Site Reliability Engineer; SRE), Federal- Security and Data Systems

Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Security and Data Systems

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.

Our company is seeking a highly skilled Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join our team. This role blends software engineering and systems administration to build and maintain highly reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure. You will be a key contributor, automating manual processes, and proactively solving complex problems before they become incidents, handling incidents, and including on-call shifts.

• Platform & Reliability:
  Design, build, and maintain the core infrastructure that underpins our security SaaS offerings, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability. This includes building and operating the tooling for our Snowflake data systems.
• Automation:
  Develop robust automation using code to eliminate toil and ensure consistency across our environments. You’ll be a key driver in automating everything from infrastructure provisioning to application deployment and incident response.
• Security & Compliance:
  Work closely with our security teams to embed a security‑first mindset into all our processes and infrastructure, ensuring our systems and data platforms are compliant with industry standards.
• Incident Response:
  Participate in on‑call rotations and be a primary responder for critical incidents, leading root‑cause analysis and implementing preventative measures to ensure issues don’t recur.
• Collaboration:
  
  Partner with development, data science, and security teams to provide expert guidance on architectural decisions, best practices, and the implementation of new services.

• Strong Coding
  
  Skills:
  
  You are a developer at heart and are comfortable writing production‑level code to solve complex operational challenges.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
  Deep experience with Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure and services.
• Continuous Delivery:
  Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices and tools, particularly Spinnaker, to automate and standardize our release pipelines.
• Containerization & Orchestration:
  Expertise in container technologies and hands‑on experience managing large‑scale, production‑ready clusters with Kubernetes.
• Database Migrations:
  Experience with database schema management tools like Flyway for safely and reliably handling database changes.
• Data Systems:
  Direct experience with large‑scale data systems, specifically with the Snowflake platform.
• AI/ML Experience (a plus):
  Experience or a strong interest in AI/ML, particularly how these technologies can be applied to improve reliability, security, and operational efficiency (e.g., AIOps, predictive analysis).
• Problem‑Solving:
  Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing potential issues.

This role requires in‑person onboarding and travel to our Toronto, Canada, Office during the first week of employment.

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. 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.

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The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between $139,000—$209,000 CAD.

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