Staff Site Reliability Engineer

ISPM Techops Staff Engineer- SRE

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transform how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.

At Okta, our motto is "Always On," and nowhere do we embrace that more than in Technical Operations. We strive to build the most reliable and performant systems on the planet through the skillful use of automation.

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

The Spera Team - ISPM

At Spera, we are revolutionizing the field of identity security, providing comprehensive solutions to address modern organizations' challenges. Our platform offers security leaders end-to-end contextual visibility of their identity landscape, reducing risks, improving operational efficiency, and ensuring compliance. 

With an exceptional team dedicated to pushing boundaries and achieving remarkable results, we seek a talented engineer to join us in shaping the future of identity security.

Note: this role is onsite, presence 4 times per week in out Tel Aviv office.

What you’ll be doing

As a staff engineer at Spera in our Techops team, you will be critical in building Okta’s production infrastructure. Your expertise and contributions will directly impact the success and effectiveness of our product. 

Specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Developing, operating, and maintaining critical infrastructure (EKS, ECS, Airflow, VPCs, Snowflake, MongoDB, etc).
• Development and full ownership of our IaaS framework
• Managing the production environment private networks
• Building, maintaining, and managing Docker images and repositories, including the CI/CD pipeline and deployment processes
• Integration with 3rd-party tools and other infrastructure in the Okta WIC environment (e.g. observability)
• Evangelising security best practices, leading initiatives to strengthen our security posture for critical infrastructure and managing security & compliance requirements.
• Developing and maintaining technical documentation, runbooks, and procedures
• Triaging and troubleshooting complex production issues to ensure reliability and performance
• Identifying and automating manual processes
• Promoting and applying best practices for building scalable and reliable services across engineering
• Supporting a 24x7 online environment, managing production incidents and determining how we can prevent them in the future as part of an on-call rotation

What you’ll bring to the role

• 8+ years of experience as a site reliability or platform engineer, preferably in a fast-scaling environment
• Proven hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production
• Experience with the deployment of production workloads on public cloud infrastructure (AWS and GCP)
• Strong experience in configuration management using IaaS tools such as Terraform and Helm
• Strong experience in security practices and network engineering in AWS
• Proficiency in ETL processes, showcasing the ability to handle data pipelines efficiently and securely
• Experience managing CI/CD infrastructures, with a strong proficiency in platforms like GitHub Actions to streamline deployment pipelines and ensure efficient software delivery
• Knowledge of observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk, as well as their implementation
• Strong proficiency in Python for backend systems, demonstrating the ability to develop and maintain robust, scalable, and efficient software components essential for the reliability and performance of the infrastructure.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a detail-oriented mindset.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities to work effectively within a team.
• Are passionate about encouraging the development of engineering peers and leading by example.

Extra credit if you have experience in any of the following

• Experience with orchestration tools like Apache Airflow
• Experience with Snowflake or other data warehousing platforms

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