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 Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart 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.

The Platform Network Engineering TeamOkta’s Customer Identity Cloud (CIC), powered by Auth0 technology, is an easy-to-implement authentication and authorization platform designed by developers for developers. We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for over 100 million daily logins worldwide. Our modern approach to identity enables this Tier 0 global service to deliver convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation. The Senior Software Engineer OpportunityYou will be part of the Platform Network engineering team responsible for all connectivity of Okta’s Customer Identity Cloud (CIC). You will play a key engineering role as we evolve our network architecture to meet the demands of enormous growth and support the hundreds of millions of users who rely on us to provide uninterrupted access. You will get to work with engineers throughout the engineering organization. What you’ll be doing

• Implement internal and edge networking infrastructure and design solutions that work at global scale and with multi-cloud and multi-region constraints.
• Carry cross-team initiatives from end to end: code reviews, design reviews, operational robustness, security hygiene, etc.
• Design and develop new services, tools, and automation to expose network functionality to other Okta engineering and operations teams.
• Research and implement solutions addressing cross-cutting concerns such as routing, failover, and scaling.
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation.

What you’ll bring to the role

• Have 3+ years of software development experience in cloud-native services in AWS or a similar cloud provider
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, and TLS.
• Have experience managing infrastructure with Terraform or similar IaaC tooling.
• Have experience contributing to Go or Java based services.
• Have a passion for working on global distributed systems that are highly reliable, maintainable, scalable, and secure.
• Bring the right attitude to the team: ownership, accountability, and attention to detail.

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!

• Experience with major content delivery networks in AWS or similar cloud providers.
• Have an understanding of Kubernetes, including ingress controllers, sidecar, overlay networks, network policies, etc.

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What you can look forward to as an Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging 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/.

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 participate in the job application or interview process, please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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