Associate Site Reliability Engineer

Okta • Bellevue, WA

144d • $99,000 - $149,000

About The Position

Okta is The World's Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth. At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we're looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. Join our team! We're building a world where Identity belongs to you. At Okta, our motto is 'Always On,' and nowhere do we embrace that more than in Technical Operations. We strive to build the most reliable and performant systems on the planet through the skillful use of automation.

Requirements

• Are always willing to go the extra mile: see a problem, fix the problem.
• Are passionate about encouraging the development of engineering peers and leading by example.
• Have experience automating, securing, and running large-scale production Java/Tomcat and containerized services in AWS (EC2, ECS, KMS, Kinesis, RDS) or other cloud providers.
• Knowledge of core Kubernetes concepts (Pods, Deployments, Services). Proven ability to use kubectl for basic operations and to diagnose issues by inspecting logs and pod status.
• Have knowledge of CI/CD principles, Linux fundamentals, OS hardening, networking concepts, and Internet protocols.
• Have an understanding and familiarity with configuration management tools like Chef, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Have strong skills in operational tooling languages such as Ruby, Python, or Go.
• Understand both relational and non-relational datastores, including replication and clustering strategies.

Nice To Haves

• 1+ years of experience architecting and running complex AWS or other cloud networking infrastructure resources
• 1+ years of experience with Ansible, Chef, and Terraform
• Strong Linux understanding and experience.
• BS In computer science (or equivalent experience).

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, running, and monitoring Okta's production infrastructure
• Be an evangelist for security best practices and also lead initiatives/projects to strengthen our security posture for critical infrastructure
• Responding to production incidents and determining how we can prevent them in the future
• Triaging and troubleshooting complex production issues to ensure reliability and performance
• Identifying and automating manual processes
• Continuously evolving our monitoring tools and platform
• Promoting and applying best practices for building scalable and reliable services across engineering
• Developing and maintaining technical documentation, runbooks, and procedures
• Supporting a 24x7 online environment as part of a global on-call rotation

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible spending account
• Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree