Senior Kubernetes SRE — Cloud-Native Platform Architect

Okta Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 194,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

401(k)

Paid leave

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Okta Inc. is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to build and manage Kubernetes platforms on AWS, ensuring highly available clusters and optimized costs. The role emphasizes Helm, Karpenter, and Istio for secure service mesh and observability, with strong emphasis on automation and incident response.

The position requires extensive experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS, and offers hybrid work options with onboarding at SF Bay Area HQ or Chicago office. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience with Kubernetes/Helm; 4+ years with Terraform; 5+ years of AWS experience; experience in multi-region cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage highly available Kubernetes platforms on AWS.
• Manage Helm charts, Karpenter scaling, and Istio service mesh for secure, observable services.
• Automate deployment and scaling with CI/CD pipelines; optimize for cost, performance, and reliability.
• Respond to incidents and troubleshoot performance, availability, and security issues.

Skills

Kubernetes/Helm

AWS

Terraform

Karpenter

Istio

CI/CD

Python/Bash/Go

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Ansible

Spinnaker

Job description

Okta Inc. is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to build and manage Kubernetes platforms on AWS, ensuring highly available clusters and optimized costs. The role emphasizes Helm, Karpenter, and Istio for secure service mesh and observability, with strong emphasis on automation and incident response.

The position requires extensive experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS, and offers hybrid work options with onboarding at SF Bay Area HQ or Chicago office. Travel may be required.