Staff SRE for K8s Platform Team (AWS, Kubernetes, Platform Creation, Helm, Karpenter, Istio)
Okta28 days ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant Kubernetes platforms.
- Build, manage, and optimize AWS infrastructure including EKS, ECS, S3, VPCs, RDS, and IAM.
- Create and manage Helm charts for production Kubernetes deployments.
- Implement Karpenter for dynamic Kubernetes cluster scaling and resource optimization.
- Configure and manage Istio service meshes for traffic management, security, service discovery, policy enforcement, and observability.
- Automate infrastructure and application deployment, scaling, and management through CI/CD pipelines.
- Respond to incidents and troubleshoot performance, availability, and security issues.
- Implement secure cloud infrastructure with access controls, network security, and compliance practices.
- Document platform setup and operational procedures and promote knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Karpenter, and Istio.
- At least 8 years of experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Chef, or Ansible.
- At least 8 years of experience with serverless computing, including AWS Lambda and API Gateway, and microservices architecture.
- Proven AWS experience and strong understanding of cloud-native architectures.
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes platform creation, networking, storage, management, and optimization.
- Hands-on Helm experience for Kubernetes application deployment and management.
- Practical Karpenter experience for dynamic Kubernetes scaling.
- Expertise securing and managing Istio service meshes.
- Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI, Terraform, Spinnaker, and Ansible.
- Strong Python or Go scripting and automation skills.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools including Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and ELK Stack.
- Experience with multi-region cloud environments is preferred.
- Understanding of cloud and Kubernetes security practices, including RBAC, encryption, and compliance frameworks, is preferred.
- Familiarity with Docker and containerization is preferred.
- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience, is preferred.
- CKA, CKAD, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer certification is highly desirable.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement indicated by the #LI-Hybrid designation.
- In-person onboarding experience.
- Programs supporting well-being, social impact, talent development, connection, and community.
Tech Stack
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About Okta
Okta builds cloud-based identity and access management for enterprises and developers, including single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and lifecycle management. It sells subscription SaaS as the Okta Workforce Identity and Customer Identity Clouds; the latter incorporates Auth0, acquired in 2021. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, Okta is a public company traded on Nasdaq.