Senior Software Engineer - DBaaS (Work in office 3 days a week)

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Engineer to join Oracle Base Database  Service team. The  Engineer will be responsible for designing, deploying, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise-grade database services in a cloud or hybrid environment. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in database technologies and cloud infrastructure, combined with experience in automation and service delivery.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Java Technology: Proficiency in Java, including developing automation tools, integrations, or application connectivity with databases.
• Cloud Architecture Expertise: In-depth understanding of cloud concepts (IaaS, PaaS), microservices, and large-scale distributed systems architecture.
• API Design & Documentation: Experience designing RESTful APIs using industry-standard practices, focusing on usability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Event-Driven Systems: Understanding of messaging frameworks (like Kafka, RabbitMQ, Oracle Streaming Service) and event-based orchestration models.
• Security & Compliance: Knowledge of best practices in API and control plane security, including authentication, authorization, encryption, logging, and auditability.
• Reliability Engineering: Skills in monitoring, alerting, incident response, and root cause analysis for highly-available, control plane components.
• DevOps Practices: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and continuous deployment methodologies for control plane software.
• Experience with cloud platforms—preferably Oracle Cloud Infrastructure—and cloud database services.
• Familiarity with frameworks like Terraform
• Knowledge of database architecture, high availability features, and scalability best practices.
• Hands-on experience with database scripting (SQL, PL/SQL) and automation using shell scripting, Python, or similar tools.
• Understanding of database backup/recovery strategies and disaster recovery planning.
• Knowledge of database security concepts, including data encryption, user access control, and auditing.

Professional Experience:

• Demonstrated experience delivering Java-based applications.
• Participation in designing or implementing cloud Database Service solutions (preferably with Oracle technologies).
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams—engineering, security, infrastructure, and dev teams.
• Experience providing operational support, troubleshooting, and performance optimization for production databases.
• Effective communication skills—able to deliver technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong documentation practices for operational procedures and knowledge sharing.

• Design, implement, and manage Database as a Service solutions to support business applications and users.
• Automate database provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance processes to ensure scalability, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, Product Marketing, Support, SRE and security teams to understand project requirements and ensure best practices in database operations.
• Monitor database performance, identify issues, and proactively implement improvements and tuning.
• Ensure robust backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies for all managed database instances.
• Maintain documentation for design, configuration, and operational procedures.
• Implement security measures to protect data, including encryption, access controls, and compliance adherence.
• Evaluate and integrate new database technologies and tools as required.
• Support migration initiatives from on-premises to cloud databases or between cloud providers.
• Provide on-call support and troubleshoot critical database incidents as needed.

NOTE: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role at this time. No candidates requiring visa sponsorship will be considered. 

 

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

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $79,200 to $178,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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