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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.
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
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.
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.
Fight for reliability: Respond to production incidents, get to the root of the problem, and build automated solutions to ensure they never happen again.
Automate everything: Identify and eliminate manual tasks, constantly evolving our monitoring tools and platforms to promote a culture of operational excellence.
Promote engineering best practices: Share your knowledge and expertise to help the entire engineering organization build more scalable and reliable services.
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
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.
A passion for mentorship: You're a technical leader who inspires and elevates your peers.
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).
A solid technical foundation: You have deep knowledge of CI/CD principles, Linux fundamentals, OS hardening, networking, and IP protocols.
Configuration management mastery: You are an expert with tools like Chef and Terraform.
Expert-level coding skills: You're proficient in operational tooling languages such as Ruby, Python, Go, and shell scripting.
Security tooling know-how: You have experience with industry-standard security tools like Nessus, Qualys, OSQuery, and Splunk.
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
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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