About the Job
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...
This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.
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.
Required Skills & Abilities
Infrastructure/Orchestration: Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), Terraform, Helm, Git, ArgoCD, GitOps
Programming: Golang, Python
Observability: Datadog, Splunk
Data Stores: PostgreSQL, Redis, OpenSearch
Strong experience operating large-scale production services in AWS and/or GCP.
Deep expertise with Kubernetes in production environments.
Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes networking, storage, scheduling, scaling, and workload lifecycle issues.
Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform and Helm.
Strong software engineering skills in Golang and/or Python.
Experience building automation and internal engineering platforms.
Experience operating and troubleshooting distributed data platforms such as PostgreSQL, Redis, OpenSearch, MySQL, Cassandra, or similar technologies.
Strong understanding of cloud networking fundamentals including DNS, load balancing, ingress, TLS, service networking, and traffic management.
Experience with observability platforms, monitoring strategies, and production telemetry.
Experience with or strong interest in AI-assisted engineering and operational automation.
Strong expertise operating customer-facing production systems.
Experience leading incident response and driving operational improvements.
Deep understanding of reliability engineering concepts including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and capacity planning.
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and automation-first operational practices.
Proven ability to balance reliability, scalability, security, and engineering velocity.
Understanding of cloud security fundamentals, IAM, secrets management, and secure infrastructure design.
Experience implementing operational controls and best practices in regulated or security-sensitive environments is a plus.
Demonstrated success leading complex engineering initiatives across multiple teams.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.
Experience working effectively within globally distributed engineering organizations spanning multiple timezones and cultures.
Experience mentoring engineers and elevating technical capabilities within an organization.
Ability to influence technical direction through expertise, partnership, and execution.
Experience operating SaaS platforms serving large-scale customer workloads.
Experience working within Kubernetes-based microservices environments.
Experience supporting globally distributed production environments.
Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD.
Experience implementing AI-assisted operational tooling or automation workflows.
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