Oracle

Lead Principal Systems Software Engineer

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6 days ago
USA (city not specified)Staff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$146k - $306k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define platform architecture and integration contracts across servers, switches, storage, KVM, Kubernetes, and shared services.
  • Lead bare-metal and GPU rack provisioning, service hosting, lifecycle automation, upgrades, backups, and operational readiness.
  • Own observability and serviceability capabilities including metrics, logs, audit events, support bundles, fault reporting, and alerting.
  • Guide device-side security architecture, system hardening, certificate and secrets management, vulnerability remediation, and FedRAMP-related engineering.
  • Lead cross-layer incident investigations and develop AI-assisted operations capabilities, including MCP integrations and runbook automation with appropriate access controls.
  • Own design documentation, code reviews, functional testing, integration testing, failure testing, and lifecycle compatibility improvements.
  • Partner with support, operations, security, and engineering teams to resolve customer issues and prevent recurring escalations.
  • Mentor engineers through code reviews, design feedback, knowledge sharing, interviews, and onboarding.
  • Plan and deliver high-impact technical initiatives while assessing dependencies, trade-offs, risks, timelines, and operational requirements.
  • Influence cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders, serve as an escalation point, and drive continuous improvement and technical thought leadership.

Requirements

  • Experience as a senior technical individual contributor in infrastructure engineering, with deep expertise in systems architecture, implementation reviews, and technical incident resolution.
  • Deep understanding of on-premises cloud systems spanning compute, networking, storage, virtualization, and Kubernetes.
  • Strong software engineering background in Java, Python, or comparable languages, with distributed services and platform automation experience.
  • Experience designing observability, serviceability, production security, and resilient lifecycle workflows for enterprise infrastructure.
  • Demonstrated delivery of complex infrastructure initiatives, clear technical communication, and effective collaboration across distributed teams.
  • Relevant education in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Preferred experience with cloud infrastructure and services platform ownership, GPU provisioning, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Elasticsearch, MCP, RAG, and on-premises AI platform evaluation.

Benefits

  • US hiring range of $146,300 to $306,400 per annum, with possible bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and supplemental life insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with company match, employee stock purchase plan, financial planning, and group legal benefits.
  • Paid vacation, 11 paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance.
  • Flexible spending accounts, commuter and parking benefits, and voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
  • US-based employees must complete identity verification involving biometric information, subject to applicable accommodations.

Tech Stack

ElasticsearchGrafanaJavaKubernetesPrometheusPython

Categories

Oracle

About Oracle

10,000+ employees

Oracle builds database technology, enterprise applications, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for companies and governments. Its business spans cloud subscriptions, software licenses, and support services across ERP, HCM, CX, and industry suites, plus NetSuite. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Oracle is a public company traded on the NYSE and serves global customers migrating and running critical workloads in its cloud.

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