Senior Site Reliability Engineer: Cloud Automation & Scale

Okta; New York (NY); On-site; USD 174,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Okta is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to maintain a highly available cloud edge for the identity platform and automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Chef. You will drive improvements in efficiency, scalability, and velocity while owning critical infrastructure and responding to on-call needs.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in cloud operations and Linux, strong networking knowledge, and hands-on experience with automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or

Qualifications

• 8+ years of operations experience configuring, deploying, monitoring and troubleshooting applications and infrastructure in the cloud.
• 8+ years administering or operating within a Linux environment with strong tooling and debugging skills.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP, Load Balancing, DNS and other networking protocols.
• Experience with Apache httpd, nginx, Tomcat, or similar servers.
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, Golang, or similar; git experience.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet or similar automation tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; on-call readiness.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a highly available cloud infrastructure edge for Okta's identity platform.
• Automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform and/or Chef.
• Evolve the system to improve efficiency, scalability, and velocity.

Skills

Linux administration

Cloud operations

Bash

Python

Golang

Git

Networking basics

On-call readiness

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Job description

Okta is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to maintain a highly available cloud edge for the identity platform and automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Chef. You will drive improvements in efficiency, scalability, and velocity while owning critical infrastructure and responding to on-call needs.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in cloud operations and Linux, strong networking knowledge, and hands-on experience with automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or