Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 at the forefront of designing and implementing next-generation accelerated computing and AI solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You will work directly with strategic customers to architect, deploy, and optimize complex HPC and GPU clusters, LLM-based applications, and agentic AI systems across production environments. Your daily responsibilities include building automated solutions for cluster provisioning, infrastructure as code, and performance monitoring while authoring technical collateral and reference architectures. To succeed, you must possess expertise in Python, Rust, Go, Java, or Scala, along with proficiency in Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Slurm, and Linux distributions like RHEL or Ubuntu. You will solve critical challenges regarding high-performance computing, infrastructure scalability, and reliability while serving as a technical advisor to ensure robust AI transformation for enterprise clients.

Skills

OCI GPU HPC Terraform Ansible Slurm Kubernetes Python Rust Go Java Scala Linux Shell Scripting CI/CD Prometheus GitLab CI/CD Jenkins Infrastructure as Code

What you'll do

Architect and deploy large-scale GPU, HPC, and AI infrastructure on OCI using Terraform, Ansible, Slurm, and Kubernetes.
Build automated solutions for cluster provisioning, software deployment, infrastructure as code, and performance monitoring.
Support the design, development, and production readiness of LLM-based applications and agentic AI systems.
Act as a technical advisor to customers and internal teams to define and validate high-performance computing solutions.
Troubleshoot infrastructure issues related to performance, scalability, and reliability while leading root cause analysis for incidents.
Author technical collateral including reference architectures, deployment guides, and implementation patterns for repeatable customer solutions.
Partner with engineering teams to influence product direction and integrate new OCI services into customer-ready offerings.

What we're looking for

Experience in scripting and automation using tools like Python, Ansible, Terraform, and/or Kubernetes.
5+ years of experience in Architecture, Operations, and/or System Engineering.
Recent technical experience designing or deploying infrastructure for high-performance computing (including GPU technology) or at least one major public cloud.
Linux skills with hands-on experience in Oracle Linux, RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, and Debian distributions.
Solid understanding of networking concepts and security principles.
Strong communication, problem-solving, and documentation skills to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Rust, Go, Java, or Scala (preferred).
At least 5 years experience consulting/interacting with customers, including architects and C-level executives (preferred).

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