Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Get to know Okta Okta is The World s Identity Company We free everyone to safely use any technology anywhere on any device or app Our flexible and neutral products Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform provide secure access authentication and automation placing identity at the core of business security and growth At Okta we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences Join our team We re building a world where Identity belongs to you What You ll Be Doing Demonstrate full-stack fluency and adaptability to work across unfamiliar systems with minimal ramp-up time Tackle complex infrastructure challenges by delivering scalable repeatable solutions with measurable outcomes Maintain deep engagement with evolving industry trends and internal architecture to align practices with leading standards Align proactively with organizational strategy identifying gaps and collaborating on pragmatic forward-thinking solutions Bring clarity to ambiguous problems contributing thoughtful insights and suggesting nuanced improvements based on broad system understanding Influence through thought leadership mentoring and technical guidance across teams mediums and organizational layers Command broad visibility and trust with impact recognized across senior leadership and peer teams Independently drive complex initiatives end-to-end from roadmap planning to cross-functional execution Take ownership and act with urgency proactively addressing issues and proposing innovative solutions Cultivate and manage the technical reputation of your team and functions through high-quality delivery and stakeholder engagement What You ll Bring to the Role Strong leadership in building and scaling modern cloud-native infrastructure Expert-level understanding of Kubernetes K8s and Amazon EKS including architecture scaling and advanced configurations Deep expertise in cloud platforms AWS preferred infrastructure as code Terraform CloudFormation and GitOps workflows Strong Coding Experience in Go or Python Expert in CI CD Linux networking and OS hardening with deep knowledge of IP protocols Deploy and manage k8s clusters proficient knowledge on EKS Proficient in infrastructure as code Terraform Ansible Chef and operational tooling Ruby Python Go Shell Hands on with deploying and managing database and caching technology like Redis Proven experience implementing robust monitoring logging and alerting systems using Prometheus Grafana ELK or similar tools Practical experience with container security secrets management and compliance in production environments Excellent problem-solving and communication skills with a track record of mentoring engineers and driving complex projects to completion Experience 10 years of experience in DevOps SRE or Infrastructure Engineering roles 5 years working with Kubernetes EKS Helm Karpenter in production-grade environments 5 years of experience architecting and running complex AWS or other cloud networking infrastructure resources 5 years of experience with Ansible Chef and Terraform 5 years of experience of Coding Scripting in Python or GoLang or Java 3 Experience with service meshes e g Istio Demonstrated success in leading reliability or platform initiatives across large-scale distributed systems Experience participating in or leading incident response and root cause analysis processes Prior experience in a high-scale SaaS or cloud-native startup environment is a strong plus Strong Linux security understanding and experience BS In computer science or equivalent experience LI-Hybrid What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee Amazing Making Developing Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment providing the best tools technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs Each organization 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