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Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Federal (TS/SCI)

Okta · Washington, DC

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
80 days
Okta's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Okta's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Okta
high
314 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
2026-10-23

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

The Staff Site Reliability Engineer will join Okta's Federal SRE team to design, build, and operate large-scale cloud infrastructure and production services. This role involves leading incident response efforts, improving service reliability, and developing automation using technologies like Go, Python, and Terraform. The engineer will also mentor team members and influence technical decisions while exploring AI-assisted engineering techniques.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Okta as an employer.

What you need

  • Active U.S. TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Poly
  • Strong experience operating large-scale production services in AWS and/or GCP
  • Deep expertise with Kubernetes in production environments
  • Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform and Helm
  • Strong software engineering skills in Golang and/or Python
  • Experience operating and troubleshooting distributed data platforms such as PostgreSQL, Redis, OpenSearch, MySQL, Cassandra, or similar technologies

Nice to have

  • Experience operating SaaS platforms serving large-scale customer workloads
  • Experience working within Kubernetes-based microservices environments
  • Experience supporting globally distributed production environments
  • Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD
  • Experience implementing AI-assisted operational tooling or automation workflows

What you get

  • Equity (where applicable)
  • Bonus
  • Health, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Flexible spending account
  • Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work options, but the role requires U.S. soil status
  • The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
  • The salary range is only provided for certain states, which may limit transparency for candidates in other locations

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Listed by Okta on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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