Principal Performance Engineer in Test

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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences.

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We are looking for an experienced Principal level Performance Engineer in Testwho is passionate about testing large-scale, mission-critical software in a fast-paced agile environment. The ideal candidate will be partnered with talented full stack engineers that share our passion and great pride in the simple elegance and usability of our solution. Okta engineering strongly believes in automated testing, UX design and an iterative process to build high-quality next generation software.

We need performance and scalability experts to help us scale our product to the next level. Can you code a performance test automation framework? And find the scale and resiliency hotspots in the code? If so, we would like to talk to you!

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understand Okta backwards and forwards from core products to service infrastructure
• Be a performance test expert and advocate for the rest of the engineering organization .
• Build/extend performance and scale tests framework, automate tests and help scale product to next level
• Identify performance bottlenecks and create repeatable processes for benchmarking purposes.
• Master, improve and innovate upon our existing tools and processes for monitoring and measuring our application performance in production and pre-production environments.

Minimum REQUIRED Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 10+ years of experience preferably in an enterprise SaaS company
• 7+ years of Performance Testing/Monitoring of Web Applications
• Experience in Java based automation development.
• Experience with REST based API’s
• Experience working with large data volumes
• Solid understanding of diagnosing system utilization in a Linux based environment.
• Experience with some of the following technologies and services:
• Linux (RPM or Deb-based distributions)
• Cloud based Infrastructure as a Service (especially AWS)
• Container based service schedulers (e.g., Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, etc.)
• MySQL
• Configuration management systems (Chef/Puppet)
• Log management tools (Splunk/Sumologic/Kibana)
• Monitoring systems (Nagios, Zabbix, Wavefront, AppDynamics, NewRelic)

Education and Training:

• Any Bachelors Degree
• Specialized training or equivalent working experience in: Software Development Lifecycle, Web Applications desired.

Below is the annual base salary range for candidates located in California, Colorado, 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.

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