Operate at scale through hands-on participation in 24/7 on-call rotations (follow-the-sun weekdays, shared weekends), directly troubleshooting and remediating incidents on critical systems
Build infrastructure resilience, designing and implementing monitoring, alerting, and automation improvements that reduce toil and elevate operational efficiency
Champion reliability best practices, establishing policies and cultural standards that embed observability, resilience, and software engineering rigor into all engineering efforts
Mentor and develop SRE talent, elevating team capabilities through pair programming, design discussions, and code reviews while fostering a culture of continuous learning
Represent reliability as a senior technical leader in architectural reviews and strategic planning, ensuring reliability is a core consideration in major engineering decisions
What You'll Bring to the Role
3+ years of hands-on team leadership in SRE or software engineering roles within cloud-native environments, combined with 8+ years of total industry experience
Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and infrastructure as code (Terraform), with proven experience managing cloud-native architectures including containers, Kubernetes, microservices, and databases
Strong programming skills in Go or Python, with a track record of building and maintaining production-grade tools, automation, and infrastructure solutions
Data-driven mindset grounded in SRE principles: blameless culture, systematic problem-solving, and the ability to apply software engineering approaches to operational challenges
Exceptional communication skills—both verbal and written—enabling you to drive clarity during high-pressure incidents and articulate complex concepts to diverse stakeholders
Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams in globally distributed, remote-first environments with strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
Strategic vision and technical depth, combining leadership acumen with hands-on technical excellence and a passion for mentoring senior engineers and shaping team direction
Extra Credit
Experience leading reliability initiatives that directly improved system uptime and reduced incident response times at scale
Contributions to open-source infrastructure or observability tooling
Experience designing and implementing comprehensive incident response programs and runbook automation
Additional requirements
This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire.
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Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between:
$187,000—$257,400 USD
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