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.

About the Team

At Okta, our motto is "Always On." Within the Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team, we live this mission by building the most reliable and performant systems on the planet. We empower organizations to do their most significant work by securely connecting any person, on any device, to the technologies they need.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead the evolution of our large-scale production systems. This role is designed for a technical expert who thrives on solving complex problems at scale and lives by the ethic: "If you have to do it twice, automate it." Based in the Washington, D.C. area, you will ensure our infrastructure maintains uncompromising reliability and performance while supporting critical national security missions in secure, restricted environments.

Security Requirement: 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.

What You’ll Do

• Infrastructure Leadership: Design, build, and oversee Okta’s production infrastructure, ensuring architectural integrity and peak performance.

• Incident Engineering: Act as a senior escalation point for production incidents, conducting deep-dive root cause analysis and implementing permanent, automated preventive solutions.

• Strategic Automation: Eliminate manual toil by developing sophisticated automation frameworks, evolving monitoring tools, and establishing rigorous technical documentation.

• System Resilience: Optimize a highly available, large-scale environment, ensuring "Always On" service delivery across complex network topologies.

• Mentorship: Provide technical guidance to the engineering organization, championing SRE best practices and a culture of self-education.

What You’ll Bring

Core Requirements

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.

• Compliance Expertise: Deep professional experience with FedRAMP and DoD IL6 frameworks.

• Education: B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience.

Technical Expertise

• Networking & Cloud Architecture: Mastery of AWS networking and security, including **Transit Gateways, VPCs, Route Tables, ELBs,**and NACLS.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Advanced experience automating enterprise-scale infrastructure via Terraform or CloudFormation.

• Systems & Scripting: Expert-level Linux systems administration with proficiency in **Go, Python, Bash,**or Ruby.

• Production Support: Proven success managing Docker containers and Java-based stacks (Apache/Tomcat) in high-security production environments.

Protocol Knowledge: Solid understanding of networking concepts, IP protocols, and multi-cloud infrastructure.

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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in San Francisco Bay Area. 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: https://rewards.okta.com/us.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:
$159,000—$218,900 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! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Some 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.

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