Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Okta Inc

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Bellevue, WAChicago, ILNew York, NYSan Francisco, CAWashington, DC
Salary: $194,000–$267,000 / yr
Posted: 66 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $185k

This role $230k

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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 105 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $174,000–$239,000 across 105 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Site Reliability Engineer

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Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Splunk joins the team to own and evolve the company's Splunk ecosystem into a comprehensive, scalable Observability Platform. This role involves treating infrastructure as code to automate the deployment of agents and collectors across complex distributed systems while optimizing the collection, processing, and storage of log data for high reliability and low latency. The successful candidate will eliminate toil through automation, participate in on-call rotations, and lead post-incident reviews to drive observability-driven development. Key technical requirements include expertise in Splunk Cloud at scale, including Workload Management and HEC optimization, along with proficiency in SPL, Go, Python, or Ruby. The role requires deep knowledge of Linux internals, networking protocols like TCP/IP and DNS, and container orchestration using Kubernetes or EKS to solve complex cross-service performance bottlenecks.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 61 postings across 17 companies.

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Skills

Splunk Terraform Go Python Ruby SPL Kubernetes EKS AWS GCP OpenTelemetry Vector Linux TCP/IP DNS Load Balancing Infrastructure as Code

What you'll do

Design and maintain scalable observability infrastructure using Terraform as code.
Optimize the collection, processing, and storage of log data within the Splunk ecosystem.
Automate the deployment and scaling of observability agents and collectors to eliminate manual toil.
Create intuitive and actionable Splunk dashboards that correlate data across multiple sources.
Participate in on-call rotations and lead post-incident reviews to drive systemic improvements.
Develop internal tools and automate workflows using Go, Python, or Ruby.
Troubleshoot complex cross-service performance bottlenecks using a data-driven approach.

What we're looking for

Minimum 5 years of experience scaling and managing Splunk Cloud at scale (1000+ SVCs).
Minimum 5 years of experience in an SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering role focused on high-availability systems.
Strong coding skills in SPL, Go, Python, or Ruby to build tools and automate workflows.
Proficiency in infrastructure as code using Terraform.
Deep understanding of Linux internals, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing), and Kubernetes/EKS.
Experience with OpenTelemetry, Vector, or similar frameworks for instrumenting applications (preferred).
Experience implementing Splunk charge-back app for usage reporting (preferred).
U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee.

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