Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Networking w/ active TS/SCI

Okta•Washington, DC

48d•$174,000 - $238,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Okta is seeking an experienced Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join its Federal SRE team within the Emerging Products Group (EPG). The team's mission is to build highly reliable, scalable, and secure cloud services. They focus on an automation-first mindset, investing in platform engineering, observability, and operational excellence to enable engineering teams to move quickly and safely. This role is for an engineer who excels at solving complex technical challenges at scale, building automation, and enhancing the reliability of production systems. The Staff SRE will act as a technical leader, collaborating with software engineers, architects, and product teams to design, build, and operate cloud services. The ideal candidate embodies the principle of automating repetitive tasks and has a strong commitment to continuous improvement, operational excellence, and software engineering.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance with a full scope poly
Proven experience navigating Federal and DoD compliance frameworks, specifically FedRAMP and Impact Level 6 (IL6), with familiarity in SC2S/C2S
8+ years experience in a Cloud Network Engineer role or related
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.
Deep knowledge of AWS network concepts such as Transit Gateway, Site-to-Site VPN, and Direct Connect
In-depth understanding of Load Balancing, DNS and other networking protocols
Solid understanding and experience with Apache httpd, nginx, Apache Tomcat, or similar
Ability to troubleshoot network issues using AWS VPC flow logs and Cloudwatch metrics, alongside standard packet captures.
Experience working with Terraform
Experienced with git
Able to collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in Bash, Python, Golang, or similar is a bonus.
Working knowledge of Palo Alto next-gen virtual firewalls, implementation of firewalls, as well as configuration of security policies, routing, and global protect.
Experience debugging software using gdb, strace, ltrace, tcpdump, Wireshark, etc.
Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Work with various teams to design and implement scalable, and reliable network solutions
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
Evolve the system by introducing changes to improve efficiency, scalability, and velocity