Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Nashville, TN
Salary
$114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted
24 days ago
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This role $175k
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This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $166,078–$226,350 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $175k versus about $196k for comparable roles.

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TL;DR · Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

The Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer joins the AI Infra Operations team to support GPU infrastructure within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. In this role, you will lead the development and maintenance of automation and operational tooling for GPU fleets across multiple geographic regions to ensure high availability. You will build monitoring, alerting, and diagnostics for fleet health and performance using Grafana while serving as a senior escalation point for complex host issues. Your daily work involves collaborating with hardware and software teams, participating in incident response, and developing AI agents. The role requires expertise in Unix/linux systems, hardware accelerators, high availability systems, major incident management, process management, project management, and technical communication. You will solve critical infrastructure challenges related to GPU capacity, regional deployments, and the automation of large-scale cloud computing resources.

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain automation and operational tooling for OCI GPU infrastructure across multiple regions.
  • Develop monitoring, alerting, and diagnostic systems for GPU fleet health and performance using tools like Grafana.
  • Serve as the senior escalation point for complex GPU host issues and hardware repairs.
  • Lead incident response and root-cause analysis to resolve blockers affecting GPU capacity and availability.
  • Improve AI2 operations processes, GPU fleet automation, and OCI region build readiness.
  • Develop and monitor the safe rollout of AI agents.
  • Document operational procedures, automation workflows, troubleshooting guides, and runbooks.
  • Mentor junior engineers on operational best practices and provide senior technical support.

What we're looking for

  • Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
  • Experience of 3 to 5+ years is required.
  • Expertise in hardware accelerators and high availability systems is required.
  • Proficiency in Unix/Linux systems and operating systems is required.
  • Skills in major incident management, process management, and project management are required.
  • Strong technical communication skills are required.

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