Get to know Okta
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.
Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.
Are you ready to join a team that's building the future of security? Okta's
Workforce Identity Cloud is more than just a product—it's a critical layer of
defense for businesses worldwide. Our Infrastructure Security team is at the
forefront of this mission, and we're looking for a passionate and experienced
Staff Site Reliability Engineer to help us protect our cloud infrastructure from
the ground up.
In a world where digital identity is the new perimeter, we are the builders and
guardians. We don't just react to threats; we anticipate them. We take a
creative, innovative approach to solving complex security challenges, blending
deep security expertise with engineering excellence to harden our infrastructure
without sacrificing performance or usability.
This is a high-impact, high-stakes role in a rapidly growing, security-first
organization. As a liaison between our Security and Engineering teams, you'll be
a key driver of technical strategy, influencing our security roadmap and
ensuring our systems are robust, scalable, and secure.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
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Design, build, and secure critical infrastructure: You'll be a hands-on
engineer, crafting the systems that power Okta's services, with a laser focus
on security at scale.
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Be a security evangelist: You won't just follow best practices—you'll lead
the charge, guiding the team to strengthen our security posture through
continuous innovation and proactive initiatives.
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Fight for reliability: Respond to production incidents, get to the root of
the problem, and build automated solutions to ensure they never happen again.
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Automate everything: Identify and eliminate manual tasks, constantly evolving
our monitoring tools and platforms to promote a culture of operational
excellence.
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Promote engineering best practices: Share your knowledge and expertise to
help the entire engineering organization build more scalable and reliable
services.
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Support a 24x7 online environment: Play a crucial role in our on-call
rotation, ensuring our services are always available and secure.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE
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A "see a problem, fix a problem" attitude: You're a self-starter who is
always willing to go the extra mile to get the job done.
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A passion for mentorship: You're a technical leader who inspires and elevates
your peers.
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Deep cloud security expertise: You have experience automating, securing, and
running large-scale containerized services in environments like AWS (EC2,
ECS, KMS, Kinesis, RDS) and GCP (GKE, GCE).
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A solid technical foundation: You have deep knowledge of CI/CD principles,
Linux fundamentals, OS hardening, networking, and IP protocols.
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Configuration management mastery: You are an expert with tools like Chef and
Terraform.
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Expert-level coding skills: You're proficient in operational tooling
languages such as Ruby, Python, Go, and shell scripting.
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Security tooling know-how: You have experience with industry-standard
security tools like Nessus, Qualys, OSQuery, and Splunk.
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Cryptography and secrets management: You're familiar with Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI) and modern secrets management practices.
Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Qualities:
- 6+ years of experience architecting and running complex AWS or other cloud
networking infrastructure resources
- 6+ years of experience with Chef and Terraform
- Unflappable troubleshooting skills
- Proven experience in collaborating across teams to deliver complex horizontal
projects
- Strong Linux understanding and experience.
- Strong security background and knowledge.
- BS In computer science (or equivalent experience).
And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following!
- Experience conducting threat assessments, and assessing vulnerabilities in a
high-availability setting.
- Understand MySQL, including replication and clustering strategies, and are
familiar with data stores such as DynamoDB, Redis, and Elasticsearch.
- Experience with US Govt Federal and DoD compliance requirements - FedRAMP, IL
LI-Hybrid
LI-TM
Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual
salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and
experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and
benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match,
healthcare spending, telemedicine, 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/can
[https://rewards.okta.com/can].
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada
is between:
$139,000—$209,000 CAD
What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!
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/]https://www.okta.com/company/careers/
[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.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job
application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form
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to request an accommodation.
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