Oracle

Lead Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

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5 days ago
Nashville, TN, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$146k - $306k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
  • Influence engineering strategy, architecture, technical standards, and decisions across OCI service teams.
  • Drive complex cross-organizational initiatives from technical requirements through implementation.
  • Identify and resolve scalability, performance, reliability, and infrastructure bottlenecks.
  • Design infrastructure automation, tooling, change-management, and observability solutions.
  • Lead technical investigations, incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements.
  • Promote system correctness, data integrity, security, compliance, and operational readiness.
  • Advise engineering leadership and mentor engineers across teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure engineering, or related disciplines.
  • Deep expertise designing and operating scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems in large-scale production environments.
  • Strong programming experience in Java, C++, C#, or similar languages, plus scripting and automation.
  • Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, and infrastructure automation.
  • Advanced Linux expertise covering system internals, administration, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and automation across Oracle Linux, RHEL, Ubuntu, or similar distributions.
  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure architecture, including compute, networking, storage, identity, security, and multi-tenant environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead complex initiatives, influence architecture, troubleshoot infrastructure issues, and collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and technical documentation skills.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and AD&D insurance options.
  • 401(k) plan with company match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and financial planning resources.
  • Paid vacation, 11 paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts, commuter and parking benefits, group legal services, and voluntary insurance benefits.
  • US-based employees must complete identity verification involving biometric information, with accommodations potentially available under applicable law.

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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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