Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Deployer / Delivery

Workforce Identity Cloud

Okta Workforce Identity Cloud (WIC) provides easy, secure access for your workforce so you can focus on other strategic priorities—like reducing costs, and doing more for your customers.

If you like to be challenged and have a passion for solving large-scale automation, testing, and tuning problems, we would love to hear from you. The ideal candidate is someone who exemplifies the ethics of, “If you have to do something more than once, automate it” and who can rapidly self-educate on new concepts and tools.

The Engineering Opportunity

We are seeking an exceptional SRE/Devops Engineer who is experienced in building software systems to manage and deploy reliable, performant infrastructure and product code at scale on a cloud infrastructure. 

This engineer will  join our group responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining services/frameworks that automates actions against production infrastructure. These services enable engineers across product and infrastructure engineering groups to safely, reliably and repeatedly execute runbooks and other actions on test, preview and production environments.

What you’ll be doing:

• Design, build, maintain, and deploy robust tools and pipelines to automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment across multiple cloud environments (AWS, GCP, etc.);
• Accountable and responsible for the set-up, maintenance, and ongoing development of artifactory application suite: artifactories, cleanup, image publication;
• Create and maintain fully automated CI build processes for multiple. Environments using Artifactory;
• Architect, implement, and manage highly available and scalable cloud-native platforms leveraging Kubernetes, Linux, and other cutting-edge technologies;
• Develop and manage efficient multi-cloud deployment strategies, ensuring seamless application and infrastructure orchestration across diverse cloud environments;
• Create and maintain custom Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) tailored to specific application and infrastructure needs, optimizing performance and security;
• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to ensure the reliability, performance, and security of production systems;
• Respond promptly to production incidents, troubleshoot complex issues, and implement preventive measures to minimize future disruptions;
• Build scalable and extensible platforms, services, and tools using Java, Python, Go, and other relevant technologies, with a focus on automation, reliability, and security;
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks, manual processes, and inefficiencies, implementing automated solutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce human error;
• Leverage industry best practices in infrastructure, automation, and orchestration to drive innovation and explore emerging technologies that can enhance the platform's capabilities;
• Develop self-service tools and processes to empower teams to independently manage their infrastructure, reducing reliance on manual intervention; and
• Prioritize security and compliance by maintaining up-to-date base images, applying security patches, and implementing robust security measures to protect sensitive information and systems.

What we are looking for:

• 3+ years of experience with Java, Go, Python, or similar backend languages5+ years of experience building, maintaining, and debugging services, internal tools, and frameworks
• 5+ years of experience automating and deploying large-scale production services in AWS, GCP, or similar
• 5+ Experience managing CI/CD infrastructures, with a strong proficiency in Tools like Spinnaker, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Gitlab or any CI/CD to  streamline deployment pipelines and ensure efficient software delivery.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals, cluster administration, and container orchestrationIn-depth knowledge of Linux systems, including system administration, shell scripting, and security best practices
• In-depth knowledge of Artifactory, including new Artifactory instance builds, imaging, packaging and distribution.
• Experience in designing, building, and managing complex deployment pipelines across multiple cloud providersExpertise in creating, configuring, and managing custom AMIs for various workloads and environments

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