About the Role
Okta is building the trusted, neutral infrastructure to enable organizations to safely embrace AI. This role is an opportunity to do career-defining work in a mission-driven environment, focusing on expanding our Observability ecosystem into Google Cloud.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable observability infrastructure using tools like Terraform.
- Optimize the collection, processing, and storage of Observability data to ensure high reliability and low latency of our Splunk and Grafana services.
- Participate in on-call rotations and lead post-incident reviews to drive systemic improvements and "observability-driven development."
- Eliminate "toil" by automating the deployment and scaling of observability agents and collectors.
Requirements
- Minimum 5+ years of experience scaling and managing observability in a Google Cloud platform.
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in an SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering role with a focus on high-availability systems.
- Deep understanding of Linux internals, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing), and container orchestration (Kubernetes/GKE).
- A data-driven approach to debugging complex, cross-service performance bottlenecks.
- Must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status upon hire.
Skills
- Terraform
- Go
- Python
- Ruby
- Splunk
- Grafana
- Kubernetes
- GKE
- OpenTelemetry (OTel)
- Vector
Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years
- 3+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $194,000—$267,000 USD
Benefits
- Equity (where applicable)
- Bonus
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Flexible spending account
- Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
About the Company
- Okta secures every identity, from AI to human.
- We are intentional about connection. 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.
- 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.
