Senior Software Engineer (IC3)

Job Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to build and operate a suite of massive scale, integrated cloud services in a broadly distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment? Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) group is a ground-up effort to build best in class Infrastructure-as-a-Service that operates at a high scale in a broadly distributed multi-tenant cloud environment to enable our customers to run their business optimally.

Highly inclusive, we are a diverse group of fellow creators and inventors acting with the speed and attitude of a start-up, albeit with the scale and customer-focus of an industry leader.

The DNS team owns and operates mission-critical DNS infrastructure and software for the Oracle Cloud. Serving at a scale of billions of queries per second, we operate a world-class DNS network where uptime is critical and impact is far-reaching.

This individual will be a senior member of the DNS team in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Primarily focused on delivering the implementation, testing and operational automation for the DNS Data Plane. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and possess a wide range of skills and experience. This individual should be proficient at operating in a SaaS, Cloud or Hybrid cloud environment. This individual will also be autonomous and be expected to contribute to a wide range of high-impact projects across the organization. The ideal candidate will be an experienced leader.

Responsibilities

Major Duties:

• Designs, develops and maintains infrastructure and backend applications in our dev, test and production environments
• Hands on software development at scale - Develop code that scales to billions of queries per second
• Perform troubleshooting and coordinate problem resolution activities with engineering and support teams
• Establish and maintain productive relationships with peer organizations
• Experience with Root cause analysis, monitoring and alarming in all environments
• Help automate and streamline operations and processes for Tier 0 infrastructure service
• Deep knowledge of Linux internals and performance, and host based networking
• Manage and build CI and CD tools/pipelines and collaborate within larger developer tools organization
• Build and maintain tools for deployments, security patching and vulnerability management, and change safety
• Experience with configuring, managing, and extending infrastructure solutions for growing footprint as part of the large scale environment
• Develop validations for end-to-end system verification and configuration management
• Deep understanding of the service, service KPIs and management of the Grafana dashboards
• Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on operational excellence
• General knowledge of the following categories of network systems: Multiprocessing, Threading, Distributed systems, Load Balancing and High Availability
• Work closely with both internal and external software development resources as well as IT/network operations and the users of our solutions
• Strong communication skills, excellent troubleshooting skills with sense of ownership and driving to completion

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to deliver the items listed in the major duties' section implementing cloud solutions
• At least 5 years of operations engineering experience in SaaS Cloud or Hybrid Cloud Environments
• 5+ years managing large scale, highly distributed, services infrastructures
• At least 3 years of experience with Linux operating systems
• Experience with CI/CD tools Jenkins, Teamcity, Bitbucket, Git
• Experience managing host virtualization technologies (Containers, Docker, etc.)
• Experience with configuration management systems, such as Chef, Ansible
• Experience with cloud orchestration tools, such as Terraform
• Experience with scripting languages like Python and Bash
• Familiarity with core protocols (DNS, DHCP, HTTP, TCP)
• Familiarity with coding in GO is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries and within groups
• Should be a flexible, resourceful, team player that is able to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
• Creative thinking, troubleshooting and critical analysis are essential

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent in work experience and self-study.
• Advanced degree is a plus

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $79,800 to $178,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - IC3

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