# Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Kubernetes w/ active TS/SCI

**Company:** [Okta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/okta)
**Location:** Washington, DC
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $188k – $235k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, Terraform, Docker, Linux, Python, Go, Bash, FedRAMP
**Posted:** 2026-02-10

> Senior SRE focused on Kubernetes-orchestrated cloud infrastructure for high-stakes national security environments. Manages reliability, incidents, automation, and scalability with active TS/SCI clearance and 5+ years Kubernetes experience.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- **Infrastructure Excellence**: Design, deploy, and monitor Okta’s production infrastructure to ensure peak performance and reliability.
- **Incident Management**: Serve as a frontline responder to production incidents, performing deep-dive troubleshooting and implementing permanent preventive solutions.
- **Aggressive Automation**: Eliminate manual toil by developing automation scripts, evolving monitoring tools, and documenting technical workflows.
- **Scalability**: Support a highly available, large-scale environment as part of an on-call rotation, ensuring "Always On" service delivery.

## What You’ll Bring
### Core Requirements
- **Clearance & Citizenship**: Active **TS/SCI** clearance.
- **Federal Compliance**: Deep familiarity with **FedRAMP** and **DoD IL6** compliance standards.
- **Education**: B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.

### Technical Expertise
- **Kubernetes Mastery**: 5+ years of experience building and operating workloads orchestrated by **Kubernetes**, including expert-level debugging of **Helm** values and charts.
- **Systems & Scripting**: Strong Linux systems administration background with proficiency in **Go, Python, Bash**, or **Ruby**.
- **Cloud Infrastructure**: Expertise in **AWS** services (EC2, ECS, KMS, CloudWatch) and Infrastructure as Code (**Terraform** or CloudFormation).
- **Production Support**: Experience managing **Docker** containers and web applications (Java/Apache/Tomcat) in high-traffic live environments.

**Networking**: Solid understanding of networking concepts and IP protocols; experience with **multi-cloud** environments is a significant plus.

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