Senior Site Reliability Engineer, TCore (FedRamp)

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.

The Team

The TCore team is a specialized engineering group that owns and operates all of Okta's networks. They are focused on ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of Okta's core infrastructure, particularly its global traffic entry points and the complete internal networking.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the TCore team. The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys analyzing systems and identifying areas of opportunity to improve system performance, availability and capacity.  They are part systems administrator, part network administrator, and part developer.

What you’ll be doing

Maintain a highly available cloud infrastructure edge for the Okta identity platform

Collect and analyze data to identify root causes for network-specific events

Automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform and/or Chef

Evolve the system by introducing changes to improve efficiency, scalability, and velocity

What you’ll bring to the role

3+ years experience in a Cloud Network Engineer role or related, with experience configuring, deploying, monitoring and troubleshooting applications and infrastructure in the cloud

Demonstrated in-depth understanding of TCP/IP networking stack; (layer 2 through 7). Ability to implement a highly available VPC network, including inter-vpc connectivity. Working knowledge of stateless and stateful firewalls. Familiar with DNS, web-application firewalls, and various load balancing methods available in the cloud.

3-5+ years administering or operating within a Linux environment, strong experience using Linux based tooling, and ability to debug systems level problems

In-depth understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP, Load Balancing, DNS and other networking protocols

Solid understanding and experience with Apache httpd, nginx, Apache Tomcat, or similar

Strong problem solving and debugging skills coupled with a desire to take on ownership and responsibility

Proficiency in Bash, Python, Golang, or similar. Experienced with git

Experience Working With Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet Or Similar Automation Tools

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Willingness to work on-call

And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!

Experience Working In A Security-oriented Cloud Environment

Experience Debugging Software Using Gdb, Strace, Ltrace, Tcpdump, Wireshark, Etc.

Experience Working With Docker And Kubernetes

Experience With Pki / Certificate Management (edited)

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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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in San Francisco Bay Area. 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:

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The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between:

$165,000

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$227,000 USD

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