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Staff TDI Site Reliability Engineer, Okta Federal
Okta INC · 🇺🇸 Washington, DC
Sponsorship verdict
Posting rules out sponsorship
The posting rules out sponsorship or requires citizenship/clearance.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 93 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 52 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Okta INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles20 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $167k–$214k, median $180k. Most were filed at wage level IV (75%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Security clearance mentionedFrom the posting’s own wording.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 93 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 52 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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. Okta’s Technology, Data & Intelligence (TDI) team delivers the systems, tools, and services that power internal operations across the company. From core infrastructure to enterprise platforms, we partner across functions to drive scale, reliability, and innovation through technology. The Staff Site Reliability Engineer Opportunity Okta Federal, Inc. is looking for an experienced Staff TDI Site Reliability Engineer to help build, improve, and maintain our cloud platform services that help Okta support the most sensitive national security missions. The Site Reliability Engineering team delivers foundational infrastructure capabilities that enable corporate engineering teams to operate securely, reliably, and at scale. You’ll play a key role in designing and implementing complex cloud-based engineering enablement systems, while ensuring compliance with strict government requirements. What you’ll be doing • Operate and maintain enterprise grade solutions within air-gapped environments. • Build, run, and monitor development tools, pipelines, and infrastructure with a security-first mindset. • Operate autonomously within secure facilities. • Maintain SLOs/SLIs for workloads with no dependency on external monitoring or SaaS tooling. • Own runbooks and incident response procedures tailored to limited external escalation paths. • Participate in POA&M remediation and support annual/recurring Authority to Operate activities. • Support and run mission critical services depended on by product teams • Deliver excellent internal customer service and advocate for SRE and DevOps practices across teams. • Build and operate CI/CD pipelines that function without internet connectivity. What you’ll bring to the role • 7+ years of experience as an SRE, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Automation Engineer, or Systems Engineer with a track record of delivering complex infrastructure projects at scale. • Experience with container orchestration and runtime environments, including EKS, ECS Fargate, and general container usage. • Proficient in infrastructure automation using Terraform and developing automation tools with Python, while leveraging secure software development practices. • Experience with monitoring tools, especially Splunk, CloudWatch, and the Grafana stack. • Experience with general networking concepts, such as BGP and IPsec management, and has leveraged AWS networking services, including VPCs, TGWs, and VPC endpoints. • Security Clearance: Active U.S. TS/SCI with polygraph. Additional requirements • The selected candidate may be subject to drug testing to the extent required by U.S. Government contracts. And extra credit if you have experience in the following • Knowledgeable in Linux system administration. • Experience in secure and compliant environments (e.g., FedRAMP), with understanding of FIPS, STIG, and data boundary implementations. • Working experience operating tools and services in air gapped environments. (P24722_3497799) #LI-hybrid Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In ad