Lead Oracle Engineer

Houlihan Lokey; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Houlihan Lokey, a leading global investment bank, seeks a Lead Oracle Engineer to oversee its Oracle Cloud ecosystem. This position will focus on designing and developing enterprise-grade solutions for Finance and procurement, ensuring compliance and high performance.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Oracle technologies and will support complex integrations while working closely with cross-functional teams. Strong problem-solving skills and technical expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with Oracle technologies.
• Experience designing and developing Oracle APEX applications.
• Strong communication skills with business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Oracle APEX applications.
• Maintain ETL and data pipelines for business processes.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across Oracle systems.

Skills

Oracle technologies

SQL

PL/SQL

Oracle APEX

Oracle Integration Cloud

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Oracle Cloud ERP

REST/SOAP APIs

Job description

## Lead Oracle EngineerApplylocations: New York, NY, USA: Los Angeles, CA, USA: Boston, MA, USA: Chicago, IL, USA: Dallas, TX, USAtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R3384**Business Unit:**Information Technology**Industry:**No Industry**Overview**Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a leading global investment bank recognized for delivering independent strategic and financial advice to corporations, financial sponsors, and governments. With uniquely deep industry expertise, broad international reach, and a partnership approach rooted in trust, the firm provides innovative, integrated solutions across mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Our unmatched transaction volumes provide differentiated, data-driven perspectives that help our clients achieve their most critical goals. To learn more about Houlihan Lokey, please visit HL.com.**Scope:**As the Lead Oracle Engineer, you are the firm’s primary technical authority for its Oracle Cloud ecosystem, responsible for the design, development, and ongoing support of enterprise-grade solutions built on Oracle APEX, Oracle Integration Cloud, and Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP. Based within the Information Technology organization, you enable Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and operational teams to work efficiently through scalable, secure, and well-architected custom applications and integrations. Your work spans the full technical lifecycle—from requirements gathering and solution architecture to hands-on development, production support, and continuous improvement.You combine deep Oracle platform expertise with a collaborative, business-oriented approach - working directly with stakeholders to translate complex requirements into durable technical solutions. In a firm where precision, compliance, and performance are non-negotiable, you ensure the Oracle ecosystem remains integrated, audit-ready, and capable of supporting a high-performance, globally connected organization. You bring both technical rigor and an innovation mindset, consistently identifying opportunities to simplify, automate, and elevate the platforms the firm depends on.**Key Responsibilities:*** Design, develop, and maintain advanced Oracle APEX applications supporting Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and operational business processes, with a focus on user experience, role-based security, workflow automation, auditability, and long-term maintainability.* Maintain and enhance ETL and data pipelines processes that support APEX application, reporting, data synchronization, and downstream business processes. Review existing custom applications and data flows to identify opportunities for simplification, performance improvement, automation, and automation. Lead the design and development of integrations between Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and internal or external systems using Oracle Integration Cloud—including application and scheduled integrations, file-based integrations, REST/SOAP, ERP adapter, SFTP, and event-driven integration patterns.* Design reusable integration patterns, error-handling frameworks, logging mechanisms, reconciliation processes, and exception monitoring to ensure reliability and operational visibility across the OIC environment.* Develop technical solutions across Oracle Fusion Financials modules—including General Ledger, Payables, Receivables, Procurement, Expenses, Cash Management, and Fixed Assets—leveraging FBDI, ADFDI, ESS jobs, BI Publisher, OTBI, REST APIs, and SOAP services.* Create, maintain, and optimize SQL and PL/SQL packages, procedures, functions, views, triggers, and data validation logic, applying performance tuning practices to support applications, integrations, reporting, and automation.* Partner with business users and cross-functional teams to gather requirements, perform fit-gap analysis, and translate business needs into scalable, well-documented Oracle Cloud solutions.* Work with security, audit, and compliance teams to ensure all solutions align with SOX, ITGC, data security, segregation of duties, and change management requirements.* Troubleshoot complex production issues across APEX, OIC, Oracle Fusion, BI Publisher, OTBI, ESS jobs, APIs, and data interfaces—providing clear root cause analysis and sustainable long-term remediation.* Support end-to-end testing—including unit testing, system integration testing, UAT, and regression testing. Support Oracle quarterly updates by reviewing release notes, assessing potential impact, testing integrations, validating custom applications, validating critical business processes, and resolving post-upgrade issues.* Provide technical guidance to developers and consultants on Oracle APEX, OIC, Oracle Fusion integration, and development best practices, contributing to team capability and knowledge sharing.* Actively explore AI-enabled tools, Oracle Process Automation, and emerging Oracle Cloud capabilities to identify and implement automation opportunities that reduce manual effort, streamline integrations, and improve operational efficiency.* Bring an innovation and continue improvement mindset to the Oracle ecosystem by evaluating new technologies, simplifying complex solutions, improving supportability, and strengthening the overall Oracle platform.**Soft Skills:*** Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences, translating complex Oracle solutions into clear, actionable terms for stakeholders across Finance, IT, and the business.* Builds strong, collaborative working relationships across Finance, Accounting, IT, and vendor teams, bringing a dependable and solution-focused approach to every engagement.* Takes full ownership of complex technical problems, following through with clear root cause analysis and sustainable long-term remediation rather than quick fixes.* Adapts readily to shifting priorities, Oracle quarterly updates, and evolving business requirements without losing focus or momentum.* Demonstrates a continuous improvement mindset—actively seeking opportunities to simplify, automate, and elevate the Oracle ecosystem over time.**Required Qualifications:*** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Finance Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.* 8+ years of hands-on experience with Oracle technologies, including Oracle Cloud ERP, Oracle APEX, ODI, OIC, SQL, and PL/SQL.* 8+ years of experience designing and developing Oracle APEX applications in an enterprise environment.* 5+ years of experience with Oracle Integration Cloud, including ERP adapters, REST/SOAP APIs, scheduled integrations, file-based integrations, and error handling.* Strong experience supporting Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, preferably within Financials, Procurement, Expenses, or related finance applications.* Advanced SQL and PL/SQL development experience, including performance tuning, complex queries, stored procedures, packages, functions, and data validation logic.* Strong understanding of Oracle Fusion integration methods including FBDI, ADFDI, ESS jobs, BI Publisher, OTBI, REST APIs, SOAP services, and business events.* Demonstrated experience with JSON, XML, XSLT, web services, API authentication, SFTP, and secure data transmission practices.* Strong communication skills with the ability to work directly with business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, and senior leadership.**Preferred Qualifications:*** Experience in financial services, banking, consulting, or a similarly regulated and high-performance environment.* Experience with Oracle BI Publisher, OTBI, FDI/FAW, or Oracle Analytics Cloud.* Familiarity with Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service, Oracle Process Automation, or Oracle Digital Assistant.* Experience with SOX controls, audit requirements, ITGC, production change control, and incident management.* Experience supporting integrations with Workday, Concur, Salesforce, ServiceNow, or similar enterprise platforms.* Exposure to DevOps practices, source control, migration processes, and structured release management.**Compensation and Benefits**Houlihan Lokey is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive total compensation package, which may include other components such as discretionary incentive compensation. The firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible salary range for this role at the time of posting is:$130,000–$200,000Actual salary at the time of hire may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant qualifications, skills, and experience and the location where this position may be filled.Houlihan Lokey provides a competitive benefits package. Our current benefits offerings can be found here:**2026 Benefits*****We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.***