About the role

What will you do at Oracle?

As a Principal Site Reliability Engineer (IC4), you will be responsible for

designing, building, and operating highly available, scalable, secure, and

resilient cloud services. You will combine software engineering with

infrastructure expertise to improve service reliability, operational efficiency,

and developer productivity across large-scale distributed systems.

You will lead complex reliability initiatives, drive automation-first

operational practices, and develop software solutions that eliminate manual

toil. You will partner closely with software engineering, cloud infrastructure,

security, and product teams to architect resilient platforms that meet

aggressive availability, scalability, and performance objectives.

Success in this role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud

infrastructure, coding, automation, observability, incident management, and

operational excellence. You will leverage modern AI technologies, machine

learning, and intelligent automation to streamline operations, accelerate

incident response, improve troubleshooting, and enable autonomous system

management.

You are expected to be a technical leader who influences architecture,

establishes engineering best practices, mentors other engineers, and drives

continuous improvements across multiple services and organizations.

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.

We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the

employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for

a disability at any point, let us know by emailing

[email protected] [[email protected]] or by

calling 1-888-404-2494 in the United States.

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.

Which skills does this role require?

Site reliability engineeringDistributed systemsCloud infrastructureSoftware engineeringAutomationObservabilityIncident managementArtificial intelligenceMachine learningSystem architectureOperational excellenceTechnical leadershipMentoringScalabilitySecuritySite Reliability EngineeringCloud ServicesDistributed SystemsIncident ManagementArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningInfrastructureSoftware EngineeringTechnical LeadershipOperational ExcellenceOracleIC4Accessibility

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