Senior Site Reliability Engineer, TCore

Okta•San Francisco, CA

10d

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. The Team The TCore team is a specialized engineering group that owns and operates all of Okta's networks. They are focused on ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of Okta's core infrastructure, particularly its global traffic entry points and the complete internal networking. The Role We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the TCore team. The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys analyzing systems and identifying areas of opportunity to improve system performance, availability and capacity. They are part systems administrator, part network administrator, and part developer.

Requirements

3+ years experience in a Cloud Network Engineer role or related, with experience configuring, deploying, monitoring and troubleshooting applications and infrastructure in the cloud
Demonstrated in-depth understanding of TCP/IP networking stack; (layer 2 through 7). Ability to implement a highly available VPC network, including inter-vpc connectivity. Working knowledge of stateless and stateful firewalls. Familiar with DNS, web-application firewalls, and various load balancing methods available in the cloud.
3-5+ years administering or operating within a Linux environment, strong experience using Linux based tooling, and ability to debug systems level problems
In-depth understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP, Load Balancing, DNS and other networking protocols
Solid understanding and experience with Apache httpd, nginx, Apache Tomcat, or similar
Strong problem solving and debugging skills coupled with a desire to take on ownership and responsibility
Proficiency in Bash, Python, Golang, or similar. Experienced with git
Experience working with Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet or similar automation tools
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Willingness to work on-call
This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a security-oriented cloud environment
Experience debugging software using gdb, strace, ltrace, tcpdump, Wireshark, etc.
Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with PKI / certificate management

Responsibilities

Maintain a highly available cloud infrastructure edge for the Okta identity platform
Collect and analyze data to identify root causes for network-specific events
Automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform and/or Chef
Evolve the system by introducing changes to improve efficiency, scalability, and velocity