Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 5 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 lead the development and architecture of scalable, elastic distributed systems designed for high-throughput, hyper-scale workloads. You will be responsible for optimizing code and data paths, managing large-scale retrieval and storage via data plane platforms, and ensuring system reliability through redundancy, replication, and failover mechanisms. Your daily work involves designing fault-tolerant components to handle network unreliability using load-shedding, throttling, and rate-limiting while meeting strict service level objectives. You will establish KPIs, build proactive telemetry dashboards, and conduct complex validation tests like fault injection. Additionally, you will implement robust security controls in multi-tenant environments, manage compliance documentation, and develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate cloud infrastructure management. This role focuses on solving critical problems regarding data integrity, availability, and automated deployment within large-scale distributed systems.

Skills

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

What you'll do

Architect and develop scalable, elastic distributed systems that support high-throughput and hyper-scale workloads.
Design fault-tolerant components using redundancy, replication, failover, and rate-limiting to ensure system reliability.
Establish KPIs, telemetry, and automated dashboards to proactively monitor system health and performance.
Conduct complex validation testing including fault injection and brownouts to ensure data integrity and durability.
Diagnose and resolve production issues while mentoring peers on troubleshooting and incident response.
Implement robust security controls, encryption, and compliance documentation for multi-tenant environments.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation scripts to manage cloud infrastructure and deployment cycles.

What we're looking for

Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Candidates must have 6 to 10+ years of experience in the field.
Experience is required in designing and architecting scalable, elastic distributed systems for high-throughput workloads.
Experience is required in implementing fault-tolerant systems using redundancy, replication, and failover mechanisms.
Experience is required in developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation scripts to manage cloud infrastructure.
Experience is required in implementing security controls, encryption, and compliance documentation for multi-tenant environments.
Candidates must be able to proactively diagnose, debug, and resolve production issues while mentoring others.