Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering

Okta Inc

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Washington, DC
Salary
$207,000–$284,900 / yr
Posted
65 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $246k
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This role pays more than 89% of similar roles. Most pay $154,287–$219,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $246k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering

As a Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (Federal), you will join the Federal Operations Engineering Group to manage the operational health of FedRAMP-authorized, IL4, and IL5 environments. You will lead a team of SREs while serving as the primary relationship manager for federal agency security leaders, translating technical practices into compliance-focused language. Your daily responsibilities include overseeing continuous monitoring programs, managing vulnerability remediation, coordinating incident responses that meet FISMA reporting timelines, and maintaining system security plans. To succeed, you must possess expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code. You will navigate the complexities of federal requirements, including NIST SP 800-53 and DISA STIGs, to ensure high availability while maintaining strict compliance standards within a highly regulated government cloud infrastructure environment.

What you'll do

  • Lead and grow a team of SREs managing FedRAMP High, IL4, and IL5 environments.
  • Serve as the primary operational relationship manager for federal agency security leaders and stakeholders.
  • Manage the continuous monitoring program including POA&M remediation and vulnerability SLA compliance.
  • Coordinate infrastructure changes with product teams to ensure they meet FedRAMP-compliant processes.
  • Drive incident response and post-incident reviews that satisfy federal reporting requirements like FISMA.
  • Manage relationships with 3PAOs and internal legal/security teams during audits and ATO renewals.
  • Maintain operational runbooks, system security plans, and evidence packages for compliance audits.
  • Build compliant self-service tooling and CI/CD pipelines to increase engineering team velocity.

What we're looking for

  • U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Active or current eligibility for a federal security clearance (Secret or above) is preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience in technical leadership and people management are required.
  • At least 3 years of experience in a federal or regulated environment like FedRAMP, DoD, or IC is required.
  • Demonstrated experience managing relationships with federal security stakeholders such as AOs, ISSOs, and agency CISOs is required.
  • Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP frameworks, FISMA reporting, and DISA STIGs is required.
  • Experience operating large-scale cloud infrastructure in FedRAMP environments (AWS GovCloud preferred) and IL4/IL5 experience is a strong plus.
  • Strong background in SRE or platform engineering fundamentals including Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD, and incident management is required.

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