Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering - Infrastructure Platform

Director, Site Reliability Engineering – Infrastructure Platform Okta is The World’s Identity Company. Okta provides secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth. The Infrastructure Platform and Shared Services Team Okta authenticates, authorizes and provisions millions of users a day. The service is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) across multiple availability zones and geographically separated regions. The service is designed for high throughput, and 99.999% availability. We’re looking for a technical leader to help us to continue to scale the service with great people and reliable, cost-effective and efficient infrastructure, processes and tooling. What You’ll Be Doing Lead the infra platform and shared services org and various initiatives across SRE & Infrastructure organization. Lead the DevOps transformation, microservice journey, and next generation infra platform capabilities in partnership with architects and product engineering. Build a world‑class observability platform and monitoring capabilities enabled with self‑service. Accelerate the velocity of SRE and product engineering by developing robust platforms, powerful tooling, and intuitive self‑service capabilities. Own the design and operation of scalable, self‑service Cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, service mesh, CI/CD pipelines, IaC & Edge Infrastructure). Lead, mentor, and grow a high‑performing team of engineers and managers across platform, infrastructure, and shared services domains. Perform engineering design evaluations and ensure the completion of projects within resource, budget, and scheduling constraints. Improve SDLC processes for Cloud infrastructure as code, including the maturity of CI/CD pipelines, change and release management. Manage service and business expectations and prioritize resource allocation. Maintain a deep knowledge of industry best practices, evolving trends, and technologies. What You’ll Bring To The Role 8+ years of experience in technical leadership & people management. Extensive experience using Agile and DevOps methodologies to build product infrastructure and shared services at scale. 3+ years of experience running large‑scale infrastructure platforms supporting a SaaS/Cloud service in a public Cloud, preferably AWS. Experience supporting a multi‑Cloud environment will be a plus. Strong expertise in cloud‑native architectures, containerization (Kubernetes), IaC (Terraform), and CI/CD pipelines. Strong background and hands‑on experience in SW development, PaaS and automation. Deep experience with building and operating observability platforms and monitoring tools (Grafana, Splunk, APM, etc.) in a large‑scale environment. Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional teams and manage large‑scale programs. Effective verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills. Computer Science Degree or related degree or equivalent experience. Additional Requirements This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g., a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee.22CFR120.15) upon hire. Compensation and Benefits Annual base salary range for candidates located in California: $266,000—$398,000 USD. Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave). To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: End‑of‑Job Legal Statements Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. #J-18808-Ljbffr