Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and user feedback
• Design, build, and refactor robust software applications with clean and concise code following Agile and continuous delivery practices
• Automate system maintenance tasks, end-of-day processing jobs, data integrity checks, and bulk data loads/extracts
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, new platforms, and tools, and develop a business case to adopt new technologies
• Develop new tools and infrastructure using Python (Flask/Fast API) or Java (Spring Boot) and relational data backend (AWS – Aurora/Redshift/Athena/S3)
• Support users and operational flows for quantitative risk, senior management, and portfolio management teams using the tools developed

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in computer science or any other scientific field
• 3+ years of experience in CI/CD tools like TeamCity, Jenkins, Octopus Deploy, and ArgoCD
• AWS Cloud infrastructure design, implementation, and support
• Experience with multiple AWS services
• Infrastructure as Code deploying cloud infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Knowledge of Python (Flask/FastAPI/Django)
• Demonstrated expertise in the process of containerization for applications and their subsequent orchestration within Kubernetes environments
• Experience working on at least one monitoring/observability stack (Datadog, ELK, Splunk, Loki, Grafana)
• Strong knowledge of Unix or Linux
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented, organized, demonstrating thoroughness and strong ownership of work
• Experience working in a production environment
• Some experience with relational and non-relational databases

Nice to have:

• Experience with a messaging middleware platform like Solace, Kafka, or RabbitMQ
• Experience with Snowflake and distributed processing technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Flink, Spark)

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Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organisations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.

This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.

About the Team

At Okta, our motto is "Always On." Within the Technical Operations (TechOps) team, we live this mission by building the most reliable and performant systems on the planet. We empower organisations to do their most significant work by securely connecting any person, on any device, to the technologies they need.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to lead the evolution of our large-scale production systems. This role is designed for a technical expert who thrives on solving complex problems at scale and lives by the ethic: "If you have to do it twice, automate it." Based in the Washington, D.C. area, you will ensure our infrastructure maintains uncompromising reliability and performance while supporting critical national security missions in secure, restricted environments.

Security Requirement: Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) to the extent required by U.S. Government contracts.

The selected candidate may be subject to drug testing to the extent required by U.S. Government contracts.

What You’ll Do

• Infrastructure Leadership: Design, build, and oversee Okta’s production infrastructure, ensuring architectural integrity and peak performance.

• Incident Engineering: Act as a senior escalation point for production incidents, conducting deep-dive root cause analysis and implementing permanent, automated preventive solutions.

• Strategic Automation: Eliminate manual toil by developing sophisticated automation frameworks, evolving monitoring tools, and establishing rigorous technical documentation.

• System Resilience: Optimize a highly available, large-scale environment, ensuring "Always On" service delivery across complex network topologies.

• Mentorship: Provide technical guidance to the engineering organisation, championing SRE best practices and a culture of self-education.

What You’ll Bring

Core Requirements

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.

• Compliance Expertise: Deep professional experience with FedRAMP and DoD IL6 frameworks.

• Education: B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience.

Technical Expertise

• Networking & Cloud Architecture: Mastery of AWS networking and security, including Transit Gateways, VPCs, Route Tables, ELBs, and NACLS.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Advanced experience automating enterprise-scale infrastructure via Terraform or CloudFormation.

• Systems & Scripting: Expert-level Linux systems administration with proficiency in Go, Python, Bash, or Ruby.

• Production Support: Proven success managing Docker containers and Java-based stacks (Apache/Tomcat) in high-security production environments.

Protocol Knowledge: Solid understanding of networking concepts, IP protocols, and multi-cloud infrastructure.

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