Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Austin, TXNashville, TN
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 120 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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As a Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer on the Edge Security team, you will lead the architecture and delivery of cloud-scale backend services for the Web Application Firewall platform. You will design and evolve high-availability systems for policy management, rule evaluation, threat detection, bot mitigation, and security analytics while building distributed systems to process massive volumes of HTTP/HTTPS traffic with low latency. The role requires expertise in Java, Go, Python, C++, or Rust, alongside proficiency in Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, and observability tools like metrics, logging, and tracing. You will solve complex problems regarding web-based threats and automated security enforcement across global infrastructure. Your work involves managing traffic inspection, API protection, and ensuring operational excellence through robust performance monitoring and high-throughput analytics for real-time security insights within a cloud-native environment.

Skills

Java Go Python C++ Rust Kubernetes CI/CD Infrastructure-as-Code REST APIs HTTP/HTTPS TLS Distributed Systems Web Application Firewall (WAF) Security Analytics Zero Trust

What you'll do

Lead the architecture and delivery of cloud-scale backend services for the Web Application Firewall (WAF) platform.
Design and evolve systems for policy management, rule evaluation, threat detection, and bot mitigation.
Build distributed systems to process high volumes of HTTP/HTTPS traffic with low latency and high reliability.
Drive technical strategy for application security by collaborating with product, infrastructure, and security teams.
Establish operational excellence through incident response, root cause analysis, and performance monitoring.
Lead automation initiatives including CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
Mentor engineers and influence technical strategy across the organization to improve engineering standards.

What we're looking for

7–10+ years of experience building production software systems and large-scale distributed services in cloud or SaaS environments.
Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Java, Go, Python, C++, or Rust.
Deep expertise in distributed systems design including scalability, resiliency, concurrency, fault tolerance, service communication, and API design.
Strong understanding of HTTP/HTTPS, REST APIs, TLS, reverse proxies, caching, load balancing, and web application architectures.
Experience building customer-facing platform services with strict requirements for availability, performance, and operational excellence.
Proficiency in cloud-native technologies including containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automated testing frameworks.
Experience building observability solutions using metrics, distributed tracing, centralized logging, dashboards, and alerting systems.
Experience with WAF, API Security, Bot Management, CDN, or related security products (preferred).

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