Director, Site Reliability Engineering

• →Build and lead a high-caliber SRE organization supporting Okta’s production fleet. 
• →Partner with global engineering, product, and infrastructure leaders to deliver resilient, scalable, and secure services. 
• →Define and execute the SRE strategy in alignment with global reliability goals. 
• →Lead post-incident reviews, drive root-cause analysis, and ensure long-term corrective actions. Participate in incident management, on-call rotations, and blameless RCAs. 
• →Implement automation and observability to reduce manual toil and improve operational efficiency. Drive adoption of modern infrastructure practices: infrastructure as code (Terraform), Kubernetes, and AI within the SRE org. 
• →Hire, mentor, and develop top SRE talent; build a strong engineering culture centered on reliability and innovation. 
• →Foster collaboration across global teams. 
• →Promote continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and process improvement. 
• →Maintain a deep knowledge of industry best practices, evolving trends, and technologies. 
• →Manage service and business expectations and prioritize resource allocation. 
• →Accelerate the velocity of SRE and product engineering by developing robust platforms, powerful tooling, and intuitive self-service capabilities. 
• →Improve SDLC processes for Cloud infrastructure as a code, including the maturity of CI/CD pipelines, change and release management. 

• 15+ years of experience in site reliability, infrastructure, or production engineering roles. 
• 8+ years of experience in technical leadership & people management including managing managers. Strong expertise in automation, observability, performance optimization, and incident response. 
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-cultural collaboration skills—particularly in a global matrixed setup. 
• Experience building and scaling offshore SRE teams that partner with global counterparts. 
• 4+ years of experience running the SRE org 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. 
• 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

• There is no citizenship requirement. The Okta employee must be on US Soil, which means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or outlying areas of the United States, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101

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