OCI Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer 3 - Nashville TN

Oracle Corporation; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation in Nashville, TN seeks a senior software engineer to design, build, and operate large-scale distributed systems within IAM/OCI. You will deliver secure, scalable cloud services with a focus on reliability and performance.

You will work independently and with teams, mentor others, and drive feature design from conception through production. A BS/MS and 7+ years of software experience are expected, with strong Java, PL/SQL and REST expertise.

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree or equivalent experience in software engineering.
• Experience building and operating end-to-end distributed systems.
• Proven ability to design and launch features into production.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and debug large-scale software services.
• Lead and mentor teammates while delivering features.
• Ensure security, compliance, and high availability.

Skills

Distributed systems

Java/J2EE

RESTful services

Security & auth

JWT/OAuth2/Okta

PL/SQL

SQL performance

Concurrency

End-to-end systems

Automation scripting

Education

BS or MS in CS or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

This position is based in our Nashville, TN campus. Relocation allowance available no remote work

Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.
As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 7 years of software engineering or related experience.

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team can provide you the opportunity to build and operate a suite of massive scale, integrated cloud services in a broadly distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment. OCI is committed to providing the best in cloud products that meet the needs of our customers who are tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges.

We offer unique opportunities for smart, hands-on engineers with the expertise and passion to solve difficult problems in distributed highly available services and virtualized infrastructure. At every level, our engineers have a significant technical and business impact designing and building innovative new systems to power our customer’s business critical applications.

What is IAM at OCI?

Identity and Access Management (IAM) allows users to control who has access to their cloud resources. As part of the Cloud Platform organization, the team is responsible for the design and build of core services that are utilized by internal and external customers alike.

Who are we seeking?

We are looking for engineers with distributed systems experience. You should have experience with the design of major features and launching them into production. You’ve operated high-scale services and understand how to make them more resilient. You work on most projects and tasks independently. You have experience working with services that require data to travel long distances, but have to abide by compliance and regulations. You stay up at night thinking about how to protect the service from upstream dependencies.
The ideal candidate will be technically strong and get a lot done – you’ve worked on services that are highly available, scalable, and redundant. You understand that simple systems are easier to operate and troubleshoot. You can balance speed and quality with iteration and incremental improvements. You’ve made life easier for other developers and have motivated your teams to make both process and service improvements with your ability to automate and instrument properly to get the right data.
You understand operational excellence and how to instill a culture of being proactive with your teammates. You find anomalies in graphs that didn’t trip any alarms and root cause problems before they become real problems.
The person in this role will get a lot done on a daily basis, drive tactical execution of features and projects, and own feature design.

What are the biggest challenges for the team?

The biggest challenges for the team are reliability and performance. The growth of the business is driving us to improve the ability of our systems to scale out and handle traffic patterns that are several orders of magnitude greater than what we can support today.
We understand that software is living and needs investment. The challenge is making the right tradeoffs, communicating those decisions effectively, and crisp execution?
We need engineers who can build services that handle millions of requests per second. We need engineers who can figure out how we can survive regional data center outages and protect our customers. We need engineers who can build services that enable us to offer even more options to customers and contribute to the overall growth of Oracle Cloud.

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building and operating end-to-end systems and services.
• Experience driving security, documentation, and UX reviews; partnering with Product Managers throughout the launch lifecycle.
• Experience developing service-oriented architectures (SOA) and RESTful web services.
• Strong expertise in Java, J2EE, and object-oriented programming principles.
• Experience with JWT, OAuth2, Okta, and other authentication and authorization frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of Core Java, including concurrency concepts, concurrency patterns, and thread-safe code.
• Strong Oracle PL/SQL development experience, including complex stored procedures, functions, packages, triggers, and bulk-processing routines for high-volume transactional systems.
• Proven production database support experience, including SQL performance troubleshooting, locking/deadlocks, connectivity and connection-pool issues, scheduled jobs, and collaboration with DBAs on availability, access, and recovery.
• Experience with at least one scripting language for automation, proof-of-concept development, or command-line tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience developing and operating services on public cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Experience leveraging AI/LLM technologies to improve Java application support, automate log and incident analysis, and build secure, reliable AI-enabled solutions.
• Understanding of multi-Availability Domain/Availability Zone architectures and regional data center design.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with robust automated testing, deployment controls, and release schedules.
• Experience working with Docker and containerized applications.
• Experience partnering with internal customers to translate requests into prioritized features and work plans.
• Expertise applying threat modeling and other risk-identification techniques to design secure solutions.
• Experience with FedRAMP, PCI DSS, or similar compliance, security, and audit requirements.
• Experience supporting large enterprise customers.

Career Level - IC3