Staff SRE Federal TS/SCI: Automation & Observability

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Job summary

Okta is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer for the Federal group to design, build, and operate highly reliable cloud services with an automation-first mindset. The role emphasizes security, scale, and cross-team collaboration to ensure mission-critical systems meet strict compliance standards.

You will mentor engineers, lead complex reliability initiatives, and advance observability and CI/CD practices while leveraging AI-assisted tooling where appropriate.

Qualifications

• Experience operating large-scale cloud services with high reliability.
• Proficiency in Terraform, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong scripting and automation skills with Python or Go.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale cloud infrastructure and production services.
• Lead incident response and drive post-incident reviews for systemic improvements.
• Develop automation and platform engineering to reduce toil and improve developer velocity.
• Drive reliability initiatives across multiple engineering teams and mentor engineers.

Skills

Observability

Terraform

GitOps

Python

Kubernetes

Go

AWS/GCP

Security Clearance

Tools

ArgoCD

Helm

PostgreSQL

OpenSearch

Job description

Okta is seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer for the Federal group to design, build, and operate highly reliable cloud services with an automation-first mindset. The role emphasizes security, scale, and cross-team collaboration to ensure mission-critical systems meet strict compliance standards.

You will mentor engineers, lead complex reliability initiatives, and advance observability and CI/CD practices while leveraging AI-assisted tooling where appropriate.