Staff SRE: Federal Networking & Cloud Edge (TS/SCI)

Okta; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity where applicable

Bonus

Health, dental & vision insurance

401(k)

Flexible spending account

Paid leave

Job summary

Okta is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer for the Federal SRE team. You will design, build, and operate scalable, secure cloud services with an automation-first mindset. This is a high-impact role partnering with software engineers, architects, and product teams to enhance reliability and velocity across production systems.

The role emphasizes automation, operational excellence, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical services for federal customers.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with full scope poly required.
• Experience navigating Federal and DoD compliance FedRAMP/IL6; SC2S/C2S familiarity.
• 8+ years in a Cloud Network Engineer role or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, reliable network solutions.
• Maintain a highly available cloud infrastructure edge for the Okta identity platform.
• Collect and analyze data to identify root causes for network events.
• Automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

AWS networking

Terraform

TCP/IP networking

Load balancing

Bash

Python

Golang

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Nginx

Apache httpd

Job description

Okta is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer for the Federal SRE team. You will design, build, and operate scalable, secure cloud services with an automation-first mindset. This is a high-impact role partnering with software engineers, architects, and product teams to enhance reliability and velocity across production systems.

The role emphasizes automation, operational excellence, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical services for federal customers.