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 architecture and design of highly scalable, interdependent distributed systems and data plane platforms.
  • Identify and resolve performance and scalability bottlenecks for hyper-scale workloads.
  • Design fault-tolerant systems with redundancy, replication, automatic failover, and in-service upgrades.
  • Define KPIs, telemetry, dashboards, alerting, availability, durability, and SLO-aligned operational standards.
  • Apply formal verification techniques such as TLA+ and develop data replication and synchronization strategies.
  • Advise on complex production troubleshooting, lead incident response and root-cause investigations, and establish operational readiness standards.
  • Architect security controls, guide vulnerability remediation, and ensure cloud infrastructure compliance.
  • Develop enterprise-level Infrastructure as Code and automation strategies for patching, updates, and rollbacks.
  • Lead high-impact project planning, stakeholder alignment, continuous improvement, talent development, interviews, and hiring decisions.

Requirements

  • At least 15 years of software development experience; alternatively, a qualifying bachelor's degree with 11 years, master's degree with 9 years, or doctorate with 7 years of software development experience.
  • Demonstrated data management knowledge or ability, including designing, operationalizing, securing, and monitoring data pipelines.
  • Demonstrated data integration knowledge or ability, including loading and managing data from varied sources.
  • Five years of academic or professional experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle Cloud.
  • Ten years of system-level testing and automation experience.
  • Four years of experience delivering and operating large-scale distributed systems.
  • Deep expertise in scalability, reliability, distributed systems, security, formal verification, data replication, incident management, and infrastructure automation.
  • Ability to mentor teams, influence cross-functional leaders, lead complex problem-solving, and contribute thought leadership.

Benefits

  • US hiring range is $146,300 to $306,400 per annum, with possible bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, AD&D, flexible spending, commuter, and parking benefits are offered.
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match, employee stock purchase plan, financial planning, and group legal benefits are provided.
  • Paid vacation, 11 paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance are available.
  • Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance benefits are available.
  • US-based employees must complete identity verification involving biometric information, subject to legally permitted accommodations.

Tech Stack

AWSAzureGoogle CloudOracle Cloud

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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