Okta
Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (Federal)
$207K–$285K
Washington, DC +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted May 28, 2026
- Location
- Washington, DC
Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Experience
- 5+ years in technical leadership and people management, with at least 3 years in a federal or regulated environment.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. Citizenship required. Candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status upon hire.
About the job
Leads the Federal SRE organization and owns the reliability, compliance, incident response, and operational relationships for Okta’s federal cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop SREs operating FedRAMP High, IL4, and IL5 environments while meeting reliability and compliance obligations.
- Manage federal security stakeholder relationships and continuous monitoring, including POA&M remediation, vulnerability SLAs, and ATO reviews.
- Drive incident response, compliant infrastructure changes, audits, and automation that improves operational velocity.
What they ask for
- 5+ years in technical leadership and people management, including at least 3 years in a federal or regulated environment.
- Experience managing relationships with federal security stakeholders such as AOs, ISSOs, or agency CISOs.
- Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, FISMA reporting requirements, and DISA STIGs.
- Strong SRE or platform engineering background, including Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, observability, and incident management; U.S. Citizenship required.
Nice to have
- AWS GovCloud experience; IL4/IL5 experience is a strong plus.
- Active or current eligibility for a federal security clearance (Secret or above) is a plus.
Pay
$207,000 — $284,900 USD (base salary)
Tools
AWS GovCloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, DISA STIGs
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