new changes remain compatible with existing customer usage patterns. The role requires an active High clearance and expertise in SaaS environments, device technology, and Java-based automation code. You will act as a technical authority on quality for mission-critical software, ensuring the reliability of weekly releases while managing complex test configurations within a secure, high-stakes infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Analyze and refine requirements with Engineering Leads to define test planning and scope for release certification.
  • Develop, maintain, and debug end-to-end system test plans and existing automation code to certify weekly releases.
  • Set up and maintain all necessary test configurations and lab environments for comprehensive testing.
  • Identify critical customer usage patterns to ensure they remain functional across all new software updates.
  • Review new changes in test and staging environments to ensure compatibility with existing customer deployments.
  • Partner with Development and Release teams to support infrastructure growth and high availability goals.
  • Act as the primary technical authority on quality for products within the restricted, classified environment.

What we're looking for

  • Must possess an active High security clearance.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (Secret or Top Secret).
  • Must be located on U.S. soil as defined by Federal Acquisition Regulation.
  • Requires 4+ years of experience in software QA with a focus on release-based testing and validation.
  • Requires 4+ years of experience working in a SaaS-based environment.
  • Experience is required working on both the server and client side of device technology.
  • Ability to understand, debug, and maintain existing automation code, such as Java-based systems.
  • Requires 4+ years of experience in at least three areas: end-to-end test plans or maintaining test configurations/lab environments.

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