DevOps Engineer - PAM Core

Okta; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Okta is seeking a staff-level Platform Engineer in San Francisco to contribute to cloud infrastructure initiatives, including the FedRAMP initiative. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in programming, cloud deployments, and database management, along with a bachelor’s degree in computer science. Responsibilities include helping design and deliver projects, mentoring junior developers, and working with various engineering teams. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, with a generous base salary range of $194,000 to $267,000.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of extensive programming experience in a modern programming language like Go, Java, or C++.
• 4+ years experience working with PostgreSQL or equivalent relational database systems.
• Demonstrated experience of working with REST.

Responsibilities

• Core contributor to Okta’s FedRAMP initiative.
• Work with engineering teams to design and deliver cloud-based infrastructure projects.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.

Skills

Programming in Go

Cloud deployments

PostgreSQL

AWS services

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Master's preferred

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

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.

Job Summary

We’re looking for a staff-level Platform engineer to join a team of highly skilled and talented team players who're proud of what they own and deliver. Our elite team is fast, creative, and flexible; with a weekly release cycle and individual ownership, we expect great things from our engineers and reward them with stimulating new projects, new technologies, and the chance to have significant equity in a company that is changing the cloud computing landscape forever.

Responsibilities

• Core contributor to Okta’s FedRAMP initiative
• Work with engineering teams to design, develop and deliver cloud‑based infrastructure projects on a modern tech stack (Kubernetes/EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, Kinesis, MKS, Redis, OpenSearch, Docker, Terraform on AWS)
• Drive evaluation, development, and rollout of new common microservices
• Operate, support, and upgrade shared services and frameworks. Scale these as their usage invariably grows along with Okta's business.
• Evaluate existing systems to evolve them for serving in specialized circumstances to support Okta's future business needs
• Conduct design and code reviews. Ascertain that proposed designs consider scale, redundancy, and multi‑tenancy. Ensure high programming standards by writing unit and functional tests.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and fix services and frameworks the team owns
• Evaluate system performance and resolve bottlenecks
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers
• Collaborate with architects, QA, product owners, security and operations engineers

Qualifications

• Immense passion for doing the right thing to help Okta's technology stay ahead of its anticipated business growth
• Solid technology chops in architecting, implementing, tuning, and debugging some of the largest cloud deployments in the enterprise world
• Good understanding of computer science fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; master's preferred
• 7+ years of extensive programming experience in a modern programming language like Go, Java, or C++ especially in backend services. Go is preferred
• 4+ years experience working with PostgreSQL or equivalent relational database systems. Experience with designing and querying databases with optimization in mind is a plus
• Experience with Cloud fundamentals like IaC, Observability, Secrets Management, CI/CD pipelines, secure coding practices, and compliance
• Demonstrated experience of working with REST and thorough understanding of its fundamentals
• Experience with AWS, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Kinesis, Kafka, and Docker
• Knowledge of network security, authentication, and authorization
• Demonstrably followed best software engineering principles
• Familiarity with Agile software development process

Location & Travel

Requires in‑person onboarding and travel to our San Francisco, CA HQ office or our Chicago office during the first week of employment.

Federal Clearance

This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g., a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee) upon hire.

Compensation & Benefits

The annual base salary range for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay Area is between $194,000 USD – $267,000 USD. Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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.

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