Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer at Oracle

About The Role

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team can provide you with 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.

The Virtual Networking team within OCI delivers Network-as-a-Service that handles planning, provisioning, life cycle management and security of our customers' network infrastructure.

This is an opportunity to be a part of a team that is bootstrapping a brand new OCI service and build innovative solutions for our customers from the ground up. We are looking for hands-on engineers with expertise and passion in solving difficult problems related to high-availability and scalability in service-oriented architecture. These are exciting times, and our team is growing fast, working on ambitious new initiatives. An engineer at any level can have significant technical and business impact. We are looking for adaptable, self-motivated engineers with ability to learn quickly.

We are looking for engineers that are eager to take requirements and turn those into high-quality solutions. You should be both a rock-solid coder and a distributed systems generalist, able to dive deep into any part of the stack and low-level systems, as well as design broad distributed system interactions. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn.

Basic Qualifications

8+ years of experience with systems/application development
5+ years of experience with distributed systems OR network programming
Proficient at programming in any one of C++, Java
Proficient with data structures, algorithms, and operating systems.
Master’s in computer science and engineering or related engineering fields
Experience with distributed systems: familiarity with CAP theorem, Consensus, messaging, High Availability etc.

Preferred Qualifications

PhD degree in Computer Science or related engineering fields
Experience in Cloud Networking and/or Infrastructure-as-a-Service, viz. OpenStack, AWS, GCP, Azure.
Experience in building application at cloud scale

Minimum Job Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

11 years of experience in software development

OR

Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development

OR

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development

OR

Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development

OR

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development

OR

Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 year of experience in software development.

Job Skills

Same skills as prior level plus;
Data Analysis: Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data to produce actionable business insights.
Agile Methodologies: Demonstrated ability to use agile methodologies to drive continuous improvement and product delivery.
Automation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of automation, including designing, implementing, and managing automated tools, processes, or systems to streamline operations.
Compliance: Demonstrated knowledge of and adherence to regulatory, legal, and organizational compliance requirements.
Quality Assurance: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of quality assurance, including ensuring adherence to standards and implementing quality control measures.
Scripting Languages: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of scripting languages, including writing and maintaining scripts to improve system efficiency.
Software Test Plans: Demonstrated ability to develop and execute effective software test plans to validate product quality.
User Experience Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of user experience development, including designing intuitive and effective user interfaces and content.
Code Review: Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth code reviews for software quality assurance.
Embedded Systems: Demonstrated ability to develop embedded systems, balancing hardware and software for optimal performance.
Software Estimation: Demonstrated ability to provide accurate software effort and complexity estimates for project planning and scheduling.