Intern - SRE/Observability - India 2026_BITS
Get to know OktaOkta 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.
Who Is Okta? | About OktaOkta is an enterprise-grade identity management service, built from the ground up in the cloud and delivered with an unwavering focus on customer success. With Okta you can manage access across any application, person, or device. Whether the people are employees, partners, or customers, or the applications are in the cloud, on-premises, or on a mobile device, Okta helps you become more secure, make people more productive, and maintain compliance. The Okta service provides directory services, single sign-on, strong authentication, provisioning, workflow, and built-in reporting. It runs in the cloud on a secure, reliable, extensively audited platform and integrates deeply with on-premises applications, directories, and identity management systems
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Location: India Innovation Centre, Bangalore
Duration : 8 -10 Weeks (Summer)
Position Description:As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Intern, you will bridge the gap between software development and systems operations. You will work with a team of seasoned engineers to Automate, build, scale, and maintain the infrastructure that powers our services. Our goal is to move away from manual "toil" and move toward automated, "self-healing" systems.
Job Duties and Responsibilities (Internship Scope):
- Automation & Tooling: Write scripts (Python, Go, or Bash) to automate repetitive operational tasks and improve team productivity.
- Monitoring & Observability: Help build and maintain dashboards (using Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK) to monitor system health and performance.
- Incident Support: Shadow senior engineers during incident responses and assist in writing "blameless postmortems" to ensure the same issue doesn't happen twice.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Assist in managing cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) using tools like Terraform or Ansible.
- Capacity Planning: Analyze system metrics to help predict when we need more (or less) computing power to handle user traffic.
Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Coding: Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python is highly preferred).
- Operating Systems: Comfortable navigating a Linux/Unix command line.
- Networking Basics: Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, and HTTP/HTTPS.
- Cloud & Containers: Familiarity and knowledge of Docker/Kubernetes and any major cloud provider (AWS prefered).
- The SRE Mindset: You view manual work as a bug that should be automated.
- Problem Solving: A "detective" mindset to find the root cause of complex technical failures.
- Communication: Ability to explain technical issues clearly to both developers and stakeholders.
- Projects with real-world impact
- Mentorship and career growth
- Inclusive culture and fun communities
- Social impact opportunities
- Great perks and flexibility
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.Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Personnel and Job Candidate Privacy Notice at https://www.okta.com/legal/personnel-policy/.