SRE Team Lead

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 transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

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

ISPM Techops SRE Team Lead

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.

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

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.

What you’ll be doing

As a team lead at Spera in our Techops team, you will be critical in building the team and responsible for the infrastructure. Your expertise and contributions will directly impact the success and effectiveness of our product.

Specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Designing, building, running, and monitoring Okta's production infrastructure
• Raise the bar on engineering excellence by introducing methodologies, producing best-in-class code, documentation, testing, and monitoring
• Collaborate with product and R&D engineers to translate product requirements into technical solutions
• Identifying and resolving technical issues and performance bottlenecks
• Staying up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve our products
• Responsible for the production environment private networks
• Be an evangelist for security best practices and also lead initiatives/projects to strengthen our security posture for critical infrastructure
• Responding to production incidents and determining how we can prevent them in the future
• Promoting and applying best practices for building scalable and reliable services across engineering
• Developing and maintaining technical documentation, runbooks, and procedures
• Be a mentor for your team and help promote knowledge-sharing

What you’ll bring to the role

• 8+ years of experience as a site reliability or platform engineer, preferably in a fast-scaling environment
• 4+ years of experience as a technical leader
• 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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What you can look forward to as an Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

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 participate in the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation.

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