Site Reliability Engineer Intern (Summer 2026)

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.

About the Internship:

We are looking for University students pursuing a Computer Science degree who are interested in a 2026 Summer Internship and that are passionate about building large-scale, mission-critical software in a fast-paced agile environment. The ideal candidate will shareour passion and pride in deploying mission critical systems at scale and have an interest in solving one of a kind problems.

We are looking for dynamic and collaborative software engineering interns to join the Site Reliability team. We also have opportunities across a wide range of areas within our engineering organization.

Our elite team is fast, innovative and flexible; with a weekly release cycle and individualownership we expect great things from all of our engineers and reward them with stimulating newprojects, emerging technologies and the chance to have significant impact in a company that ischanging the cloud computing landscape forever.

What You'll Get To Do:

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  Implement features in a Scrum/Agile environment

  
  
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  Design and deploy high-performance, scalable software features

  
  

We Are Looking For:

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  Interest in operating systems, containers and deploying highly-reliable, mission-critical software at scale.

  
  
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  Ability to program in at least one programming language (e.g. Java, python, ruby, or Go)

  
  
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  Basic understanding of containerized services like Docker, Kubernetes

  
  
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  Knowledge of RDBMs', NoSQL databases, Containers or Application Servers (experience in one or more preferred)

  
  
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  Basic understanding of networking, encryption, authentication and authorization

  
  
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  Experience using with a cloud web service and its API (AWS/GCP)

  
  
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  Interest or experience with Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, especially Terraform

  
  
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  Past summer internship experience, ideally in enterprise software companies

  
  
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  B.S. or MS in Computer Science or related field (Expected Graduation - May/June 2027)

  
  

Okta's Intern Program

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  As an intern, you'll do real work that matters. While you're on board, you'll work on meaningful projects and have an opportunity to see what working at Okta is all about. You'll also have the support of your mentor and manager to help you develop new skills.

  
  
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  Our interns have the opportunity to build a strong community - with their fellow interns, within their teams, and with the broader company. We want you to grow professionally and you'll do that through participating in events like our Executive Speaker Series and Brown Bags. And of course, we want you to have fun too.

  
  
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  We offer 12 week internships in the U.S. in the Summer and 16 week co-ops in Canada.

  
  

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to offer sponsorship or support for job applicants.

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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 for roles where it makes sense, 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/.

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