Okta - Staff Site Reliability Engineer - AWS Infrastructure (8-10 yrs)

Position Overview :

The Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) will play a key role in building and managing Kubernetes platforms that support cloud-native applications and services.

This position focuses on architecting and managing reliable, scalable, and secure Kubernetes-based platforms on AWS, ensuring high availability and performance while optimizing costs and automation.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes platform creation, Helm charts, Karpenter scaling, and Istio service mesh.

Key Responsibilities :

Kubernetes Platform Creation :

- Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant Kubernetes platforms.

- Ensure clusters are optimized for production workloads, providing high resilience and operational efficiency.

AWS Infrastructure Management :

- Build, manage, and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure, including EKS,ECS, S3, VPCs, RDS, IAM, and more.

- Implement best practices for cost management, scaling, and security within AWS.

Helm Management :

- Utilize Helm to automate and streamline the deployment of applications and services to Kubernetes clusters.

- Create, maintain, and manage Helm charts for production-ready deployments.

Karpenter Implementation :

- Implement and manage Karpenter to dynamically scale Kubernetes clusters in response to workload demands.

Istio Service Mesh Management :

- Configure and manage Istio to provide service-to-service communication, security, and observability within the Kubernetes clusters.

- Enable fine-grained traffic management, service discovery, and policy enforcement.

Platform Automation & Scaling :

- Automate the deployment, scaling, and management of infrastructure and applications.

- Work with CI/CD pipelines to ensure a seamless flow from development to production with minimal downtime.

Incident Management & Troubleshooting :

- Respond to incidents, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues related to performance, availability, and security in a timely and effective manner.

Security & Compliance :

- Design and implement secure cloud infrastructure with appropriate access controls, network security, and compliance frameworks.

Required Qualifications :

- 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes/ K8s, Helm,Karpenter,Istio;

- 8+ years of Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Chef or Ansible

- 8+ years of Experience with serverless computing (AWS Lambda, API Gateway) and microservices architecture.

- Proven experience with AWS (EKS, ECS, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, IAM, etc.) and solid understanding of cloud-native architectures.

- Strong expertise in Kubernetes platform creation, management, and optimization (e., setting up highly available clusters, networking, and storage).

- Hands-on experience with Helm for Kubernetes application deployment and management.

- Practical experience with Karpenter for dynamic scaling of Kubernetes clusters and optimizing resource usage.

- Expertise in managing and securing Istio for service mesh, including traffic management, security, and observability features.

- Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (e., Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI, Terraform, Spinnaker, Ansible).

- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python or Go for infrastructure management and platform automation.

- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and ELK Stack.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with multi-region cloud environments.

- Understanding of security best practices for cloud platforms and Kubernetes (e., role-based access control (RBAC), encryption, and compliance frameworks).

- Familiarity with Docker and containerization principles.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent professional experience).

Certifications (Preferred) : CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer), or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer are highly desirable