Software Architect, Engineering Productivity (Dallas, TX) (Remote Eligible)

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Okta’s Engineering Services team is looking for an Architect to help us scale and increase velocity. You will be driving and perfecting our vision of Continuous Delivery, increasing the velocity and productivity of Engineering. You will work with a wide range of stakeholders and partners, including Engineers, Architects, Operations, Program Management, Quality, and Business Technology. We have a great team driving innovative projects- join us and bring your ideas!

Job Duties and Responsibilities

  • Drive the long-term architecture of our CI/CD platform and developer tools; be the thought Leader in optimizing for developer productivity.
  • Design CI and automation components for the scale of Okta with over 20 million tests run a day at peak.
  • Set direction and influence the development of tools that support the end to end lifecycle of code management
  • Act as an innovator by advising, recommending and managing the introduction of new technology and practices
  • Consults with other architects across the R&D and Infrastructure Engineering teams to ensure our solution is addressing top concerns of engineers
  • Build high quality tools and automation for internal use to support continuous integration, continuous delivery, and developer productivity.
  • Design software or customize software for engineering use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency.
  • Provide technical input by implementing Proof of Concept, influence the choice of the right technology, contribute to existing frameworks, and reviewing design and code.
  • Roll out deliverables to internal customers in phases, monitor adoption, collect feedback, and fine-tune the project to respond to internal customers’ needs.
  • Support pre-prod infrastructure in the cloud--monitoring, backup and restore, SLA, cost control, deployment. 

Minimum REQUIRED Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

  • In-depth understanding of Java application development, micro services architecture and successful elements of a multi-service ecosystem
  • In-depth knowledge of large scale and high transactional continuous integration systems aimed at performance, accuracy and stability.
  • Expert at Git, maven, build automation tools (e.g. Jenkins)
  • Experience with public cloud(AWS), its services, and its supporting tools (cost control, reporting, environment management).
  • Experience working with Gradle, Bazel, Artifactory, Docker Registry, npm registry.
  • Experience in Kubernetes is a plus

Education and Training:

  • B.S. in CS or equivalent 

Okta is rethinking the traditional work environment, providing our employees with the flexibility to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, no matter where they are located.  We enable a flexible approach to work, meaning you can work from the office, or from home, regardless of where you live.  Okta invests in the best technologies and provides flexible benefits and collaborative work environments/experiences, empowering employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Find your place at Okta https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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