Staff DevOps Data Engineer

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the core infrastructure for our Federal Data Platform, using Python, Go, and other relevant
• technologies to ensure automation and reliability across the AWS cloud environment.
• Strengthen Okta's software delivery processes by enhancing pipeline automation, delivery tools, and configuration management.
• Design, build, and maintain hardened container golden images, owning the end-to-end lifecycle from base image creation through automated distribution, vulnerability scanning (e.g., Trivy, Grype), and enforcing image provenance across deployment environments.
• Investigate and remediate operational findings within our regulated environments, collaborating with other DevOps teams and subject matter experts.
• Own the vulnerability management lifecycle for the platform, including scanning, prioritizing, and coordinating the remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
• Identify manual security processes that introduce human error and design long-term automated solutions to eliminate those risks - replacing tribal knowledge and ad-hoc procedures with repeatable, auditable pipelines.
• Ensure strict adherence to federal compliance standards (e.g., FedRAMP) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), even when delivery timelines create pressure to deviate - serving as a champion for maintaining security posture without compromising federal requirements.
• Implement and maintain comprehensive application monitoring and automated security checks within code repositories and deployment pipelines.
• What you'll bring to the role
• Experience: 5+ years of experience automating and deploying large-scale production services in AWS, especially with containerized services like Docker, ECS, and EKS.
• Programming Skills: 3+ years of hands-on experience with Python, Go, or similar backend languages.

Additional Information

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The Global Data & Insights Team Okta's Enterprise Data & Insights team powers the data infrastructure that drives decision-making across the company by building reliable pipelines, scalable data platforms, and production-grade data products. We partner closely with internal Data and Insights Analysts as well as external Okta Product teams to unlock business value through robust data architecture, efficient data movement, and the engineering foundations that make data trustworthy at scale. The Staff DevOps Data Engineer Opportunity Okta's Enterprise Data Platform and Engineering team builds the platforms and capabilities that power decision-making across the entire organization. As a DevOps Engineer on this team, you will be integral to building and sustaining strong relationships with our Engineering, Technical Operations, and Technology partners. You will act as a key liaison, responsible for designing, building, securing, and automating the infrastructure deployment processes specifically for our Federal Data Platform. You will be part of a team doing detailed technical designs and implementing applications using cutting-edge technology within a high-security, high-compliance environment.

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