About The Role

Join Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as a Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of cloud computing. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and operation of compute operability solutions, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of OCI’s compute infrastructure. You’ll work with a team of innovative engineers to build and operate massive-scale, integrated cloud services that power businesses and organizations worldwide.

As a software engineer on the OCI Compute team, you will focus on enhancing the operability of our compute services, driving automation, and optimizing system reliability. Your work will directly impact the performance of mission-critical workloads for Oracle’s global customers, solving complex challenges in distributed systems, high-availability computing, and operational excellence.

Major focus areas of software maintained by the team include

Designing and implementing highly scalable systems capable of functioning across numerous regions in a worldwide cloud footprint.
Building systems for orchestrating large-scale fleet management actions
Working on a strategic system to manage power in our new and upcoming AI datacenters
Contributing to our Compute usage systems which are critical to OCI billing

The successful hire will have passion for automation, preventing customer impact, operational excellence, and solving large-scale, complex problems.
Note that this role is onsite in our downtown Nashville, TN offices and Oracle is 5 days in the office.

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable, reliable, and high-performance compute operability solutions for OCI.
Develop tools, frameworks, and automation to enhance the operational efficiency of compute infrastructure.
Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in large-scale distributed systems.
Drive the adoption of best practices for system reliability, performance tuning, and operational excellence.
Mentor junior engineers
Innovate to improve system availability, reduce latency, and optimize resource utilization.
Participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 service reliability.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
3+ years of experience in software engineering
Expertise in compute operability, including virtualization, containerization, or orchestration technologies (e.g., KVM, Docker, 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 (e.g., Grafana, Terraform, Prometheus).
Familiarity with cloud computing concepts, including IaaS, PaaS, or serverless architectures.
Excellent problem-solving skills and a track record of resolving technical challenges.
Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in a globally distributed team.

Preferred Qualifications

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 (e.g., Grafana, ELK stack) and incident management processes.

Minimum Job Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

8 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 4 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 4 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 2 year 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 2 year 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.

Job Skills

Same skills as prior level plus;

Distributed Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of distributed systems, including designing or managing scalable, secure, and highly available software systems.

Prototyping: Demonstrated experience creating and refining prototypes for system validation and stakeholder feedback.

Computer Science Programming: Demonstrated understanding of computer science principles and ability to implement them in code.

Software Engineering: Demonstrated proficiency in all phases of software engineering and development.

Web Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of web development, including designing, developing, or maintaining modern web applications using current frameworks.

Innovation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of innovation, including generating or supporting new ideas, technologies, or processes for organizational growth.

Cross-Functional/Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of cross-functional collaboration, including working with stakeholders across teams or geographies to achieve common objectives.

Information Vulnerabilities: Demonstrated ability to assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in IT and physical information assets.

Operating Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of operating systems, including installing, upgrading, and troubleshooting various operating environments.

API Development: Demonstrated ability to develop, test, and maintain secure APIs for application integration.

API Integration: Demonstrated ability to build and manage robust API integrations for seamless interoperability between systems.

Applied Algorithm Engineering: Demonstrated skill in designing, analyzing, and optimizing algorithms for efficiency and scalability.

Source Control: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of source control, including managing and documenting code versions and release branches.