Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Kubernetes

Okta
Bellevue, Chicago, New York, Washington
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 194,000 - 267,000 annuallyFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureExperience: 4+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication","Team collaboration","Driven","Ownership"]

The Site Reliability Engineer will design, build, and manage Kubernetes-based platforms on AWS to run cloud-native applications. You’ll lead platform creation, automate deployment with Helm, enable dynamic scaling with Karpenter, manage Istio service mesh, and drive automation, security, and cost optimization across multi-region AWS environments.

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Okta
4 months ago

Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Kubernetes

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Job Summary

The Site Reliability Engineer will design, build, and manage Kubernetes-based platforms on AWS to run cloud-native applications. You’ll lead platform creation, automate deployment with Helm, enable dynamic scaling with Karpenter, manage Istio service mesh, and drive automation, security, and cost optimization across multi-region AWS environments.
Location: Bellevue, Chicago, New York, Washington
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Kubernetes Platform Creation: Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant Kubernetes platforms. Ensure clusters are optimized for production workloads, providing high resilience and operational efficiency.
  • •AWS Infrastructure Management: Build, manage, and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure, including EKS, ECS, S3, VPCs, RDS, IAM, and more. Implement best practices for cost management, scaling, and security within AWS.
  • •Helm Management: Utilize Helm to automate and streamline the deployment of applications and services to Kubernetes clusters. Create, maintain, and manage Helm charts for production-ready deployments.
  • •Karpenter Implementation: Implement and manage Karpenter to dynamically scale Kubernetes clusters in response to workload demands.
  • •Istio Service Mesh Management: Configure and manage Istio to provide service-to-service communication, security, and observability within the Kubernetes clusters.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 194,000 - 267,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid LeaveEquity

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of Kubernetes/Helm
  • •4+ years of Terraform
  • •5+ years of AWS
  • •Experience with multi-region cloud environments
  • •Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI, Terraform, Ansible, Spinnaker) and scripting (Python/Bash/Go)
Experience:4+ yearsCloudCloud-nativeSREInfrastructure as code
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationTeam collaborationDrivenOwnership
Certifications:CKACKADAWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Languages:English
Tech Stack:KubernetesHelmTerraformAWSEKSECSS3VPCRDSIAMKarpenterIstioJenkinsGitLabCircleCISpinnakerPythonBashGoPrometheus

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Okta
Provides identity and access management cloud solutions that help organizations secure and manage user authentication, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and lifecycle management across applications and devices.
Industry: Cybersecurity
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2009
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