Staff Software Engineer, DevOps (FedRAMP)

• →Leverage cutting-edge AI pair-programmers and LLMs (such as Copilot and Claude) to accelerate the development of secure, enterprise-grade Privileged Access Management (PAM) products
• →Act as a core contributor to Okta’s FedRAMP initiative
• →Work with engineering teams to design, develop and deliver cloud-based infrastructure projects on a modern tech stack (Kubernetes/EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, Kinesis, MKS, Redis, OpenSearch, Docker, Terraform on AWS)
• →Drive evaluation, development, and rollout of microservices
• →Operate, support, and upgrade shared services and frameworks. Scale these as their usage invariably grows along with Okta's business
• →Evaluate and scale existing systems to meet specialized requirements and support Okta’s future business needs
• →Lead design and code reviews to ensure systems are scalable, redundant, and multi-tenant.  high programming standards by writing unit and functional tests
• →Monitor, troubleshoot, and fix services and frameworks the team owns
• →Evaluate system performance and resolve bottlenecks
• →Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers
• →Collaborate with architects, QA, product owners, security and operations engineers

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; master's preferred
• 7+ years of extensive programming experience in modern programming languages like Go, Java, or C++ especially in backend services. Go is preferred.
• 4+ years experience working with PostgreSQL or equivalent relational database systems. Experience with designing and querying databases with optimization in mind is a plus
• Immense passion for doing the right thing to help Okta's technology stay ahead of its anticipated business growth
• Solid technical grasp of architecting, implementing, tuning, and debugging some of the largest cloud deployments in the enterprise world
• A good understanding of computer science fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms
• Experience with fundamental Cloud building blocks like IaC, Observability, Secrets Management, CI / CD pipelines, secure coding practices, and compliance 
• Deep understanding of REST APIs and proven experience building and integrating them
• Experience with AWS, Redis, Elasticsearch / OpenSearch, Kinesis, Kafka, and Docker
• Knowledge of network security, authentication, and authorization
• Strong commitment to, and experience with, software engineering best practices
• Familiarity with Agile software development process

• 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. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire.

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