Database Architect/Senior Principal Engineer, Oracle SaaS

Denver, CO, United States

Job Description

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About Us

The Oracle SaaS Engineering organization builds and operates the Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications service, a complete suite of enterprise SaaS applications with embedded AI that run on next-generation Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Leading companies trust Oracle to run their critical business functions. Oracle SaaS services are available across 30+ OCI regions around the world and continuing to expand to more regions.

What You Will Do

The SaaS Continuity Engineering team is responsible for the design and build of the systems and services that enables Oracle to deliver industry-leading availability and performance objectives for Oracle’s SaaS services. The team architects and develops high-availability and service continuity solutions across the entire stack – infrastructure, database, platform, and application services – and all the dependent components. The engineering innovations enable SaaS services to be available to customers without any disruptions even during large-scale incidents. We are building the next-gen service continuity solutions in a fast-pace and innovative environment and looking for a senior database architect who can design and architect solutions to operate Oracle Database at scale with maximum availability and performance.

As a Senior Database Architect, you will be responsible for ensuring that the database services for our SaaS services are designed and built with the highest level of availability, performance and resiliency. You will collaborate with other engineering teams responsible for architecting, designing, and implementing SaaS Services and underlying database platform in a distributed cloud environment. The ideal candidate will be technically strong and must have deep understanding of Oracle Database and Exadata technology operating at a large-scale deployment. This role will drive the technical architecture of our service continuity solutions, contribute to the product strategy, and contribute to the development of next generation availability and resiliency features for Oracle’s SaaS cloud environment.

Career Level - IC5

Responsibilities

Required Qualifications

BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

6+ years experience as an architect for large Oracle Database and Exadata deployments

Strong experience with cloud infrastructure and networking technology

Extensive experience in Oracle Database, Exadata, Grid Infrastructure, ASM & RAC

Experience In Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture & Best Practices for Oracle Database & Exadata

Experience in high availability & replication technologies (Dataguard, Goldengate)

Advanced scripting/coding skills (Shell, Perl and Python)

Experience in building highly available and fault tolerant services

Experience with production operations and troubleshooting complex issues

Able to effectively communicate technical ideas verbally and in writing (technical proposals, design specs, architecture diagrams and presentations)

Understand the end-to-end configuration, technical dependencies, and overall behavioral characteristics of production services

Comfortably in a collaborative, agile development environment

Preferred Qualifications

Hands-on experience developing and operating services on a public cloud platform (Examples: AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle)

Extensive experience with Oracle Database and Exadata

Understanding of distributed computing and cloud-based platforms

Experience and understanding of cloud infrastructure services, regions, and multi-AD designs

Good executive communication skills and the ability to work well in a team environment

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range: from $96,800 to $251,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

Short term disability and long term disability

Life insurance and AD&D

Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.

11 paid holidays

Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Financial planning and group legal

Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

About Us

As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s problems. True innovation starts with diverse perspectives and various abilities and backgrounds.

When everyone’s voice is heard, we’re inspired to go beyond what’s been done before. It’s why we’re committed to expanding our inclusive workforce that promotes diverse insights and perspectives.

We’ve partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector—and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.

Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer a highly competitive suite of employee benefits designed on the principles of parity and consistency. We put our people first with flexible medical, life insurance and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

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Disclaimer:

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer*. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

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