Visionary Cloud Infrastructure Architect (Senior Principal)

Oracle; United States; On-site; USD 135,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Oracle’s OCI is seeking a visionary technical leader to architect and deliver greenfield cloud services at global scale. You will direct container runtimes, distributed frameworks, and data-plane components, partnering with senior engineers to drive performance, reliability, and strategic innovation across OCI.

Candidates bring deep experience in C/C++/Go, networking, and large-scale cloud infrastructure, with a track record of leading Tier‑0 teams and influencing cross‑functional roadmaps.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years’ experience delivering distributed, mission‑critical cloud services at large scale.
• Recognized expertise in writing and reviewing high-quality code in C/C++, Go, or similar languages.
• Extensive experience with networking data‑plane architectures (DPU-based).
• Expertise in network virtualization, protocols, and distributed systems design.
• Proven experience leading operationally critical, Tier‑0 platform and infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and architectural leadership across multiple teams and projects; set short- and long-term engineering direction for core initiatives.
• Define and drive execution of foundational services/platforms that impact OCI globally.
• Guide teams in decomposing and solving ambiguous, complex problems—striking a balance between innovation, performance, and reliability.
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineers at all levels; foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and business leaders to define roadmaps and deliver high-impact outcomes.
• Drive rigorous code and design reviews, operational readiness, and best practice adoption across the organization.
• Represent OCI TSO in cross‑organization initiatives, executive briefings, and industry forums.

Skills

C/C++

Go

Distributed systems

Networking

Data structures

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Oracle’s OCI is seeking a visionary technical leader to architect and deliver greenfield cloud services at global scale. You will direct container runtimes, distributed frameworks, and data-plane components, partnering with senior engineers to drive performance, reliability, and strategic innovation across OCI.

Candidates bring deep experience in C/C++/Go, networking, and large-scale cloud infrastructure, with a track record of leading Tier‑0 teams and influencing cross‑functional roadmaps.