Control Plane Transactional Datastore Architect

Oracle•United States,

17h•$169,800 - $355,400

About The Position

Oracle is seeking a senior Control Plane Transactional Datastore Architect to design and evolve highly reliable distributed systems that manage critical cloud infrastructure data and metadata. The role focuses on correctness, durability, consistency, security, and operational reliability at scale. The architect will shape foundational services that maintain infrastructure state, coordinate distributed systems, and protect critical data from corruption or loss. This is a mission-critical control plane role where transactional correctness and data integrity are paramount; success is measured by reliability, correctness, and safe operation. It is not a feature-development role: the emphasis is on distributed transactions, consensus algorithms, replication, durability, and correctness rather than developing new application features. The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or while the job remains posted. Oracle describes its broader mission as bringing together data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise, with AI embedded across products and services. It emphasizes inclusion, equal employment opportunity, and accessibility accommodations. U.S.-based employees must complete identity verification during onboarding, including collection and processing of biometric information; accommodations may be granted after individualized assessment.

Requirements

Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture.
Significant experience designing control plane, metadata management, or distributed data systems.
Strong understanding of distributed transactions, replication, consensus algorithms, and recovery mechanisms.
Experience building systems where correctness, durability, and data integrity are business-critical requirements.
Expertise in strong consistency models and transactional guarantees.
Proven success designing highly available, fault-tolerant distributed services.
Strong understanding of stateful distributed systems and transaction processing.
Working knowledge of relational database concepts and transaction management principles.
Strong architectural judgment and ability to evaluate tradeoffs involving scale, performance, reliability, and correctness.
Experience leading complex infrastructure initiatives across multiple engineering organizations.

Nice To Haves

Experience with distributed databases, metadata services, control planes, consensus protocols, or large-scale transactional systems.

Responsibilities

Design highly available control plane services that manage critical infrastructure state and metadata.
Architect distributed systems that provide strong consistency, durability, and transactional correctness.
Define strategies for replication, recovery, fault tolerance, security, and data integrity.
Lead architecture decisions involving distributed transactions, consensus mechanisms, and coordination services.
Design systems that maintain correctness under failure conditions and large-scale operational events.
Establish reliability, durability, observability, and operational safety standards for foundational infrastructure services.
Partner with engineering teams to ensure safe operation of globally distributed systems.
Drive technical direction for metadata management, control plane architecture, transactional infrastructure, and distributed state management.
Evaluate architectural tradeoffs with a focus on correctness, durability, and long-term operational stability.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Life insurance and AD&D.
Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
Flexible or accrued paid vacation, depending on eligibility and position; accrual rates and eligibility are specified in the posting.
11 paid holidays.
Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshed each calendar year, with unused hours carrying over up to a 112-hour maximum.
Paid parental leave.
Adoption assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Financial planning and group legal benefits.
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
The role may be eligible for a bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.