Director- Site Reliability Engineer

Okta is seeking a Director of Site Reliability Engineering to oversee the SRE organization focused on the Okta platform, Databases, Edge networking, K8s, CI/CD, Observability, FinOps, and automation. The role involves building, leading a high-quality team, and scaling the SRE service, while simultaneously driving adoption of modern infrastructure practices. This position will collaborate with global teams and prioritize continuous learning and process improvement.

Requirements

• 16+ 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 or 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.
• Strong expertise in cloud-native architectures, containerization (Kubernetes), IaC (Terraform), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Effective verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community 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.