Staff Site Reliability Engineer (FedRAMP)

The Team

The Site Reliability team is dedicated to architecting and owning the foundational infrastructure tooling and CI/CD platforms that support Okta’s SRE ecosystem. In this development-focused role, you will leverage a modern tech-stack to build durable, automated systems that maximize platform reliability and engineering velocity.

What you’ll be doing

• Maintain a highly available cloud infrastructure edge for the Okta identity platform
• Automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform and/or Chef
• Evolve the system by introducing changes to improve efficiency, scalability, and velocity

What you’ll bring to the role

• 8+ years of operations experience configuring, deploying, monitoring and troubleshooting applications and infrastructure in the cloud
• 8+ years administering or operating within a Linux environment, strong experience using Linux based tooling, and ability to debug systems level problems
• In-depth understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP, Load Balancing, DNS and other networking protocols
• Solid understanding and experience with Apache httpd, nginx, Apache Tomcat, or similar
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills coupled with a desire to take on ownership and responsibility
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, Golang, or similar. Experienced with git
• Experience working with Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet or similar automation tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to work on-call

Extra Credit

• Experience working in a security-oriented cloud environment
• Experience debugging software using gdb, strace, ltrace, tcpdump, Wireshark, etc.
• Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with PKI / certificate management

Additional Requirements

• No citizenship requirement
• The Okta employee must be on US Soil, which means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or outlying areas of the United States, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101

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

Benefits

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.

Annual Base Salary Range for Candidates Located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington

The annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $174,000 USD - $239,000 USD

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