Engineering Manager - Platform Migration Services (Auth0)

Okta

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. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING * Design, build, and operate highly scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure powering our production systems across AWS and GCP. * Lead major reliability and modernization initiatives, including container platform migrations (e.g., ECS to EKS/GKE) and microservice enablement across multi-cloud environments. * Serve as a technical authority in Kubernetes (EKS and GKE), cloud infrastructure (AWS and GCP), and modern CI/CD practices (GitOps, automation pipelines). * Partner with development teams to architect and enable microservice-based applications, ensuring production readiness, scalability, and observability. * Implement and manage infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) to automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management across multiple cloud providers. * Drive improvements in observability, performance, and cost efficiency through robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems that span AWS and GCP. * Champion SRE best practices — defining SLOs/SLIs, conducting blameless postmortems, and continuously improving incident response. * Lead complex technical projects from conception to completion, managing timelines, and technical dependencies across teams. * Mentor engineers across teams, fostering a culture of reliability, automation, and continuous learning. * Collaborate with security and compliance partners to ensure infrastructure adheres to best practices and standards (e.g., IAM Federation, Workload Identity). * Participate in the on-call rotation, using incidents as learning opportunities to enhance systems and processes. WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE: * Strong hands-on experience architecting and operating cloud-native distributed systems (AWS and GCP). * Deep expertise with Kubernetes (EKS and GKE) — design, provisioning, scaling, and advanced troubleshooting in production. * Proven experience leading ECS to EKS/GKE migrations and driving microservice enablement initiatives at scale. * Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform (multi-provider), Ansible, or CloudFormation. * Solid coding and scripting ability in Python, Go, or Shell, with a focus on automation, tooling, and operational excellence. * Advanced understanding of CI/CD pipelines (ArgoCD, GitLab CI, Spinnaker), Linux systems, and networking fundamentals (Direct Connect/Interconnect, DNS, routing, load balancing). * Experience managing databases and caching systems (e.g., RDS/Cloud SQL, Redis/Memorystore, PostgreSQL, MySQL) in cloud environments. * Hands-on experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Loki, OpenTelemetry, Google Cloud Operations) for performance and reliability insights. * Working knowledge of container security, secrets management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager), and compliance in production environments. * Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated success leading cross-team projects and mentoring peers. Experience: * 8+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering roles. * 3–5 years of experience with Kubernetes (EKS/GKE) and related ecosystem tools (Helm, Karpenter, etc.) in production. * 3–5 years of experience with AWS and GCP. * 3–5 years using Terraform to manage multi-cloud infrastructure. * 5+ years of coding experience in Python, Go, or similar languages. * Proven track record leading high-impact projects, specifically migration projects (ECS → EKS/GKE) and enabling microservice architectures. * Experience implementing SLOs/SLIs, performing root cause analyses, and improving operational resilience. * Prior work in SaaS or high-scale, cloud-native environments is a strong plus. * Strong Linux and security fundamentals. * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent hands-on experience. The Okta Experience * Supporting Your Well-Being  * Driving Social Impact  * Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Okta

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 Core Engineering Team Okta powers authentication and authorization for thousands of organizations worldwide. We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for billions of logins worldwide. Within Okta, the Core team builds software and frameworks and works with infrastructure teams to deliver 99.99% uptime for our core authentication and authorization products. The Software Engineering Manager Opportunity Okta's Core Engineering team is responsible for building and evolving shared infrastructure and services that lay the foundation for what other engineering teams build on. We're in charge of common shared services like search, cache, configuration management, frameworks for async job management, and email pipeline, to name a few. We're cloud native, where redundancy, multi-tenancy, scale, resource optimization, and resiliency are first-class citizens. With Okta's mantra of 'Always On!' there's never a dull moment. Our biggest asset is our team of passionate engineers and technically minded managers. What You’ll Be Doing * Manage a distributed team, including setting expectations and removing blockers, creating a collaborative working environment, hiring and recruitment, providing coaching and career management discussions * Collaborate with managers, architects, product owners, project managers, test partners, security and operations engineers to implement best practices related to resilience * Communicate and organize cross-team projects with high business impact * Contribute to defining the strategic direction and roadmap for the team * Develop backend frameworks and tools for the entire engineering organization to use at scale * Participate in the incident RCA process to continuously improve reliability and scale * Provide technical guidance to the engineers on the team * Drive the evaluation, development, and rollout of new services * Operate, support, and upgrade shared services and frameworks. Scale these as their usage invariably grows along with Okta's business. * Evaluate existing systems to evolve them to support Okta's future business needs * Collaborate with architects, QA, product owners, security and operations engineers What You’ll Bring To The Role * Experienced in stakeholder management including alignment, prioritization, communication, and receiving and incorporating feedback * Adaptable to changing requirements and the ability to manage a team during a pivot in priorities. * Prior management experience of a distributed and diverse team * Experience with software architecture across the entire stack (design and implementation), including: * Understanding of monolithic applications and microservices * Cloud Infrastructure experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) * Datastores (SQL, NoSQL, Key/Value) * Containers (Docker, K8s) * Solid understanding of the Java platform * Experience with SaaS And extra credit if you have experience in any of the following! * Knowledge of network security, authentication, and authorization * Experience with Golang #LI_Hybrid P24487_3469310 The Okta Experience * Supporting Your Well-Being  * Driving Social Impact  * Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.

Okta

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. At Okta, our motto is "Always On"  and nowhere do we embrace that more than in Technical Operations. We strive to build the most reliable and performant systems on the planet through the skillful use of automation. If you like to be challenged and have a passion for solving large-scale automation, testing, and tuning problems, we would love to hear from you. The ideal candidate is someone who exemplifies the ethics of, “If you have to do something more than once, automate it” and who can rapidly self-educate on new concepts and tools. You will work on: * Leading the architecture, design and rollout of the internal developer platform which would span CI/CD, tooling, infrastructure as code (IAC) integrations as well as modernization efforts * Enhance existing automation for fleet management and build new features as per the needs of the infrastructure platform  * Spearhead initiatives and projects that enhance engineer productivity by identifying and mitigating bottlenecks in the development flow * Mentoring, managing, and leading a team of SWEs & SREs with a broad range of expertise and experience * Triaging and troubleshooting complex production issues to ensure reliability and performance. * Working closely with our stakeholders across the organization to ensure our new capabilities are aligned to our competing constraints of reliability, security, and delivery velocity * Partnering directly with recruiting and people ops to hire and retain the best talent in the world * Keep sharp eyes on our metrics, including vulnerability scanning and security posture, cloud spend, RPO and RTO, and toil overhead, and ensure our projects are driving our metrics in the right direction * Supporting a 24x7 online environment as part of an on-call rotation You are an ideal candidate if you: * Platform-as-Product Mindset: Proven track record of building and scaling internal developer platforms (IDP) that treat internal engineering teams as customers, focusing on reducing cognitive load and improving developer velocity. * Engineering Excellence in Tooling: Deep experience in the "Software" part of SRE—leading teams to build robust, automated tooling for CI/CD orchestration, Kubernetes operators, or self-service infrastructure provisioning (IaC). * Automation First: A history of transitioning teams from manual "toil-heavy" operations to automated, code-driven workflows that interact safely with high-scale cloud production environments. * Are always willing to go the extra mile: see a problem, fix the problem. * Are passionate about encouraging the development of engineering peers and leading by example * Have experience managing teams running large-scale production Java/Tomcat and containerized services in AWS (EC2, ECS, KMS, Kinesis, RDS) or other cloud providers.  * Have deep knowledge of CI/CD principles, Linux fundamentals, OS hardening, networking concepts, and IP protocols. Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Qualities: ● 3+ years of experience managing SWE or SRE teams, ideally in a cloud native environment. ● Strong leadership, communication, and project management skills. ● Strong security background and knowledge. ● BS In computer science (or equivalent experience).     P12775_3245168 The Okta Experience * Supporting Your Well-Being  * Driving Social Impact  * Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community We are intentional about connection. Our global community, spanning over 20 offices worldwide, is united by a drive to innovate. Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to our mission and team from day one. Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws. If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete any part of the job application, interview process, or onboarding please use this Form to request an accommodation. Notice for New York City Applicants & Employees: Okta may use Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), as defined by New York City Local Law 144, that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other automated processes to assist in our recruitment and hiring process. In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, if you are an applicant or employee residing in New York City, please click here to view our full NYC AEDT Notice.