Senior Principal Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Ll Oefentherapie; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeking a hands-on Senior Principal Systems Engineer to lead Card Management, a key platform for SmartNIC/DPU provisioning and security within OCI. This role drives architecture, reliability, and scalability for VCN data plane services across large-scale cloud infrastructure.

The ideal candidate brings deep hardware-software integration experience, cloud networking expertise, and a proven ability to lead cross-team architectural decisions while mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of systems, platform, cloud infra, networking, or distributed-systems engineering.
• Strong experience with Linux, systems software, networking, automation, and large-scale service operations.
• Ability to lead architecture and delivery across multiple teams.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and technical strategy for Card Management, including provisioning, lifecycle management, platform software, security, observability, and operational readiness.
• Design and deliver reliable, scalable services for SmartNIC/DPU fleet management in OCI.
• Lead complex technical and architectural decisions for card provisioning, lifecycle management, platform security, and reliability.
• Establish technical direction, resolve ambiguous system-level problems, and make decisions with broad platform and customer impact.
• Improve automation, telemetry, diagnosability, availability, performance, and operational processes.
• Identify and mitigate platform reliability, security, and operational risks.
• Partner with hardware and software teams to define requirements, validate designs, and support new platform introductions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and provide technical mentorship across the organization.
• Participate in operational readiness reviews and incident analysis; drive durable corrective actions.

Skills

Linux

Systems software

Networking

Automation

Large-scale ops

Leadership

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or related field

Tools

SmartNICs

DPUs

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeking a hands-on Senior Principal Systems Engineer to lead Card Management, a key platform for SmartNIC/DPU provisioning and security within OCI. This role drives architecture, reliability, and scalability for VCN data plane services across large-scale cloud infrastructure.

The ideal candidate brings deep hardware-software integration experience, cloud networking expertise, and a proven ability to lead cross-team architectural decisions while mentoring engineers.