Principal Platform Software Engineer (Database Platform)
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Responsibilities
- As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for:
- Design, develop, and operate large-scale database platform services that power mission-critical Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) workloads.
- Build highly available, scalable, and resilient distributed systems in order to manage databases across global cloud regions.
- Develop automation for database provisioning, lifecycle management, monitoring, patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and fleet operations.
- Partner with database architects, SREs, and OCI service teams to deliver reliable data platforms that meet stringent availability, performance, and durability requirements.
- Drive improvements in service reliability, scalability, observability, security, and operational efficiency for Tier-0 cloud services.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues spanning database internals, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale fleet operations.
- Design and implement software solutions that optimize database performance, capacity utilization, and operational excellence.
- Participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and engineering initiatives focused on the future of cloud-scale database platforms.
- Leverage strong database administration (DBA) expertise to influence software design, automation strategies, and operational best practices.
- Contribute to the continuous evolution of OCI's foundational data services that support core cloud offerings
- Eliminate manual operational tasks by building self-service workflows for provisioning, patching, upgrades, backup validation, failover testing, and decommissioning.
- Develop "automate-first" solutions that reduce operational toil
- Reduce operational burden, faster incident recovery, and improve service reliability.
- Build intelligent remediation systems that detect and automatically resolve common database and infrastructure issues.
Company
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