About the role

What will you do at Oracle?

Oracle Customer Success Services (CSS) is seeking a Senior Principal Forward

Deployed Engineer to lead the delivery of strategic AI and data transformation

programs for Oracle's largest enterprise customers. This is a senior

customer-facing engineering leadership role responsible for architecting,

modernizing, and operationalizing enterprise-scale data platforms on the Oracle

AI Data Platform.

You will work directly with CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, chief architects, and engineering

leaders to accelerate AI adoption, modernize legacy data estates, and deliver

production-ready analytics and Generative AI solutions. You will combine deep

hands-on engineering expertise with executive-level consulting, leading complex

migrations from Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments while

defining reusable delivery patterns that shape Oracle CSS best practices.

NOTE: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role at this time. No

candidates requiring visa sponsorship will be considered.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Responsibilities

* Lead architecture and delivery of enterprise AI Data Platform
transformations.
* Design and implement scalable data consolidation, integration,
transformation, governance, and AI-ready architectures.
* Lead migrations from Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, AWS and on-premises
platforms to Oracle AI Data Platform, including workload assessment, code
refactoring, SPARK optimization, and modernization
* Serve as the executive technical advisor throughout customer engagements.
Architect Lakehouse, Medallion Architecture, streaming, and real-time
analytics solutions using OCI services.
* Provide expert-level Apache Spark configuration, performance tuning, cluster
sizing, partitioning, memory optimization, adaptive query execution, and
troubleshooting.
* Build reusable migration accelerators, reference architectures, automation
frameworks, and delivery methodologies.
* Drive AI/ML and Generative AI data preparation pipelines, feature
engineering, vector-ready datasets, and governed data products.
* Partner with Oracle Product Management and Engineering to influence product
roadmap through field experience.
* Mentor senior engineers globally and establish engineering excellence across
CSS.

Minimum Qualifications

* 10–12+ years designing and delivering enterprise data platforms.
* Proven experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer, Principal Solution
Architect, Consulting Engineer, or Professional Services technical leader.
* Expert knowledge of Oracle AI Data Platform or equivalent modern cloud data
platforms.
Extensive experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Delta Lake,
Azure, AWS, Kafka, Python, SQL, Scala or Java.
* Deep expertise in SPARK architecture, configuration, optimization, tuning,
distributed systems, and large-scale performance engineering.
* Demonstrated success migrating enterprise analytics platforms and refactoring
Spark/ETL workloads from Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, and AWS.
* Strong understanding of DataOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, security,
governance, metadata, lineage, and observability
* Outstanding executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

* OCI Architect, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, or AI certifications.
* Experience with LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases,
AI agents, and MLOps.
* Experience leading multi-petabyte modernization programs and globally
distributed delivery teams.
* Industry expertise in Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector,
Telecommunications, Manufacturing, or Retail.
Leadership Expectations
* Own technical strategy for strategic customer programs.
* Influence Oracle product direction through customer advocacy.
* Establish reusable engineering standards and delivery frameworks.
* Recognized thought leader in cloud data engineering and AI platforms.
* Coach senior architects and engineers across Oracle CSS.
* Represent Oracle at executive briefings, architecture reviews, conferences,
and customer innovation workshops.
Why Join Oracle CSS
You will help define how Oracle's largest customers adopt AI at enterprise
scale. This role combines executive consulting, deep hands-on engineering,
product influence, and technical leadership, offering the opportunity to shape
Oracle AI Data Platform adoption across the world's most demanding
organizations.
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QUALIFICATIONS
Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to
comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health
mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the
stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $104,600 to $264,100 per annum. May be eligible
for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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.
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Which skills does this role require?

Enterprise AIData platform architectureCloud migrationApache SparkGenerative AIPythonSQLScalaJavaDatabricksSnowflakeDataOpsInfrastructure as codePerformance tuningForward Deployed EngineerData TransformationCloud MigrationAzureAWSKafkaCI/CDInfrastructure as CodeLakehouseMedallion ArchitecturePerformance EngineeringDistributed SystemsSparkMachine LearningAccessibilityProduct Strategy

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