Manager, Site Reliability Engineer
Okta · Posted Sep 17
Cloud-based identity and access management solutions for workforce and customer security
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About the role
Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era, and Technical Operations embodies the company's "Always On" motto by building the most reliable and performant systems on the planet through the skillful use of automation. This Manager, Site Reliability Engineer role leads the architecture, design, and rollout of an internal developer platform spanning CI/CD, tooling, and infrastructure-as-code integrations, while mentoring a team of SWEs and SREs and supporting a 24x7 production environment.
What you will do
- Leading the architecture, design and rollout of the internal developer platform which would span CI/CD, tooling, infrastructure as code (IAC) integrations as well as modernization efforts
- Enhance existing automation for fleet management and build new features as per the needs of the infrastructure platform
- Spearhead initiatives and projects that enhance engineer productivity by identifying and mitigating bottlenecks in the development flow
- Mentoring, managing, and leading a team of SWEs & SREs with a broad range of expertise and experience
- Triaging and troubleshooting complex production issues to ensure reliability and performance.
- Working closely with our stakeholders across the organization to ensure our new capabilities are aligned to our competing constraints of reliability, security, and delivery velocity
- Partnering directly with recruiting and people ops to hire and retain the best talent in the world
- Keep sharp eyes on our metrics, including vulnerability scanning and security posture, cloud spend, RPO and RTO, and toil overhead, and ensure our projects are driving our metrics in the right direction
- Supporting a 24x7 online environment as part of an on-call rotation
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 3+ years of experience managing SWE or SRE teams, ideally in a cloud native environment.
- Strong leadership, communication, and project management skills.
- Strong security background and knowledge.
- BS In computer science (or equivalent experience).
Preferred qualifications
- Platform-as-Product Mindset: Proven track record of building and scaling internal developer platforms (IDP) that treat internal engineering teams as customers, focusing on reducing cognitive load and improving developer velocity.
- Engineering Excellence in Tooling: Deep experience in the "Software" part of SRE—leading teams to build robust, automated tooling for CI/CD orchestration, Kubernetes operators, or self-service infrastructure provisioning (IaC).
- Automation First: A history of transitioning teams from manual "toil-heavy" operations to automated, code-driven workflows that interact safely with high-scale cloud production environments.
- 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 managing teams running large-scale production Java/Tomcat and containerized services in AWS (EC2, ECS, KMS, Kinesis, RDS) or other cloud providers.
- Have deep knowledge of CI/CD principles, Linux fundamentals, OS hardening, networking concepts, and IP protocols.
Benefits and support
- Supporting Your Well-Being
- Driving Social Impact
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community
- Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one.
- Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran.
- If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.
About Okta
Okta is a leading independent provider of cloud-based identity and access management solutions that securely connect people and technologies to the right applications. The company powers both Workforce Identity and Customer Identity platforms, allowing organizations to securely manage user access and navigate modern challenges like agentic AI security.
- Industry
- Enterprise Software
- Company size
- 7500+ employees
- Founded
- 2009
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $228M raised
- 2010-02-01Series A$10M
- 2011-08-01Series B$16.5M
- 2012-12-01Series C$25M
- 2013-09-01Series D$27M
- 2014-06-01Series E$75M
- 2015-09-01Series F$75M
- 2018-02-21Post IPO Debt$300M
Leadership
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Legal Officer
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