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Lead Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle

Location
Onsite (Nashville, TN)
Employment
Full-time
Level
Senior Level
Posted 1 week ago

About the Role

Oracle is a global leader in AI and cloud infrastructure, empowering organizations to achieve business outcomes at scale. This role involves architecting highly scalable distributed systems and leading incident response for hyper-scale workloads.

Skills

Distributed systems Cloud platforms Infrastructure engineering Scalability Data management Data integration Automation IaC Telemetry Security controls Incident response Performance optimization Fault-tolerant design System architecture FinOps Cost management

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Life insurance
  • Retirement options

Perks

  • Volunteer programs

Full job details

Mentors teams and leads the architecture of highly scalable, interdependent distributed systems. Identifies and removes performance/scalability bottlenecks for hyper‑scale workloads; defines scalability requirements with stakeholders; and designs elastic, high‑impact systems while advancing innovation in data plane platforms. Engineers and oversees fault‑tolerant, in‑service‑upgradable designs; optimizes resilience mechanisms (load‑shedding, throttling, rate‑limiting); and sets SLO‑aligned durability and availability standards across dependent services. Establishes KPIs and advanced telemetry; applies formal verification for complex features; and develops robust replication/synchronization strategies. Advises and leads resolution of complex production issues, sets operational readiness and SOP standards, and directs incident response and RCAs. Architects advanced security controls, drives remediation and compliance, and delivers enterprise‑level automation (IaC) and change strategies enabling safe, automated patching, updates, and rollbacks.


Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives.

True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

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Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.