Okta is looking for a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join our team focused on Security and Data Systems. This role blends software engineering and systems administration to build and maintain the highly reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure underpinning our SaaS offerings. You will work from our Toronto location in a hybrid work mode.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and maintain core infrastructure for security SaaS offerings, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability.
- Build and operate tooling for Snowflake data systems.
- Develop robust automation using code to eliminate toil and ensure consistency across environments.
- Embed a security-first mindset into processes and infrastructure, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
- Participate in on-call rotations as a primary responder for critical incidents and lead root cause analysis.
- Partner with development, data science, and security teams to provide expert guidance on architectural decisions and best practices.
What We're Looking For
- Strong coding skills and comfort writing production-level code to solve operational challenges.
- Deep experience with Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure.
- Familiarity with modern CI/CD practices and tools, particularly Spinnaker.
- Expertise in container technologies and hands-on experience managing large-scale, production-ready clusters with Kubernetes.
- Experience with database schema management tools like Flyway.
- Direct experience with large-scale data systems, specifically the Snowflake platform.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach.
Nice to Have
- Experience or strong interest in AI/ML, particularly applied to improve reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
Technical Stack
- Terraform
- Spinnaker
- Kubernetes
- Flyway
- Snowflake
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $174,000—$239,000 USD
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Flexible spending account
- Paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
- Equity
- Bonus
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Toronto, Canada.
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.



