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About the Role
Okta Workforce Identity Cloud (WIC) provides easy, secure access for your workforce. This role focuses on architecting and managing reliable, scalable, and secure Kubernetes-based platforms on AWS, ensuring high availability and performance while optimizing costs and automation. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes platform creation, Helm charts, Karpenter scaling, and Istio service mesh.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant Kubernetes platforms optimized for production workloads.
- Build, manage, and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure, including EKS, ECS, S3, VPCs, RDS, IAM, and more.
- Utilize Helm to automate and streamline the deployment of applications and services to Kubernetes clusters.
- Implement and manage Karpenter to dynamically scale Kubernetes clusters in response to workload demands.
- Configure and manage Istio for service-to-service communication, security, and observability within Kubernetes clusters.
- Automate the deployment, scaling, and management of infrastructure and applications using CI/CD pipelines.
- Respond to incidents, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues related to performance, availability, and security.
- Design and implement secure cloud infrastructure with appropriate access controls, network security, and compliance frameworks.
- Create and maintain detailed documentation for Kubernetes platform setup, operational procedures, and best practices.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience with Kubernetes/Helm.
- 4+ years of experience with Terraform.
- 5+ years of experience with AWS.
- Experience with multi-region cloud environments.
- Proven experience with AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, IAM, etc.) and solid understanding of cloud-native architectures.
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes platform creation, management, and optimization.
- Hands-on experience with Helm for Kubernetes application deployment and management.
- Practical experience with Karpenter for dynamic scaling of Kubernetes clusters and optimizing resource usage.
- Expertise in managing and securing Istio for service mesh, including traffic management, security, and observability features.
- Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI, Terraform, Ansible, Spinnaker).
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or Go for infrastructure management and platform automation.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and ELK Stack.
- Understanding of security best practices for cloud platforms and Kubernetes (e.g., role-based access control (RBAC), encryption, and compliance frameworks).
- Familiarity with Docker and containerization principles.
- Ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data.
- Must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status upon hire.
- Requires in-person onboarding and travel to San Francisco, CA HQ or Chicago office during the first week of employment.
Skills
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- Terraform
- AWS
- EKS
- ECS
- S3
- VPC
- RDS
- IAM
- Karpenter
- Istio
- CI/CD
- Jenkins
- GitLab
- CircleCI
- Ansible
- Spinnaker
- Python
- Bash
- Go
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- CloudWatch
- ELK Stack
- Docker
- Containerization
Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Chicago, IL
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 4+ years
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent professional experience)
- CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)
- CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer)
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Salary/Compensations
- $194,000—$267,000 USD (San Francisco Bay Area)
- $174,000—$239,000 USD (California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington)
Benefits
- Equity (where applicable)
- Bonus
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Flexible spending account
- Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
About the Company
- Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human. Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era.
- We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence.
- This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.
- The Okta Experience: Supporting Your Well-Being, Driving Social Impact, Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community.
- 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
- 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. 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.
- Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.