Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Database) - Oracle Health, Platform Engineering

Job Description

Role Summary

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will be responsible for supporting the management and reliability of Oracle databases and Exadata infrastructure (Production and Non-Production, primarily on-prem), including complex issue investigation, capacity management, scripting, and driving automation and operational improvements. You will triage alerts, identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and contribute to continuous reliability, scalability, and standardization of the program. You will also participate in roadmap initiatives such as migrations to Oracle Cloud (OCI) and Oracle Autonomous Database.

Location / Work Authorization / Clearance

- Role is based in the United States.

- U.S. citizenship required due to security clearance requirements.

- No visa sponsorship available.

- Must be able to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day operations of Oracle databases and Exadata (Prod and Non-Prod), including incident response and on-call support as needed (in alignment with local regulations).

• Triage database alerts and issues; perform deep-dive troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and implement corrective/preventative actions.

• Perform capacity management, performance analysis, and reliability improvements for database platforms.

• Maintain and support Non-Production and Production Standby environments and associated replication/high availability capabilities (e.g., Data Guard; GoldenGate as applicable).

• Develop and improve automation, tooling, and scripts to reduce toil and improve operational consistency.

• Create and maintain documentation including runbooks, standard operating procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials.

• Define and mature in-house standards, policies, and best practices aligned with industry standards, cyber requirements, and Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) principles.

• Mentor teammates and facilitate communication with leadership, clients, and cross-functional engineering partners.

• Contribute to roadmap projects, including migration planning/execution for OCI and Autonomous Database.

AI-First Engineering Expectations

• Demonstrate practical experience using AI-assisted techniques/tools to improve developer productivity and quality (e.g., faster prototyping, stronger test coverage, safer refactoring, better documentation).

• Apply an AI-first mindset to day-to-day work: generating and validating code suggestions, creating/maintaining tests, and improving observability and runbooks-while maintaining strong engineering judgment.

• Understand and follow enterprise security and privacy requirements when using AI tooling (e.g., protect sensitive data, use approved tools/workflows).

Minimum Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as an Oracle DBA, Site Reliability Engineer, or Oracle Database Architect.

• 6+ years of experience managing scalable on-prem and/or cloud-native distributed systems.

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).

• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.

• Strong grasp of core Computer Science concepts.

• Hands-on experience with PL/SQL and Python, Perl, and/or Shell scripting.

• Experience supporting production databases running on Exadata.

Core Skills

• Oracle Database administration and operations

• Oracle Grid Infrastructure, ASM & RAC

• Oracle Cloud (OCI) fundamentals (migration and/or operations)

• Scripting/automation (PL/SQL, shell, Python/Perl)

• Observability and operational readiness (monitoring/alerting, runbooks, incident response)

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) and Exadata best practices

• High availability & replication technologies (e.g., Data Guard, GoldenGate)

• Advanced scripting/coding and automation engineering (Shell/Perl/Python)

• Advanced compression

• Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and secure operations practices

• Oracle Autonomous Database experience

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: $79,100 to $158,200 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 - IC3

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