Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering

Oracle • Seattle, WA

1d • $169,800 - $355,400

About The Position

Leads multiple teams in developing and implementing strategies for the architecture and delivery of interdependent, scalable distributed systems that meet organizational and customer demands. Provides strategic oversight for high-throughput, large-scale data processing, elastic system design, fault tolerance, in-service upgrades, network resilience, availability, durability, and system correctness. Establishes expectations for formal verification, peer reviews, SLO-aligned standards, KPI and telemetry strategies, dashboards, alerting, incident management, operational readiness, security, infrastructure automation, and change management.

The role also oversees complex initiatives across multiple teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives, appropriate prioritization and delegation, and effective management of timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable. It models cross-functional collaboration, problem solving, continuous learning and improvement, and performance development. The director supports talent strategy in collaboration with HR, including hiring and promotion processes.

The U.S. hiring range is $169,800–$355,400 per annum. The role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. Oracle provides a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits are listed below.

Responsibilities

• Implement architecture and design strategies for interdependent, scalable distributed systems across multiple teams, including use of distributed state management tools.
• Lead code and system optimization initiatives for large-scale data processing and high-throughput requirements.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to define system scalability requirements that meet customer expectations.
• Oversee elastic system designs and effective implementation of data plane platforms for large-scale data operations.
• Guide architecture of fault-tolerant systems that support in-service updates through redundancy, replication, and automatic failover.
• Set direction for system behavior during service disruptions, including choices involving consistency, availability, and partition tolerance.
• Lead strategies to address network unreliability, including load-shedding, throttling, and rate limiting.
• Hold teams accountable for formal verification of system designs and cross-team peer reviews.
• Establish standards for availability and durability aligned with service level objectives.
• Define KPI and telemetry strategies to identify risks, gaps, and cyclical dependencies in running systems.
• Direct the creation and customization of dashboards, telemetry systems, and alerting mechanisms to proactively monitor system health.
• Develop strategies to assess whether systems meet functional and correctness requirements, and oversee data replication and synchronization to maintain integrity and availability.
• Provide strategic oversight for troubleshooting, debugging, issue resolution, incident response, and root-cause investigations.
• Direct strategies to prevent service interruptions and eliminate customer maintenance windows when resolving issues.
• Align operational-readiness protocols and standard operating procedures across teams.
• Guide security architecture for multi-tenant environments, including encryption and access controls; oversee remediation of security gaps and documentation of compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Guide development and maintenance of infrastructure automation scripts and tools, including Infrastructure as Code.
• Align change-management plans for patching, updating, and rolling back applications, and ensure system designs support automation of these processes.
• Oversee multiple teams managing complex projects and initiatives, monitoring timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable.
• Delegate work, set priorities, adjust resources or timelines as business needs change, and maintain alignment with strategic objectives.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration and partnerships with business leaders, stakeholders, and customers; promote transparency and inclusion of diverse perspectives.
• Coach teams in solving complex technical and operational problems, analyzing ambiguous information, and identifying root causes to prevent recurrence.
• Maintain organizational expertise through strategic learning; develop learning opportunities for team members and leaders and address organizational skill gaps.
• Guide improvement initiatives and roadmaps to increase process effectiveness and align investments with strategic direction.
• Provide performance feedback and coaching, align development goals with organizational initiatives, and collaborate with HR on talent strategy, hiring, and promotion processes.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage
• Supplemental life insurance for employees and eligible family members
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) savings and investment plan with company match
• Paid vacation, with flexible vacation for eligible salaried employees or accrued vacation for other eligible employees
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal benefits
• Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed