This role pays more than
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of similar roles. Most pay
$144,300–$214,000
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$190k
versus about
$179k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Okta Inc
Okta, Inc. is an American identity and access management company based in San Francisco. It provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication into applications, and for developers to build identity controls into applications, websites, web services, and devices.[
Okta Inc currently has
87 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$174,000–$239,000
across 87 roles with salary data.
As a Senior Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE), you will join the team to design, operationalize, and optimize the data persistence layer for mission-critical systems. You will build resilient infrastructure by managing high-availability PostgreSQL clusters, performing capacity planning, and implementing automated failover strategies. Your daily work involves developing automation for provisioning, backups, and schema management while building monitoring and self-healing systems. The role requires deep expertise in PostgreSQL internals, MySQL performance tuning, and advanced SQL. You will utilize tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes Operators, Go, Python, Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog within AWS or GCP environments. You will also collaborate with software engineers to optimize queries and manage migrations. This role solves the technical challenge of maintaining high-performance, scalable database reliability for large-scale production environments involving complex data replication and storage management.
Microsoft SQL
PowerBI
SQL Server
MySQL
ClickHouse
PowerShell
Windows
SAN
Virtualization
High Availability
Disaster Recovery
Configuration Management
Networking