Senior Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a hands-on Senior Principal Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership for Card Management, a critical platform supporting SmartNIC/DPU provisioning, lifecycle management, security, observability, and operational readiness.

This role will drive architecture, reliability, and scalability of the platform capabilities that underpin OCI’s VCN data plane services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of systems, platform, cloud infra, networking, or distributed-systems engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Linux, systems software, networking, automation, and large-scale service operations.
• Experience designing and operating highly available, secure, and scalable infrastructure platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to lead architecture and delivery across multiple engineering organizations.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex hardware/software issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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

8+ years experience

Linux

Networking

Automation

Large-scale systems

Leadership

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a hands-on Senior Principal Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership for Card Management, a critical platform supporting SmartNIC/DPU provisioning, lifecycle management, security, observability, and operational readiness.

This role will drive architecture, reliability, and scalability of the platform capabilities that underpin OCI’s VCN data plane services.