Principal Engineer I - Oracle Lead

Western Alliance Bancorporation; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership stake

Medical and dental insurance

401k matching

Tuition assistance

Employee volunteer program

Wellness program

Job summary

Western Alliance Bancorporation seeks a Principal Engineer I to lead Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Cloud EPM initiatives. You will partner with sponsors, architects, and engineers across IT and business units to design secure, scalable banking solutions. Mentorship, governance, and strong communication are essential.

You will guide architecture, oversee implementation, and ensure alignment with regulatory standards while advancing the bank's technology capabilities and data initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Cloud EPM
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
• Leadership experience in cross-functional banking projects
• Strong knowledge of Financial Services regulations and governance
• Experience with modern cloud architectures and IT security controls
• Familiarity with BI tools (Tableau/Power BI) and reporting frameworks
• Hands-on development or implementation experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Define and lead Oracle Cloud ERP/EPM design efforts
• Mentor junior engineers and drive technical excellence
• Collaborate with sponsors, architects, and developers to deliver solutions
• Develop architecture, data, and process documentation
• Support deployment, upgrades, and issue resolution with IT teams
• Ensure compliance with governance and regulatory requirements

Skills

Oracle Cloud ERP

Oracle Cloud EPM

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

BIP/OTBI/SmartView

Azure / cloud

SDLC

Tableau / Power BI

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Masters or MBA preferred

Tools

Oracle BI tools

Lucidchart

ADO

Active Directory / IAM

Job description

Job Title:

Principal Engineer I - Oracle Lead

Location:

Block 23

What you'll do:

As a Principal Engineer I, you'll provide SME expertise in Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Cloud EPM domain as well as adjacent domains to ensure solutions are safe, secure, compliant and reliable. You'll identify development and support needs as well as take on large and complex design responsibilities supporting project tasks. You'll also engage with project and business sponsors refining requirements and objectives of targeted solutions. As Principal Engineer I, you also facilitate dialogue and activities, and work to ensure team collaboration, including teams outside of your domain. You'll develop effective presentations and narratives for IT audiences. In this role, you'll also develop the technical skills of junior engineers and provide mentorship to junior team members.

• Build the solution design of efforts that can be handed off to lower-level engineers for execution assuring reuse of platforms where possible.

• Review technical plans developed by lower-level engineers and analysts to assure quality designs prevail which can support the volumetrics of our business partners objectives.
• Build comprehensive measurement dashboards that give performance insight into key applications of the bank which can feed operational results of our business partners.
• Work independently or sometimes with architecture team counterparts to lay out the final documentation required for proper ongoing reference of the given solution, including physical and logical layouts with cross reference to use case models while enforcing standards, as well as assisting in the modification or buildout of procedures that support areas of operations across IT.
• As an Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Cloud EPM Lead, you will work closely with business partners, developers, product owners, systems analysts, and various implementation teams to define and deliver effective business systems and solutions for applications
• Being part of the solution delivery team helping with implementation and upgrade, perform issue troubleshooting, and drive resolution working with other IT teams for the corporate systems

What you'll need:

• 8+ years of related experience especially with Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Cloud EPM applications
• Bachelor's degree in related field required; Masters or MBA in related field preferred.
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Advanced to expert knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Advanced to expert knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Advanced to expert experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously with an established expertise in one or more key domains of the bank (Deposits, Loans, Operations or Reporting) with the ability to walk-through top-level process design. Capable of working with regulatory partners like the CFPB, OCC and FRB through audits and collaboration efforts as situations arise.
• Advanced to expert familiarity with the capability model across IT and the applications and infrastructures available for engagement in solutioning across the bank to develop results that leverage existing capabilities in addition to implementing new solutions when required. Experience in the design, enhancement and compliance to all governance frameworks across the IT organization to ensure proper compliance with published procedures and standards.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• Understand Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Cloud EPM finance and accounting flows to work effectively with business stakeholders
• Ability to code using Oracle framework possessing sound knowledge of BIP reports, OTBI, SmartView, and FDI
• Create and maintain system architecture, data flow, functional flow documents, and other technical artifacts working with domain architects, business, and other technology teams for new solutions being implemented
• Collaborate closely with the wider technology teams to coordinate interdependencies and resolve issues and understand overlaps of teams and applications
• Assist with support activities for existing solutions, including regular business interactions and facilitating delivery of improvements and bug fixes as required
• Sound knowledge of core Oracle Cloud ERP Finance modules - AP, Expenses, AHCS, GL, FA, AR, Advanced Collections
• Sound knowledge of Oracle Cloud EPM applications - ARCS, EDMCS, FCCS
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle processes
• Understanding of Incident Management processes, including Root Cause Analysis processes and documentation
• MS Azure and other cloud experience preferred
• Familiar with Active Directory, Security Groups and Service Accounts
• Familiar with Agile methodologies and Project Management processes
• Hands-on software development and/or implementation experience preferred
• Experience of Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools preferred
• Experience of Lucid chart, ADO, or similar tools preferred

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands - Alliance Association Bank, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank - that remain part of the company's heritage, as well as AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email [e-mail] or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation