Okta

StaffSiteReliabilityEngineer

Bengaluru, India
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Staff Site Reliability Engineer at Okta. Skills: Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, SRE. Design, build, and operate infrastructure. Lead reliability initiatives”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure production readiness; Ensure scalability; Ensure observability; Improve operational resilience

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving skills; Solve complex challenges

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering roles, 3–5 years of experience with Kubernetes (EKS/GKE) and related ecosystem tools (Helm, Karpenter, etc. ) in production, 3–5 years of experience with AWS and GCP, 3–5 years using Terraform to manage multi-cloud infrastructure, 5+ years of coding experience in Python, Go, or similar languages, Proven track record leading high-impact projects, specifically migration projects (ECS → EKS/GKE) and enabling microservice architectures, Experience implementing SLOs/SLIs, performing root cause analyses, and improving operational resilience, Linux and security fundamentals, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent hands-on experience

Nice to Have

Prior work in SaaS or high-scale, cloud-native environments is a plus

What You'll Do.

and operate infrastructure

Lead reliability initiatives

Serve as technical authority

Partner with development teams

Implement infrastructure as code

Drive observability improvements

Champion SRE best practices

Lead technical projects

Collaborate with security partners

Participate in on-call rotation

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with development teams; Collaborate with security and compliance partners; Mentor engineers across teams

Communication Scope

communication skills

Process & Methodology

Lead complex technical projects, Managing timelines, Managing technical dependencies

Full Job Description

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. What You’ll Be Doing Design, build, and operate highly scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure powering our production systems across AWS and GCP. Lead major reliability and modernization initiatives, including container platform migrations (e.g., ECS to EKS/GKE) and microservice enablement across multi-cloud environments. Serve as a technical authority in Kubernetes (EKS and GKE), cloud infrastructure (AWS and GCP), and modern CI/CD practices (GitOps, automation pipelines). Partner with development teams to architect and enable microservice-based applications, ensuring production readiness, scalability, and observability. Implement and manage infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) to automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management across multiple cloud providers. Drive improvements in observability, performance, and cost efficiency through robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems that span AWS and GCP. Champion SRE best practices — defining SLOs/SLIs, conducting blameless postmortems, and continuously improving incident response. Lead complex technical projects from conception to completion, managing timelines, and technical dependencies across teams. Mentor engineers across teams, fostering a culture of reliability, automation, and continuous learning. Collaborate with security and compliance partners to ensure infrastructure adheres to best practices and standards (e.g., IAM Federation, Workload Identity). Participate in t

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