Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human
Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.
This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.
Okta authenticates, authorizes and provisions millions of users a day. The service is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) across multiple availability zones and geographically separated regions. The service is designed for high throughput, and 99.999 availability. We're looking for a technical leader to help us to continue to scale the service with great people and reliable, cost-effective and efficient infrastructure, processes and tooling.
As the Director of Site Reliability Engineering you will oversee the SRE organization focused on Okta platform, Databases, Edge networking, K8s platform, CI/CD, Observability, FinOps, and automation platform & tooling.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Build and lead a high-caliber India-based SRE organization supporting Okta’s production fleet.
- Partner with global engineering, product, and infrastructure leaders to deliver resilient, scalable, and secure services.
- Define and execute the India SRE strategy in alignment with global reliability goals.
- Lead post-incident reviews, drive root-cause analysis, and ensure long-term corrective actions. Participate in incident management, on-call rotations, and blameless RCAs.
- Implement automation and observability to reduce manual toil and improve operational efficiency. Drive adoption of modern infrastructure practices: infrastructure as code (Terraform), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and AI within Infrastructure org.
- Hire, mentor, and develop top SRE talent across India; build a strong engineering culture centered on reliability and innovation.
- Foster collaboration across time zones with U.S. and EMEA teams.
- Promote continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and process improvement.
- Maintain a deep knowledge of industry best practices, evolving trends, and technologies.
- Manage service and business expectations and prioritize resource allocation.
- Accelerate the velocity of SRE and product engineering by developing robust platforms, powerful tooling, and intuitive self-service capabilities.
- Improve SDLC processes for Cloud infrastructure as a code, including the maturity of CI/CD pipelines, change and release management.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- 16+ years of experience in site reliability, infrastructure, or production engineering roles.
- 8+ years of experience in technical leadership & people management including managing managers. Strong expertise in automation, observability, performance optimization, and incident response.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-cultural collaboration skills—particularly in a global matrixed setup.
- Experience building or scaling offshore SRE teams that partner with global counterparts.
- 4+ years of experience running the SRE org supporting a SaaS/Cloud service in a public Cloud, preferably AWS. Experience supporting a multi-Cloud environment will be a plus.
- Strong expertise in cloud-native architectures, containerization (Kubernetes), IaC (Terraform), and CI/CD pipelines.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage large-scale programs
- Effective verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills
Education and Training:
Computer Science Degree or related degree or equivalent experience
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Skills Required
- 16+ years of experience in site reliability, infrastructure, or production engineering roles
- 8+ years of technical leadership and people management experience, including managing managers
- Expertise in automation, observability, performance optimization, and incident response
- Experience building or scaling offshore SRE teams partnering with global counterparts
- 4+ years running an SRE organization supporting a SaaS or cloud service in a public cloud, preferably AWS
- Experience supporting a multi-cloud environment
- Strong expertise in cloud-native architectures and containerization, including Kubernetes
- Strong expertise in infrastructure as code, including Terraform
- Strong expertise in CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage large-scale programs
- Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-cultural collaboration skills in a global matrixed environment
- Effective verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills
- Computer Science degree, related degree, or equivalent experience
Okta Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Okta and has not been reviewed or approved by Okta.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, mental-health support, and income protection, complemented by preventive care options and wellness resources. These elements indicate robust coverage for both routine needs and more complex situations.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include paid parental leave, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and fertility and family‑building benefits. Caregiving resources and flexible arrangements help employees navigate family responsibilities.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited PTO, separate sick time, paid holidays, and a company Wellbeing Week provide multiple avenues for time away. This breadth supports rest, recovery, and work‑life balance.
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What We Do
Okta is the leading independent identity provider. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With more than 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta provides simple and secure access to people and organizations everywhere, giving them the confidence to reach their full potential. More than 10,000 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Siemens, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.
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