Principal software developer

Oracle
Springfield, IL

Job Description

Are you interested in building large-scale distributed infrastructure for the cloud? Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team is building new Infrastructure-as-a-Service technologies that operate at large scale in a distributed multi-tenant cloud environment. Join OCI Networking to build highly scalable and customizable services offering predictable and consistent performance, isolation, and availability.

We are a team that builds and maintains distributed services to manage OCI networks. Currently, we are looking for hands-on engineers with expertise and passion in solving difficult problems in the Network Automation space.

Why join OCI Networking?

The OCI Networking org has a culture of collaboration which welcomes new people to their ranks. We work together and help each other out, and make sure that onboarding and ramp-up experience is a great one. We focus on excellent customer experience, scalable architecture, manageable operations, and minimal technical debt, with a strong focus on reasonable on-call and a good work/life balance.

Responsibilities

As a Principal Member of Technical Staff on the Network Automation team, you will help design and develop tooling and infrastructure to manage a growing fleet of networking devices. You will be one of the engineers responsible for delivering a highly available, and secure fleet of critical OCI Networking infrastructure. Our team owns onboarding new generation network technologies, deployment tooling, patching, fleet monitoring and automation, and security and access controls. We work with many partner teams in OCI to ensure our networking is best in class.

As a member of our team you will be required to:

  • Maintain and build new technologies to automate the management of distributed fleet of networking devices. This includes distributed deployment and monitoring tooling.

  • Automate and maintain build and test systems including systems for performance and scalability testing.

  • Improve efficiency of the deployment processes across a fast-growing number of regions through automation and scale improvements to tools and dashboards.

  • Participate in our on-call rotation which requires monitoring our fleet and associated services.

  • Improve our operational capabilities by developing runbooks, alarming, and building tools.

Qualifications

You are an expert in Linux, comfortable with Python, BASH and Java, and have embedded system knowledge and systems engineering experience. You value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and are excited to learn.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelors in computer science and Engineering or related engineering fields

  • Distributed systems experience

  • 5+ years of experience with Linux System Engineering

  • 4+ years of experience with Python/BASH/Java

  • 2+ years of DevOps experience

  • Proficient with build tools and pipelines

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 1+ years of experience with embedded systems

  • Experience in CICD environments

  • Experience with Agile Development

  • Prior cloud experience

  • Hardware qualification experience (embedded development)

  • Experience automating management of networking devices

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 in USD from: $96,800 to $223,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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.

Career Level - IC4

About Us

As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's challenges. We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.

We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.

Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

We're committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing [email protected] or by calling +1 888 404 2494 in the United States.

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.

Posted 2025-10-06

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