Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle•Nashville, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for the Host Provisioning Services (HoPS) team. HoPS owns infrastructure that automates the server lifecycle, from rack integration and hardware bring-up through customer-ready instance provisioning and firmware management. Its services operate between bare-metal hardware and full-stack orchestration frameworks, interfacing with components such as BMCs, NICs, SmartNICs, ILOMs, GPUs, and custom firmware stacks. The role architects and delivers highly available services and automation pipelines for server provisioning at hyperscale. It supports firmware pinning for deterministic customer environments, fleet-wide firmware updates, and telemetry-based observability. The engineer will also contribute to support for new silicon platforms, SmartNIC/HostNIC convergence, Root of Trust security integration, and next-generation clusters and composable hardware environments. The position works closely with teams across Compute, Networking, Security, Datacenter Engineering, and Hardware Development to launch, scale, and maintain server platforms reliably and with minimal operational overhead. This position requires onsite work in Nashville, Tennessee. Candidates must live locally or be willing to relocate to the Nashville area. The role includes on-call support for customer fleet issues in OCI data centers.

Requirements

Experience developing distributed Linux systems.
Must be able and willing to work onsite in Nashville, Tennessee, by living locally or relocating to the Nashville area.

Nice To Haves

Expertise in BMC, BIOS, EC2, Linux, Java, and Python.
Experience developing software that manages firmware.
Deep understanding of operating systems, hardware-software integration, distributed services, and cloud-scale automation.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain provisioning, firmware-management, and hardware lifecycle services.
Support qualification and onboarding of new server, GPU, NIC, SmartNIC, and storage platforms.
Build automation for firmware validation, metadata generation, compliance checks, and deployment readiness.
Investigate and resolve production issues across provisioning, firmware, and hardware-management systems.
Improve service reliability, scalability, and operational documentation.
Provide on-call support for customer fleet issues in OCI data centers.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, production-ready hardware launches.
Participate in design reviews, code reviews, on-call support, and post-incident improvements.
Architect and deliver highly available services and automation pipelines for hyperscale server provisioning, firmware pinning, fleet-wide firmware updates, and telemetry-based observability.
Drive solutions for new silicon platforms, SmartNIC/HostNIC convergence, Root of Trust security integration, and next-generation clusters and composable hardware environments.

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.
Paid time off, including flexible vacation for eligible salaried non-overtime employees or accrued vacation for other eligible employees.
11 paid holidays.
Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshing each calendar year, with unused balance carrying over up to a 112-hour cap.
Paid parental leave.
Adoption assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Financial planning and group legal benefits.
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.