WiCS x Okta: From Outages to Ownership
University of Waterloo Davis Centre Library
- 1304
Thursday,
Nov 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
- 5:30 PM EST
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Event Details
From Outages to Ownership: Disaster Recovery, DNS, and Career Journeys in Okta Engineering
Ready to see how a top tech company handles the really big challenges? Join us and our Okta engineers for an evening focused on the critical work that keeps our services running; even when major outages happen.
Our Staff Software Engineer will kick off the event with a fascinating technical talk, diving into DNS, redundancy, and disaster recovery based on her real-world experience at Okta. It’s a timely look at how engineering teams build for reliability at scale.
After the deep-dive, you’ll hear from a panel of Engineers from various teams as they share their own career paths, offer a peek into their day-to-day work, and give you practical advice for launching your career. Stick around for our informal networking mixer to connect one-on-one with the team and ask any final questions!
Event Details:
Date: November 20th, 2025
Time: 4:00PM - 5:30PM
Location: DC 1304
Location
University of Waterloo Davis Centre Library - 1304
200 University Avenue West Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 CA
Tickets
Type |
Price |
|---|---|
|
UW Student |
Free |
|
Waitlist |
Free |
Organizer Details
WiCS Events
Women in Computer Science
Women in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo is committed to addressing equity in tech for undergraduate students. The Outreach office is focused on engaging female youth, in an effort to provide more opportunities for learning. We are proud to partner with companies in the community as we build a more equitable future in tech!