Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (Federal)

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human<br><br></strong>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.<br><br>This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.</p></div><h1><strong>Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering</strong></h1> <p>Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human<br><br></p> <p>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.<br><br>This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk.</p> <h2><strong>The Federal Operations Engineering Group</strong></h2> <h1>&nbsp;</h1> <p>Okta's Federal Operations team supports government customers operating in FedRAMP-authorized, IL4, and IL5 environments. We deliver the same 99.999% availability promise to the federal market while meeting the strict security, compliance, and operational requirements that come with it. We're looking for a technical leader who understands both the SRE discipline and the unique demands of federal customer relationships — someone who can hold a technical conversation with an agency ISSO in the morning and unblock an incident bridge with an engineering team in the afternoon.</p> <p>As Senior Manager of Federal SRE Operations, you will own the operational health of Okta's federal environments, lead a team of engineers working within compliance-governed change processes, and serve as a trusted point of contact for federal security stakeholders.</p> <p>What you'll be doing</p> <ul> <li>Lead and grow a team of SREs operating Okta's FedRAMP High, IL4, and IL5 environments, ensuring reliability and compliance obligations are met simultaneously.</li> <li>Serve as the primary operational relationship manager for federal agency security leaders — including Authorizing Officials (AOs), ISSOs, and ISSMs — translating technical SRE practices into language and posture appropriate for federal oversight.</li> <li>Own the continuous monitoring program for Okta's federal boundary: coordinate POA&amp;M reme