Kubernetes Platform SRE — AWS, Istio, Auto-Scaling

Okta; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Okta is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to build and manage scalable, secure Kubernetes platforms on AWS. You will drive platform creation, maintain high availability, and automate deployments using Helm and CI/CD pipelines. Expertise in Istio, Karpenter, and Terraform is essential, with strong scripting in Python, Bash, or Go.

This role requires on-site work in our U.S. offices and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Kubernetes/Helm experience.
• 5+ years of AWS experience.
• Experience with multi-region cloud environments.
• Proven AWS services experience (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, IAM).
• Strong Kubernetes platform creation and management skills.
• Hands-on Helm deployment for production apps.
• Experience with Karpenter for dynamic scaling.
• Istio service mesh expertise for traffic management and observability.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI, Terraform, Ansible, Spinnaker.
• Strong scripting in Python, Bash, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Kubernetes Platform Creation: design and maintain highly available, scalable clusters.
• AWS Infrastructure Management: build, manage, and optimize cloud resources.
• Helm Management: automate deployment via Helm charts.
• Karpenter Implementation: scale clusters dynamically.
• Istio Service Mesh Management: configure traffic, security, and observability.
• Platform Automation & Scaling: CI/CD integration for smooth dev-to-prod flow.
• Incident Management & Troubleshooting: resolve performance and security issues.
• Security & Compliance: implement access controls and secure infra.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: maintain platform docs and best practices.

Skills

Kubernetes/Helm expertise

AWS architecture

CI/CD automation

Python/Bash/Go scripting

Cost optimization

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Istio

Helm

Karpenter

Job description

Okta is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to build and manage scalable, secure Kubernetes platforms on AWS. You will drive platform creation, maintain high availability, and automate deployments using Helm and CI/CD pipelines. Expertise in Istio, Karpenter, and Terraform is essential, with strong scripting in Python, Bash, or Go.

This role requires on-site work in our U.S. offices and collaboration across teams.