Senior Principal Database Administrator Oracle/Exadata (OCI - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)

"Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. Define specifications for significant new projects and specify, design and develop software according to those specifications. You will perform professional software development tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.Provide leadership and expertise in the development of new products/services/processes, frequently operating at the leading edge of technology. Recommends and justifies major changes to existing products/services/processes. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 8 or more years of software engineering or related experience.Colorado Pay Range: From $124,774 to $224,599 per annumEligible for bonus and equityOracle offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion2. Short term disability and long term disability3. Life insurance and AD&D4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match8. Flexible paid time off (unlimited or accrued vacation and sick leave)9. Paid parental leave10. Employee Stock Purchase Plan11. Adoption assistance12. Financial planning and group legal13. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance*Oracle is an Affirmative Action-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, protected veterans status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.**Sr Principal Software Developer 5**Fusion Apps/Database Expert*Cloud Engineering Infrastructure Development Senior Principal Software EngineerLocations: United States/Austin/Seattle/Denver/Broomfield CO/Redwood City CA/Pleasanton CA/Santa Clara CA/Nashua NH/Burlington MA*Preferred Qualifications*At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world.Values are OCIs foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future.You are the builder here. You will be part of a team of really smart, motivated, and diverse people and given the autonomy and support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where youll belong and be encouraged.We offer unique opportunities for smart, hands-on engineers with the expertise and passion to solve difficult problems in distributed highly available services and virtualized infrastructure. At every level, our engineers have a significant technical and business impact designing and building innovative new systems to power our customers business critical applications.*Fusion Application Control Plane (FACP)* is an exciting new team working on at the intersection of infrastructure and applications where we are leveraging OCI to transform some of the largest SaaS properties in the industry. We are making the existing Oracle's SaaS portfolios, including the multi-billion dollar revenue producing Fusion applications, become first class Oracle cloud citizens. To support the vision we are building a platform that manages end-to-end lifecycle, from provisioning to upgrade to terminate; and provides a self-service cloud experience to the customer for our SaaS product by leveraging the underlying OCI platform and services.We are developing a FACP Data Platform from the ground up. As such, we are looking for passionate principal engineers who are*Database AND Exadata experts*. We are looking for engineers who have current experience in cloud technologies or are interested in expanding their skills in the Cloud.*About you:** You are an experienced cloud engineer with a proven track record of delivering high-scale, high-impact solutions* You are obsessed with the customer, always exceeding expectations* You have excellent communication skills. You can clearly explain complex technical concepts* You are a disciplined engineer who understands the importance of high standards, never satisfied with mediocrity and constantly striving for excellence* You are comfortable with ambiguity in a chaotic and fluid environment* You are passionate about technology and are not afraid to defend your opinions or position with peers/superiors*Minimum Qualifications:** 12 years of experience shipping scalable, cloud native distributed systems* BS or MS (preferred) in Computer Science, or equivalent experience* Ability to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment* Strong grasp of Computer Science concepts* Proficient in at scripting tools is a plus* You are experienced at building highly available services, possessing knowledge of common service-oriented design patterns and service-to-service communication protocols* Experience with production operations and best practices for putting quality code in production and troubleshoot issues when they arise* Able to effectively communicate technical ideas verbally and in writing (technical proposals, design specs, architecture diagrams and presentations)* Work with the Oracle Fusion Application Control Plane Team on the shared full stack ownership of a collection of services and/or technology areas.* Understand the end-to-end configuration, technical dependencies, and overall behavioral characteristics of production services.* Be responsible for the design and delivery of the mission critical stack, with focus on security, resiliency, scale, and performance.* Take authority for end-to-end performance and operability.* Partner with development teams in defining and implementing improvements in service architecture.* Articulate technical characteristics of services and technology areas and guide Development Teams to engineer and add premier capabilities to the Oracle Cloud service portfolio.* Understand and communicate the scale, capacity, security, performance attributes, and requirements of the service and technology stack.* Demonstrate clear understanding of automation and orchestration principles.* Act as ultimate escalation point for complex or critical issues that have not yet been documented as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).* Utilize a deep understanding of service topology and their dependencies required to troubleshoot issues and define mitigations.* Understand and explain the effect of product architecture decisions on distributed systems.* Identify solutions to knowledge of server hardware and software configuration, networking, standard internet services, scripting languages, cloud computing patterns, technology security and compliance.* Solve complex problems related to infrastructure cloud services and build automation to prevent problem recurrence.* Design, write, and deploy software to improve the availability, scalability, and efficiency of Oracle products and services.* Design and develop designs, architectures, standards, and methods for large-scale distributed systems.* Facilitate service capacity planning and demand forecasting, software performance analysis, and system tuning.*Preferred Qualifications** System Engineer with extensive experience in:* *Oracle RDBMS** *Oracle GI (CW and ASM) and RAC** *Oracle Exadata** Experience in:* Database High availability (DG, GG) and its best practices* Performance tuning of the above areas* Advanced Scripting/coding skills (Shell, Perl and Python)* Understanding of REST Architecture and JSON is a plus* Building and managing Linux OS systems with good understanding how the Linux kernel works (IO, Network, etc.) and ability to read and understand source code* Building and managing Virtualized systems (KVM, OVM, Containers/Docker) and ability to read and understand source code* Very strong analytical skills to identify problems root cause* Systematic problem solving approach, combined with a strong sense of ownership and drive.(JoinOCI-SDE)For more information, contact:Anita Filip| OCI Principal Talent Advisor_anita.filip@oracle.com_OracleGlobal Talent Advisory*View the Video**of our OCI Team!*http://bit.ly/OracleOCI**Job:** **Product Development***Organization:** **Oracle***Title:** *Senior Principal Database Administrator Oracle/Exadata (OCI - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)***Location:** *United States***Requisition ID:** *2100092R***Other Locations:** *US-CO,Colorado-Denver, US-WA,Washington-Seattle, US-CA,California-Pleasanton, US-CA,California-Santa Clara, US-CA,California-Redwood City, US-CO,Colorado-Broomfield, US-MA,Mass-Burlington, US-NH,New Hamp-Nashua, US-TX,Texas-Austin*"