Staff SRE

Okta Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Washington, DC
Salary: $188,000–$258,500 / yr
Posted: 156 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role $223k

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This role pays more than 74% of similar roles. Most pay $172,500–$225,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $223k versus about $199k 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 156 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$251,900 across 156 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff SRE

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Join our high-stakes National Security team as a Staff Site Reliability Engineer (TS/SCI) in the Washington D.C. area, where you will design and deliver AWS-based projects using Terraform, Helm, and Go to create secure federal air-gapped environments while responding to production incidents with deep-dive troubleshooting and preventive solutions. You’ll also mentor junior engineers and collaborate across teams to ensure high-quality code and operational rigor through design reviews and adherence to rigorous software engineering best practices. With a focus on FedRAMP High and IL4 compliance, you will bring 6+ years of professional experience in running production cloud workloads at scale, including Kubernetes orchestration, broad database knowledge, and expertise in federal air-gapped environments.

Skills

AWS Terraform Helm Go Kubernetes FedRAMP IL6 Snowflake Redshift Databricks CI/CD Python PostgreSQL Git Jenkins

What you'll do

Design and deliver AWS-based projects using Terraform, Helm, and Go for secure federal air-gapped environments.
Respond to and remediate production incidents by performing deep-dive troubleshooting and implementing permanent preventive solutions.
Drive high-quality code through design reviews, code reviews, and attention to detail in a rigorous engineering environment.
Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, enterprise-grade solutions.
Navigate Federal and DoD compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP and Impact Level 6 (IL6) for federal projects.

What we're looking for

Active U.S. TS/SCI clearance required.
Proven experience with FedRAMP and IL6 compliance frameworks.
Deep expertise in architecting and deploying federal air-gapped environments.
6+ years of professional SRE experience managing production cloud workloads at scale.
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes or similar orchestration layers.
Significant experience with both relational and non-relational databases.

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