Software Engineer in Test II- TCORE

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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 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. 
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About the SDET II Opportunity 

As a Software Engineer in Test, you aren’t just "testing infrastructure"—you are our first line of defense. You will own the quality and resilience of our Global Edge, ensuring that our 99.99% uptime is unshakeable as traffic hits our edge services. If you want to build the systems that protect millions of users before their requests even hit our core servers, this is your stage. Please note this is an operations focused role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Edge Guardian: Drive end-to-end validation of our global traffic entry points
• Resilience at Scale: Partner with Technical Operations to simulate regional failovers and "black hole" scenarios across our ALB/NLB and routing tiers.
• Engineering Over Toil: We wage war against manual testing. You’ll design sophisticated automation that validates infrastructure changes before they reach production.
• Global Influence: Support quality initiatives across a distributed team (SF, Bangalore, Sydney & London), acting as the SME for "Edge Readiness."

What you'll do:

• Provide on-call support (non customer facing) for our high availability SaaS platform
• Provide assurance for infrastructure changes going into production by reviewing process and determining impact on production
• Review infrastructure requirements and design relative test plans and test cases
• Develop automation plans and write test code to execute the plan
• Work with engineering management to scope and plan engineering efforts
• Work closely with the team to evangelize optimal quality practices 
• Participate in the design and implementation of reliable cloud components
• Enhance and maintain existing test automation and CM frameworks
• Continuously review and optimize test coverage
• Interface with Development, Architects and Technical Operations
• Clearly communicate and document QE plans for scrum teams to review and comment
• Types of testing we carry out includes and not limited to: Configuration; Component; Integration; DR; Functional; Chaos & Performance
• Strong problem solving, troubleshooting, and analytic skills in a multi-tier SaaS environment 
• Excellent verbal and written communication

What you'll bring:

• Quality Engineer experience preferably in an enterprise SaaS company and/or working closely with technical operations teams
• Technically sound candidates who may be looking to transition into Quality Engineering will also be considered
• Minimum work experience of 2-4 Years
• On-call is mandatory so any experience is a big plus
• Experience with Network Security and Routing is a plus
• Experience in testing, monitoring of distributed, highly available cloud services
• Experience in building test automation framework from scratch
• Experience in at least one OO language and shell scripting
• Experience in CM tools, namely; Ansible or Chef
• Administration of complex custom applications on UNIX/Linux and Enterprise Java Platforms
• Experience with some of the following technologies and services:
  

Education and Training:

B.S. or M.S. in Comp Sci, Comp Engineering, Software Engineering or a closely related technical field
2 - 5 years of experience as a quality engineer or software engineer

Additional requirements:

• This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data.  As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire.

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requisition ID- P16278_3318172

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.

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