Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Federal)

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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.
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We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join Okta’s Technical Operations (TechOps) Team. At Okta our motto is "Always On", and nowhere do we embrace that more than in Technical Operations. We strive to build the most reliable and performant systems on the planet through the skillful use of automation. We've created an integrated system that securely connects any person via any device to the technologies they need to do their most significant work. 

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working on large-scale cloud production systems and takes pride in seeing them handle anything the internet can throw at them. 

If you like to be challenged and have a passion for solving problems at scale with 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. This engineer will be in our Washington, DC, office or nearby with on-site customer travel. 

This national security role necessitates a TOP SECRET/SCI security clearance, ideally with a full-scope polygraph. It is a condition of employment that you obtain and continuously maintain this clearance to be eligible for access to classified information. Any inability to uphold these security standards may lead to termination.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and monitor Okta's production infrastructure
• Respond to production incidents and determine preventive solutions
• Troubleshoot complex reliability and performance issues
• Automate manual processes, evolve our monitoring tools, and develop technical documentation
• Support a highly available and large scale online environment as part of an on-call 

Qualifications & Requirements

• U.S. Citizen 
• Experience with Federal and DoD compliance requirements - FedRAMP, IL6
• Background with Linux systems administration and strong scripting skills in Bash, Ruby, Python, Go, etc.
• 3+ years of experience building and operating workloads orchestrated by Kubernetes
• 3+ years writing and debugging Helm values and charts
• Experience supporting Docker containers and web applications running on Java / Apache / Tomcat in a live production environment
• Strong expertise with production services in AWS, such as EC2, ECS, KMS, CloudWatch
• Previous experience with automating systems and infrastructure via Terraform or CloudFormation 
• Solid understanding of networking concepts and IP protocols
• Experience with multi-cloud infrastructure is desired
• Computer Science (plus) or relevant experience

Education and Training:

• B.S. Computer Science (plus) or relevant experience

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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.

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.
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