Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 39 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $178k

This role $175k

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TL;DR · Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

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As a Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer, you will join the team to lead the development and architecture of scalable, elastic distributed systems. You will be responsible for designing fault-tolerant components that support high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads while ensuring data integrity through replication and synchronization. Your daily work involves optimizing code and data paths, establishing KPIs and telemetry, and building proactive dashboards and alerts to monitor system health. You will also manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools to facilitate safe patching and rollbacks. The role requires expertise in distributed state management, load-shedding, throttling, and rate-limiting to handle network unreliability while meeting strict service level objectives. Additionally, you will implement robust security controls for multi-tenant environments and mentor peers on troubleshooting complex production issues within the core infrastructure domain.

Skills

Distributed Systems Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Cloud Infrastructure Data Processing System Design Telemetry Monitoring Alerting rate‑limiting Fault Injection Encryption Security Controls Automation Scalability

What you'll do

Architect and develop scalable, elastic distributed systems using data plane platforms for high-throughput workloads.
Design fault-tolerant systems featuring redundancy, replication, failover, and automated load-shedding to meet service level objectives.
Establish telemetry, KPIs, and proactive monitoring dashboards to identify system gaps and ensure operational health.
Conduct complex validation testing including fault injection and brownouts to ensure data integrity and correctness.
Proactively diagnose, debug, and resolve production issues while mentoring peers on incident response.
Implement robust security controls, encryption, and compliance documentation for multi-tenant environments.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools to manage cloud infrastructure and deployment cycles.

What we're looking for

Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Requires 3 to 5+ years of experience in relevant fields.
Experience designing and architecting scalable, elastic distributed systems for high-throughput workloads.
Ability to implement fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, failover, and rate-limiting.
Skill in establishing KPIs, telemetry, and building proactive monitoring dashboards and alerts.
Proficiency in developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation scripts for cloud infrastructure.
Experience implementing security controls, encryption, and compliance documentation for multi-tenant environments.
Ability to mentor peers and lead the resolution of complex production issues.