Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle Corporation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation seeks engineers for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to design, develop, and operate distributed database systems and cloud services. You will work on major components of OCI, contributing to scalable, highly available cloud platforms.

Ideal candidates bring deep knowledge of databases, NoSQL, cloud architectures, and proficiency in Java plus scripting languages such as Python and Perl. Familiarity with Terraform or Ansible is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering and operating large-scale distributed systems and/or cloud services.
• Strong knowledge of Java and scripting languages such as Python, Perl.
• Strong understanding of databases, NoSQL systems, storage, and distributed persistence in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software for databases, applications, tools, networks, and cloud services.
• Own software design and development for major components of Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure.

Skills

Distributed systems

Databases

Cloud services

Java

Python

Perl

Networking protocols

NoSQL

Terraform

Ansible

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) delivers mission-critical applications for top tier enterprises around the world. Our cloud offers unmatched hyper-scale, multi-tenant services deployed in more than 50 regions worldwide. OCI is expanding its mission beyond the traditional boundaries of public cloud to include dedicated, hybrid and multi cloud, edge computing, and more.

As are part of Technical Strategy Oversight team (TSO) within OCI, our mission is to maximize customer choice and transparency while delivering high-value cloud solutions. We are at the strategic center of OCI’s most ambitious projects—architecting and delivering next-generation platforms and frameworks to empower developers and support groundbreaking cloud services.

An engineer at any level can have a significant technical and business impact. In our area, we specialize on everything related to distributed database systems and cloud services. We are looking for people who have experience or are deeply interested in databases, distributed systems and cloud services. There is always something new to do at our team, whether it’s enhancing our existing products or building a completely new one from scratch.

As a member of the Cloud Services Development teams, you will own the software design and development for major components of Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure. Our team is the centralized database store for Oracle Public Cloud.

Here are some recommended skills that will help you succeed at your job:

• 5+ years of experience delivering and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems and/or cloud services
• Strong knowledge of Java with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, etc.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, distributed systems and cloud services fundamentals
• Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures
• Strong understanding of databases, NoSQL systems, storage, and distributed persistence technologies especially in cloudDesign, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.
• Strong knowledge of Terraforms and/or Ansible is preferred