Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Kubernetes w/ active TS/SCI

About the Team

At Okta, our motto is "Always On." Within the Technical Operations (TechOps) 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 looking for an experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) who thrives on the challenge of managing large-scale cloud production systems. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who lives by the ethic: "If you have to do it twice, automate it."

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.

What You’ll Do

• Infrastructure Excellence: Design, deploy, and monitor Okta’s production infrastructure to ensure peak performance and reliability.
• Incident Management: Serve as a frontline responder to production incidents, performing deep-dive troubleshooting and implementing permanent preventive solutions.
• Agressive Automation: Eliminate manual toil by developing automation scripts, evolving monitoring tools, and documenting technical workflows.
• Scalability: Support a highly available, large-scale environment as part of an on-call rotation, ensuring "Always On" service delivery.

What You’ll Bring

• Core Requirements:
  • Clearance & Citizenship: Active TS/SCI clearance.
  • Federal Compliance: Deep familiarity with FedRAMP and DoD IL6 compliance standards.
  • Education: B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• Technical Expertise:
  • Kubernetes Mastery: 5+ years of experience building and operating workloads orchestrated by Kubernetes, including expert-level debugging of Helm values and charts.
  • Systems & Scripting: Strong Linux systems administration background with proficiency in Go, Python, Bash, or Ruby.
  • Cloud Infrastructure: Expertise in AWS services (EC2, ECS, KMS, CloudWatch) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
  • Production Support: Experience managing Docker containers and web applications (Java/Apache/Tomcat) in high-traffic live environments.
  • Networking: Solid understanding of networking concepts and IP protocols; experience with multi-cloud environments is a significant plus.

Pay

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $147,000 USD - $202,000 USD

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