Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Security and Data Systems (Federal)

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human

Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.

Our company is seeking a highly skilled Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join our team. We are a SaaS company specializing in securing large-scale systems. This role is a blend of software engineering and systems administration, where you'll be responsible for building and maintaining highly reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure. You will be a key contributor, applying your expertise to automate manual processes and proactively solve complex problems before they become incidents, handling incidents, and includes on-call shifts.

*This position requires the ability to access U.S. National Security information. 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.

Responsibilities

• Platform & Reliability: Design, build, and maintain the core infrastructure that underpins our security SaaS offerings, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability. This includes building and operating the tooling for our Snowflake data systems.
• Automation: Develop robust automation using code to eliminate toil and ensure consistency across our environments. You'll be a key driver in automating everything from infrastructure provisioning to application deployment and incident response.
• Security & Compliance: Work closely with our security teams to embed a security-first mindset into all our processes and infrastructure. You will be responsible for ensuring our systems and data platforms are compliant with industry standards.
• Incident Response: Participate in on-call rotations and be a primary responder for critical incidents, leading root cause analysis and implementing preventative measures to ensure issues don't recur.
• Collaboration: Partner with development, data science, and security teams to provide expert guidance on architectural decisi