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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.

 

We are looking for an experienced Principal Reliability Engineer to join Okta’s Workflows SRE (TFLO) team. Okta Workflows is the foundation for secure integration between cloud services. By harnessing the power of the cloud, Okta allows people to quickly integrate different services, while still enforcing strong security policies. With Okta Workflows, organizations can implement no-code or low-code workflows quickly, easily, at a large scale, and low total cost. Thousands of customers trust Okta Workflows to help their organizations work faster, boost revenue, and stay secure.

At Okta our motto is "Always On", and nowhere do we embrace that more than in Okta’s Infrastructure Platform pillar. We strive to build the most reliable and performant systems on the planet through the skillful use of automation. This role is ideal for someone who not only enjoys working on large scale cloud production systems and gains pride from seeing those systems handle anything the internet can throw at them. 

If you like to be challenged and have a passion for solving problems at scale with modern tooling, automation, testing, and tuning, then we would love to hear from you. The ideal candidate is someone who exemplifies the ethics of, “If you have to do something more than once, automate it,” and who can rapidly self-educate on new concepts and tools. 

 

What you’ll be doing 

• Core contributor to Okta’s FedRAMP initiative
• Design, build, operate and lead Okta Workflows' global production infrastructure
• Daily coding, scripting, and development - Go, Terraform, Helm,  etc.
• Support a highly available and large-scale Kubernetes and AWS environment as part of an on-call rotation
• Contribute to multi-cloud initiative, GCP
• Engage with engineering teams across the company, guiding and empowering them to adopt best practices for reliable and secure service deployment
• Research, own and deliver cross-team projects, while mentoring junior SREs
• Bring clarity to design and solution discovery processes and guide teams on how to solve complex problems in as simple a way as possible
• Collaborate closely with business leaders and decision-makers to understand their objectives, requirements, and vision for the product; translate these business requirements into strategies and solutions.
• Implementing industry best practices as the industry matures
• Identify manual processes and spearhead the development of cutting-edge automation tools to streamline operations
• Lead our mission of building a more robust, elegant, and scalable system through the creation of innovative tools, platform capabilities, and comprehensive documentation.

 

What we are looking for

• A strong individual contributor who leads by example
• Technical excellence with Kubernetes deployments in either AWS and/or GCP cloud environments
• A proven track record of successful SRE engagements, collaborating closely with engineering teams across a wide range of infrastructure domains
• Proficiency in distributed systems design, with a comprehensive understanding of failure modes, benefits, and potential drawbacks
• Strong expertise with production services in multi-cloud environments, AWS and/or GCP
• Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
• Strong proficiency in multiple programming languages, Golang preferred
• In-depth knowledge of various types of data stores, particularly PostgreSQL, Redis, OpenSearch
• Passionate about automation
• Background with Linux systems administration
• Solid understanding of networking concepts and IP protocols
• Solid understanding of containers and the ecosystem surrounding them

 

What you can look forward to as an Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making a 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/Affirmative Action 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.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy/. 

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, New York and Washington. 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.   

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between:$188,000—$282,000 USD The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $210,000—$316,000 USD

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.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.okta.com/privacy-policy/.