DevOps Engineer - PAM Core

About the role

Okta is seeking a Staff-Level Platform Engineer to join our elite team. This role is crucial to Okta’s FedRAMP initiative and involves core contributions to cloud-based infrastructure projects using modern tech stacks.

Responsibilities

• Core contributor to Okta’s FedRAMP initiative
• Work with engineering teams to design, develop, and deliver cloud-based infrastructure projects on a modern tech stack (Kubernetes/EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, Kinesis, MKS, Redis, OpenSearch, Docker, Terraform on AWS)
• Drive evaluation, development, and rollout of new common microservices
• Operate, support, and upgrade shared services and frameworks. Scale these as their usage grows
• Evaluate existing systems to evolve them for specialized circumstances to support Okta’s future business needs
• Conduct design and code reviews. Ensure proposed designs consider scale, redundancy, and multi-tenancy. Ensure high programming standards by writing unit and functional tests
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and fix services and frameworks the team owns
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers
• Collaborate with architects, QA, product owners, security and operations engineers

Requirements

• Immensely passionate about helping Okta’s technology stay ahead of its anticipated business growth
• Solid technology chops in architecting, implementing, tuning, and debugging large-scale cloud deployments
• A good understanding of computer science fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; master's preferred
• 7+ years of extensive programming experience in a modern programming language like Go, Java, or C++ especially in backend services. Go is preferred
• 4+ years experience working with PostgreSQL or equivalent relational database systems. Experience with designing and querying databases with optimization in mind is a plus
• Experience with Cloud fundamental building blocks like IaC, Observability, Secrets Management, CI / CD pipelines, secure coding practices, and compliance
• Thorough understanding of REST and its fundamentals
• Experience with AWS, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Kinesis, Kafka, and Docker
• Knowledge of network security, authentication, and authorization
• Demonstrated experience of working with Agile software development process

Qualifications

• U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee)
• Ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data
• Passport required for international travel to Okta’s San Francisco, CA HQ office or Chicago office during the first week of employment

Benefits

• Annual base salary range for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay Area: $194,000 USD - $267,000 USD
• Equity (where applicable)
• Bonus
• Benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)

Pay

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $194,000 USD - $267,000 USD

Schedule

Full-time