Principal Security Engineer

Oracle • Nashville, TN

6d • $106,300 - $234,600

About The Position

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team can provide you the opportunity to build and operate a suite of massive scale, integrated cloud services in a broadly distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment. OCI is committed to providing the best in cloud products that meet the needs of our customers who are tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges. As a Principal Hardware Security Engineer you will be involved in ensuring that the compute hardware that is used in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure meets the security bar to ensure compliance with our security posture. You will be get an opportunity to define security requirements for hardware ensuring hardware does not preclude inclusion of security controls essential to meet or exceed our posture. You will work closely across Oracle, with third party vendors, and with standards organization to influence the next generation of hardware platform security. You will also works closely with OCI's operations and engineering teams, constantly striving to improve Oracle Cloud's overall operational security posture by defining the supply chain and operational requirements to establish best practices for managing security for devices in our cloud infrastructure. Our principal hardware security engineers have a blend of hardware, firmware and security skills.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• 8-10+ years of experience in hardware security architecture / engineering / validation / planning or related area
• Demonstrated competency in hardware/firmware with a focus on security
• Competency with computer architecture
• Subject Matter Expertise in one the following areas: Root Of Trust (TCG SRTM, DRTM), x86 (Intel, AMD), ARM server platform architecture, UEFI, GPU platforms, rackscale systems, clustering, Baseboard Management Controllers, SmartNICs (DPUs), Storage devices
• Security concepts and standards associated Attestation (Ex: SPDM) and measurements, cryptography, Secureboot, DICE etc.
• Ability to work with most common programming languages (C, C++, Java, Python, Ruby, Go, Rust)
• Ability to read and review hardware schematics for security concerns
• Experience with reversing tools and ability to reverse engineer

Nice To Haves

• Ability to read and understand x86 and/or ARM assembly language
• Knowledge of vendor-specific TEE technologies such as Intel SGX
• Familiarity with common embedded communications interfaces (SPI, I2C, RS232-style serial)
• Basic knowledge of enterprise and/or datacenter networking architecture
• Experience operating in a large-scale DevOps or CICD environment
• Ability to write clear and concise product security requirements
• Ability to effectively assess risk from findings and threat models and identify proper risk mitigation controls
• Ability to succeed individually or collaboratively, whether working internally or with external organizations and individuals
• Experience working effectively in a large and distributed company
• Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Definition of security requirements for hardware enabling OCI security posture aligning business needs and technology trends
• Provide independent design consulting in area of expertise to implement: requirements specified by the hardware security team, features required to achieve security bar, operations (provisioning, re-use, decommissioning) inline with security posture
• Hands on security assessments of compute devices to ensure device meets requirements.
• Hands on adversarial assessments of compute devices to ensure they can’t be compromised.
• Assess risk from findings and threat models and identify proper risk mitigation controls
• Work across to teams to ensure requirements, findings and recommendations are implemented
• Mentor junior engineers

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal