Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Federal)

Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Federal)

Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Federal)

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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 flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

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 flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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.
We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join Okta’s Technical Operations (TechOps) Team. At Okta our motto is "Always On", and nowhere do we embrace that more than in Technical Operations. We strive to build the most reliable and performant systems on the planet through the skillful use of automation. We've created an integrated system that securely connects any person via any device to the technologies they need to do their most significant work.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working on large-scale cloud production systems and takes pride in seeing them handle anything the internet can throw at them.
If you like to be challenged and have a passion for solving problems at scale with automation, testing, and tuning, then we would love to hear from you. The ideal candidate is someone who exemplifies the ethics of “If you have to do something more than once, automate it” and who can rapidly self-educate on new concepts and tools. This engineer will be in our Washington, DC, office or nearby with on-site customer travel.
This national security role necessitates a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance, ideally with a full-scope polygraph. It is a condition of employment that you obtain and continuously maintain this clearance to be eligible for access to classified information. Any inability to uphold these security standards may lead to termination.
Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and monitor Okta's production infrastructure
• Respond to production incidents and determine preventive solutions
• Troubleshoot complex reliability and performance issues
• Automate manual processes, evolve our monitoring tools, and develop technical documentation
• Support a highly available and large scale online environment as part of an on-call
  

Qualifications & Requirements

• U.S. Citizen
• Experience with Federal and DoD compliance requirements - FedRAMP, IL6
• Background with Linux systems administration and strong scripting skills in Bash, Ruby, Python, Go, etc.
• 3+ years of experience building and operating workloads orchestrated by Kubernetes
• 3+ years writing and debugging Helm values and charts
• Experience supporting Docker containers and web applications running on Java / Apache / Tomcat in a live production environment
• Strong expertise with production services in AWS, such as EC2, ECS, KMS, CloudWatch
• Previous experience with automating systems and infrastructure via Terraform or CloudFormation
• Solid understanding of networking concepts and IP protocols
• Experience with multi-cloud infrastructure is desired
• Computer Science (plus) or relevant experience
  

Education and Training:

• B.S. Computer Science (plus) or relevant experience
  

By submitting an application, you agree to the retention of your personal data for consideration for a future position at Okta. More details about Okta’s privacy practices can be found at: Additional requirements:

• This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire.
  

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:
$168,000—$252,000 USD
What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community 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! roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.
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 complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.
Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer and Network Security, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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