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

Okta · Maryland; Virginia; Washington, DC

Posted 22 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
22 days
Okta's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Okta's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Okta
low
0 stale, 35 reposted of 320 open
Hiring momentum
541 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Okta's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Okta.

About this role

As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer on the Federal SRE team at Okta, you will focus on building and maintaining reliable, scalable cloud services while automating infrastructure and enhancing operational excellence. Your role includes collaborating with software engineers and product teams to design network solutions, analyze network events, and implement improvements to cloud infrastructure. You will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with Federal and DoD standards.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Active U.S. TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Poly
  • Proven experience navigating Federal and DoD compliance frameworks, specifically FedRAMP and Impact Level 6 (IL6)
  • 8+ years experience in a Cloud Network Engineer role or related
  • In-depth understanding of TCP/IP networking stack; ability to implement a highly available VPC network
  • 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

Nice to have

  • Working knowledge of Palo Alto next-gen virtual firewalls
  • Experience debugging software using gdb, strace, ltrace, tcpdump, Wireshark
  • Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes

What you get

  • Annual base salary range of $174,000 — $238,000 USD
  • Equity (where applicable)
  • Bonus
  • Health, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Flexible spending account

Worth weighing

  • Active security clearance is a strict requirement
  • Position involves working with compliance frameworks which may limit flexibility in technology choices
  • No specific mention of remote work options beyond 'hybrid'
  • Salary range provided only for specific states, may not reflect total compensation for all locations

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Listed by Okta on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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