Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Okta Inc

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Bellevue, WAChicago, ILNew York, NYSan Francisco, CAWashington, DC
Salary
$194,000–$267,000 / yr
Posted
18 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
This role $230k
$130k most similar roles pay here $282k

This role pays more than 87% of similar roles. Most pay $152,258–$214,625 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $230k versus about $183k 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 137 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $174,000–$239,000 across 137 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Staff Site Reliability Engineer, EPG (FedRAMP) joins the Emerging Products Group to build highly reliable, scalable, and secure cloud services. This role serves as a technical lead within the SRE organization, where you will identify systemic bottlenecks, shape the reliability roadmap, and partner with product teams to improve service availability and performance. You will design and operate large-scale infrastructure, manage incident responses, define SLIs and SLOs, and ensure all practices meet strict FedRAMP compliance mandates. Day-to-day tasks include developing automation tools and internal platforms to eliminate operational toil. The technical stack includes Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, GitOps, Golang, Python, Rust, Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, PostgreSQL, Redis, OpenSearch, and Snowflake. You will solve complex challenges in high-stakes environments by implementing robust observability frameworks and leveraging AI-assisted engineering techniques to enhance operational efficiency.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 54 postings across 15 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate large-scale cloud infrastructure and production services using Go, Python, and Terraform.
  • Manage high-availability systems by participating in global on-call rotations and leading incident response efforts.
  • Define and improve service reliability through SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and comprehensive observability frameworks.
  • Automate operational workflows and eliminate toil through platform engineering and CI/CD practices.
  • Ensure all infrastructure and operations comply with strict FedRAMP security mandates and audit requirements.
  • Lead complex reliability initiatives and mentor engineers on best practices across multiple teams.
  • Explore and implement AI-assisted engineering techniques to improve troubleshooting and operational efficiency.

What we're looking for

  • You must be a US Person (US Citizen or Green Card Holder) to meet FedRAMP compliance.
  • Extensive experience is required in architecting and leading large-scale production services in AWS and/or GCP.
  • Deep expertise in Kubernetes patterns, Linux-based system standards, and troubleshooting infrastructure issues is required.
  • Strong software engineering skills in Golang and/or Python are required.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Helm is required.
  • Proficiency in managing distributed data platforms like PostgreSQL, Redis, or OpenSearch is required.
  • Experience implementing compliance standards like FedRAMP, SOC2, or HIPAA in regulated environments is preferred.
  • Security clearance standards.There is no citizenship requirement.

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