Head of Distributed Systems Reliability & Infra

Oracle; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle in Seattle is seeking a lead for a team delivering components of distributed systems, translating goals into a 1–2 quarter execution plan and providing hands-on oversight of performance tuning, load testing, and reliability. You will guide the team in building fault-tolerant, upgradable components and ensure robust observability and runbooks for operational readiness.

The role emphasizes incident response, security practices, and the use of automation/IaC to drive safe patching, updates,

Responsibilities

• Oversee development of components of distributed systems.
• Lead scalability and performance testing.
• Ensure fault tolerance with redundancy and failover.
• Implement observability through dashboards and telemetry.
• Coordinate incident response and root-cause analysis.
• Enforce change-management and secure patching.

Job description

Oracle in Seattle is seeking a lead for a team delivering components of distributed systems, translating goals into a 1–2 quarter execution plan and providing hands-on oversight of performance tuning, load testing, and reliability. You will guide the team in building fault-tolerant, upgradable components and ensure robust observability and runbooks for operational readiness.

The role emphasizes incident response, security practices, and the use of automation/IaC to drive safe patching, updates,