Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering

Oracle•Seattle, WA

1d•$169,800 - $355,400

About The Position

The Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering leads multiple teams responsible for the architecture and delivery of scalable, interdependent distributed systems. The role provides strategic direction for high-throughput data processing, elastic system design, data plane platforms, fault tolerance, in-service upgrades, network resilience, formal verification, and SLO-aligned durability and availability. It also directs performance telemetry, dashboards, alerting, correctness validation, data replication, and synchronization. The director guides organization-wide operational readiness, incident management, security, compliance, infrastructure automation, and change management. The role oversees initiatives that support safe patching, updates, and rollbacks at scale, while managing complex projects, cross-functional partnerships, continuous improvement, and team performance and development. The stated U.S. hiring range is $169,800 to $355,400 per annum. The position may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. Oracle describes a comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility and applicable terms.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple teams in architecting and designing interdependent, scalable distributed systems that meet organizational and system demands.
Spearhead code and system optimization for large-scale data processing and high-throughput requirements.
Coordinate the definition of system scalability requirements and ensure they meet customer expectations.
Oversee elastic system designs and effective implementation of data plane platforms.
Guide fault-tolerant architectures, including redundancy, replication, automatic failover, and in-service updates.
Set direction for handling service disruptions and network partitions, including consistency, availability, and partition-tolerance choices.
Lead network reliability strategies such as load shedding, throttling, and rate limiting.
Set expectations for formal verification and peer reviews across teams.
Develop departmental standards for service availability and durability aligned with SLOs.
Direct strategies for KPIs and telemetry to identify risks, gaps, and cyclical dependencies.
Oversee creation and customization of dashboards, telemetry systems, and alerting mechanisms for proactive system health monitoring.
Establish approaches for validating functional and correctness requirements and formally verifying complex features.
Oversee data replication and synchronization to support data integrity and availability.
Guide diagnosis, debugging, resolution, incident response, and root-cause investigations for active systems.
Direct operational strategies that prevent customer maintenance windows and align operational readiness protocols and standard operating procedures.
Guide security architecture for multi-tenant environments, including encryption and access controls.
Oversee remediation of security gaps and documentation of cloud infrastructure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
Guide teams in developing and maintaining infrastructure automation, including Infrastructure as Code.
Align change-management plans for patching, updating, and rolling back applications, and ensure systems support automation of these processes.
Oversee complex projects and initiatives across multiple teams, including timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable.
Delegate work, set priorities, adjust resources and timelines, and align execution with business needs.
Lead cross-functional collaboration and partnerships with business leaders, stakeholders, and customers.
Share problem-solving approaches, guide analysis of complex and ambiguous issues, and address root causes.
Pursue strategic learning, build team expertise, identify skill gaps, and foster knowledge sharing.
Guide continuous-improvement initiatives and prioritize their roadmap in line with strategic direction and return on investment.
Coach teams and leaders, promote consistent performance and talent-development practices, align individual development goals with organizational initiatives, and collaborate with HR on hiring and promotions.