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# Director, Site Reliability Engineering

- **Company:** Okta, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $275,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Performance Tuning, Systems Development Life Cycle, Release Management, Reliability Engineering, Cloud Services, Okta, Multi-Cloud, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/18761859/Director-Site-Reliability-Engineering-California-San-Francisco

## About the Role

* 15+ 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 and 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. Experience supporting a multi-Cloud environment will be a plus.
 * Strong expertise in cloud-native architectures, containerization (Kubernetes), IaC (Terraform), and CI/CD pipelines.
 * Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage large-scale programs
 * Effective verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills

Education and Training:

Computer Science Degree or related degree or equivalent experience

## Description

As the Director of Site Reliability Engineering you will oversee the SRE organization focused on various emerging products like Workflows, PAM/ASA and Inbox., * Build and lead a high-caliber SRE organization supporting Okta's production fleet.

 * Partner with global engineering, product, and infrastructure leaders to deliver resilient, scalable, and secure services.
 * Define and execute the SRE strategy in alignment with global reliability goals.
 * Lead post-incident reviews, drive root-cause analysis, and ensure long-term corrective actions. Participate in incident management, on-call rotations, and blameless RCAs.
 * Implement automation and observability to reduce manual toil and improve operational efficiency. Drive adoption of modern infrastructure practices: infrastructure as code (Terraform), Kubernetes, and AI within the SRE org.
 * Hire, mentor, and develop top SRE talent; build a strong engineering culture centered on reliability and innovation.
 * Foster collaboration across global teams.
 * Promote continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and process improvement.
 * Maintain a deep knowledge of industry best practices, evolving trends, and technologies.
 * Manage service and business expectations and prioritize resource allocation.
 * Accelerate the velocity of SRE and product engineering by developing robust platforms, powerful tooling, and intuitive self-service capabilities.
 * Improve SDLC processes for Cloud infrastructure as a code, including the maturity of CI/CD pipelines, change and release management.