What you'll bring to the role
- 5+ years of experience in technical leadership and people management, with at least 3 years in a federal or regulated environment (FedRAMP, DoD, IC, or equivalent).
- Demonstrated experience managing relationships with federal security stakeholders — AOs, ISSOs, agency CISOs, or equivalent — not just writing documentation for them.
- Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP authorization frameworks, FISMA reporting requirements, and DISA STIGs.
- Experience operating large-scale cloud infrastructure in FedRAMP-authorized environments (AWS GovCloud preferred); IL4/IL5 experience a strong plus.
- Strong background in SRE or platform engineering fundamentals: Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform), CI/CD, observability, and incident management.
- Ability to hold compliance and reliability in tension — understanding when a change needs to go through a CAB and when a P1 incident requires you to move faster and document after.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; comfortable presenting operational risk and reliability posture to non-technical federal security officials.
- Experience supporting or leading FedRAMP ATO processes, continuous monitoring programs, or FISMA annual assessments.
- U.S. Citizenship required (see below).
- Active or current eligibility for a federal security clearance (Secret or above) is a plus and may be required for certain program support.
Additional requirements
- This position requires the ability to access federal environments and/or have access to protected federal data. As a condition of employment for this position, the successful candidate must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g. a U.S. Citizen, National, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee. 22 CFR 120.15) upon hire.
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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 addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/us.
The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between:
$207,000—$284,900 USD
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