Job Description

Get to know Okta

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core 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. 

Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Title of Job : Associate Technical Release Manager

Role Location : Bellevue, WA

Required : Needs to be US person to manage Federal cells

Reports to : Senior Manager, Technical Release Management

Position Description: 

We are looking for a Technical Release Manager to join our Engineering organization. In this critical role, you will report to the Manager, Technical Release Management, and collaborate closely with our 'Release Team' partners, who are collectively responsible for maintaining 100% service uptime. In this hands-on role, you will significantly contribute to evolving and scaling our release processes, enabling efficient and seamless delivery of value to our customers.

Join our elite team – fast, innovative, and flexible. With a weekly release cycle and a culture of individual ownership, we expect great things and reward with stimulating new projects, exposure to emerging technologies, and the chance to make a significant impact. Be part of a company that is changing the cloud computing landscape forever.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Facilitate the end-to-end release process 
• Ensure on-time delivery of high-quality releases
• Manage operational software, infrastructure and configuration deployments
• Communicate plans, status, and issues with all stakeholders
• Maintain awareness of high-risk changes and steps to mitigate them
• Partner with other technical release managers to streamline processes by developing automation and adopting AI
• Collaborate with peer technical release managers to analyze release KPI and derive actionable insights for improvement

Minimum Required Skills and Experience:

• 1-2 years Technical Release management experience in a SaaS or Cloud Service
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Exceptional ability to multi-task and multiple threads in progress simultaneously 
• Strong and disciplined verbal and written communication skills, particularly in urgent situations
• Ability to integrate AI-powered assistants into daily workflows to improve efficiency in research, documentation, coding, and communication.
• Experience working with agile release cycles and SDLC (preferred)
• Experience in technical project and program management, especially building and supporting highly reliable, mission-critical software services (preferred)

Education and Training: B.S, M.S. in Management Information Systems or Computer Science preferred

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.

This role requires in-person onboarding and travel to our San Francisco, CA HQ office or our Chicago office during the first week of employment.

#LI-Hybrid

#LI-LSS1

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: .   

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, New York, and Washington is between: $84,000—$126,000 USD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! .

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

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.

Okta is committed to complying with applicable data privacy and security laws and regulations. For more information, please see our Personnel and Job Candidate Privacy Notice at 

Job Tags

Full time, Permanent employment, Work at office, Flexible hours,

Similar Jobs