# Principal Data Platform Engineer (Bengaluru)

**Company**: Okta
**Location**: Bengaluru
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Okta is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to be the technical visionary for our internal data platform that supports our internal AI use cases with AI-ready data. As a Principal Data Platform Engineer, you will own the technical strategy and implementation for the company's AI data platform, translating product requirements into a concrete technical vision centered on Snowflake, AWS, dbt.

Responsibilities:

- Own the technical strategy and implementation for the company's AI data platform

- Design and implement a robust security and governance framework

- Build automated solutions for data classification, access control, and vulnerability management

- Implement and manage the strategy for infrastructure as code (Terraform) and CI/CD (GitHub/GitLab)

- Set the bar for engineering excellence, driving best practices in code quality, system design, and operational readiness

- Serve as an engineering partner to the Principal Product Manager

- Communicate technical vision, strategy, and trade-offs clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional teams

- Collaborate with the AI, security, and analytics teams to ensure the data platform meets the complex needs of the entire business.

Requirements:

- 10+ years of data engineering experience, with at least 5 years focused on architecting data platforms for data products, analytics, and/or AI-driven products

- Deep and recognized mastery of data platforms and architecture, including cloud applications like Snowflake, Databricks, and AWS

- Expert-level understanding of data pipeline and orchestration tools like dbt, Airflow, Fivetran, and Terraform

- Deep expertise in designing and implementing technical frameworks for data governance, access control, and security within a modern data stack

- Proven track record of partnering successfully with product management and business leaders to translate vision into high-impact technical solutions

- Ability to deliver immediate, high-quality engineering solutions while building a scalable and maintainable foundation for future innovation.

## Skills

### Required
- Snowflake
- AWS
- dbt
- Terraform
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Data Engineering
- Data Governance
- Security

### Nice to have
- Databricks
- Airflow
- Fivetran
- Nessus
- Qualys

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