Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WASanta Clara, CA
Salary: $79,200–$209,500 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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The Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer joins the team to design, implement, and optimize components within distributed systems, focusing on scalability, resiliency, and operability. This role involves building fault-tolerant paths using redundancy, replication, and automatic failover while implementing retries, circuit breakers, and timeouts. The engineer will develop automation and Infrastructure as Code for troubleshooting, manage telemetry systems, and perform load testing. Key technical requirements include expertise in data plane architectures for networking devices, high-concurrency systems, and performance optimization using DPDK and C/C++. Candidates must also possess experience with Linux OSes, device drivers, and distributed debugging tools. The work addresses complex problems in large-scale data retrieval, storage, and processing, ensuring high availability and security through encryption and access controls in multi-tenant environments.

Skills

C/C++ DPDK Linux Infrastructure as Code Distributed Systems Cloud Infrastructure Data Plane Performance Testing Encryption Telemetry Device Drivers High-Concurrency Systems fault-injection

What you'll do

Design and implement scalable components for distributed systems using distributed state management tools.
Optimize code and systems for high-volume data retrieval, storage, and large-scale processing.
Build fault-tolerant paths by implementing redundancy, replication, automatic failover, and circuit breakers.
Develop automation scripts and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for troubleshooting and cloud maintenance.
Create dashboards, telemetry systems, and alarms to proactively monitor and detect component failures.
Diagnose and resolve system issues while participating in incident response and root cause investigations.
Apply advanced security controls including encryption and access remediation in multi-tenant environments.
Execute performance and load tests, including fault-injection scenarios, to ensure system correctness.

What we're looking for

Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
3+ years of relevant engineering, architecture, or development/operational experience.
Strong experience working on data plane architectures in networking devices.
Strong experience with high-concurrency systems.
Experience designing, developing, and optimizing high-performance network solutions using DPDK and C/C++.
Working experience with Linux OSes/kernels, device drivers, performance testing tools, and distributed debugging tools.
Expert knowledge of cloud infrastructure concepts and technologies.
Significant work experience in startups or fast-paced enterprise technology development environments.

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