Principal DB Platform Engineer: Cloud-Scale Automation

Oracle

United Kingdom

On-site

GBP 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Internal Oracle Database (IOD) team is seeking a Software Development Engineer with strong DBA and database systems experience to design, build, and operate scalable database services for mission-critical OCI workloads.

You will work on large-scale distributed systems, creating automation, self-healing capabilities, and reliable data platforms to support OCI's growth while improving developer productivity and operational excellence.

Qualifications

Experience with DBA practices in large-scale database systems.
Strong understanding of distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
Proficiency in software engineering practices and automation.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and operate large-scale database platform services that power OCI workloads.
Build highly available, scalable, and resilient distributed systems across global regions.
Develop automation for provisioning, lifecycle management, monitoring, patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and fleet operations.
Partner with DBAs, SREs, and service teams to meet availability, performance, and durability requirements.
Drive improvements in reliability, scalability, observability, security, and efficiency for Tier-0 cloud services.
Troubleshoot complex production issues spanning database internals, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure.
Design software solutions that optimize database performance and capacity utilization.
Participate in architecture reviews and engineering initiatives for cloud-scale database platforms.
Leverage DBA expertise to influence software design and automation strategies.
Contribute to evolution of OCI data services supporting core cloud offerings.