Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer
About The Position
Join Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as a Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer, leading the design, development, and operation of compute operability solutions to support the reliability, scalability, and performance of OCI’s compute infrastructure. As a software engineer on the OCI Compute team, you will enhance compute service operability, drive automation, and optimize reliability for mission-critical customer workloads. The work involves large-scale distributed systems, high-availability computing, and operational excellence. The team maintains software for highly scalable systems across a worldwide cloud footprint, large-scale fleet management orchestration, power management for current and upcoming AI datacenters, and compute usage systems that support OCI billing. The successful candidate will be passionate about automation, preventing customer impact, operational excellence, and solving complex problems at scale. This position is onsite at Oracle’s downtown Nashville, Tennessee offices, with employees expected to work in the office five days per week. The role participates in on-call rotations to support 24/7 service reliability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 6 years of software engineering experience.
- Expertise in compute operability, including virtualization, containerization, or orchestration technologies such as KVM, Docker, or Kubernetes.
- Strong programming skills in languages such as Go, Python, Java, or C++.
- Strong data analysis experience and proficiency in SQL.
- Experience with large-scale system design, automation, and operational tools such as Grafana, Terraform, or Prometheus.
- Familiarity with cloud computing concepts, including IaaS, PaaS, or serverless architectures.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a track record of resolving technical challenges.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in a globally distributed team.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with OCI, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Contributions to open-source projects or a strong portfolio of technical innovation.
- Experience with observability tools such as Grafana or the ELK stack, and incident management processes.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable, reliable, and high-performance compute operability solutions for OCI.
- Develop tools, frameworks, and automation to improve the operational efficiency of compute infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in large-scale distributed systems.
- Promote best practices in system reliability, performance tuning, and operational excellence.
- Mentor junior engineers.
- Improve system availability, reduce latency, and optimize resource utilization.
- Participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 service reliability.
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, with flexible vacation for eligible salaried employees and accrued vacation for other eligible employees.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshed annually, with unused hours carrying over up to a maximum of 112 hours.
- Paid parental leave.
- Adoption assistance.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Financial planning and group legal benefits.
- Voluntary benefits, including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
- Potential eligibility for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
