Okta Manager, Site Reliability Engineering at Okta leads SRE team focusing on scalability, resilience, and operational excellence. Drives technical direction and participates in 24/7 on-call rotations to ensure platform reliability.
Responsibilities
Lead the SRE team's technical direction, translating organizational vision into actionable roadmaps while driving complex, cross-functional initiatives across product and platform teams
Operate at scale through hands-on participation in 24/7 on-call rotations (follow-the-sun weekdays, shared weekends), directly troubleshooting and remediating incidents on critical systems
Build infrastructure resilience, designing and implementing monitoring, alerting, and automation improvements that reduce toil and elevate operational efficiency
Champion reliability best practices, establishing policies and cultural standards that embed observability, resilience, and software engineering rigor into all engineering efforts
Mentor and develop SRE talent, elevating team capabilities through pair programming, design discussions, and code reviews while fostering a culture of continuous learning
Represent reliability as a senior technical leader in architectural reviews and strategic planning, ensuring reliability is a core consideration in major engineering decisions
What You'll Bring to the Role
3+ years of hands-on team leadership in SRE or software engineering roles within cloud-native environments, combined with 8+ years of total industry experience
Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and infrastructure as code (Terraform), with proven experience managing cloud-native architectures including containers, Kubernetes, microservices, and databases
Strong programming skills in Go or Python, with a track record of building and maintaining production-grade tools, automation, and infrastructure solutions
Data-driven mindset grounded in SRE principles: blameless culture, systematic problem-solving, and the ability to apply software engineering approaches to operational challenges
Exceptional communication skills—both verbal and written—enabling you to drive clarity during high-pressure incidents and articulate complex concepts to diverse stakeholders
Qualification
8+ years of total industry experienceDeep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS
Required
3+ years of hands-on team leadership in SRE or software engineering roles
8+ years of total industry experience
Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform)
Experience managing cloud-native architectures including containers, Kubernetes, microservices, and databases
