Cloud Engineer

Oracle’s Cloud Engineering LAUNCH Program is focused on building a community of highly motivated technology professionals who are looking to be on the forefront of innovation in modern cloud computing and artificial intelligence to help Oracle customers across all industries in North America. Our mission is to build new and innovative technology solutions for real world problems that our customers face. For this, we are seeking people who share that spirit of using technology to innovate and solve big problems. Whether you’re new to the workforce or transitioning from military service, this early-in-career program has been developed to foster customer focused engagements that solve real and complex business problems using Oracle’s cloud-based technologies.  

Through an intensive multi-week onboarding, the CloudLAUNCH program enables and empowers our people to develop skills for success in a client-facing role. Throughout your first year, Oracle will provide significant investment in your professional development via training, mentoring and a social network of resources and thought leaders inside Oracle. It is also expected that you are a self-starter and have a passion for learning new subjects on your own and then help evangelize those learning with your peers and community. Based on your annual performance and personal development, you will be provided many opportunities for career growth via a defined progression plan for all CloudLAUNCH Engineers.

 

At Oracle, we’re preparing the next generation of leaders for LAUNCH!

L: Learn - Acquire new skills and knowledge.

A: Apply - Put what you learn into practice.

U: Understand - Deepen comprehension through exploration and inquiry.

N: Network - Connect with peers and mentors for collaborative learning.

C: Challenge - Push boundaries and embrace new challenges.

H: Hone - Refine skills through feedback and experience.

OR IC2

Career Level - IC2

Your Role: We are building our Cloud Engineering organization in two of our hub locations, Nashville & Austin. Oracle is building a best-in-class cloud services line that supports the most fast paced mission-critical customer requirements, operating at cloud scale to provide a secure, distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment. Our Cloud Engineers are redefining the world of business, empowering governments, and helping society evolve with the pace of change. The ideal candidate’s profile is one who has a blend of technical skills (scripting, object-oriented programming, UX design, analytics and data science) with a business minded approach. You are expected to work directly with some of the largest enterprise customers and cutting-edge startups.

 

Key activities of a CloudLAUNCH Cloud Engineer include: 

• Performing proof of concepts, benchmarks or technical evals with clients 
• Building and publishing repeatable cloud solutions  
• Delivering hands-on technical workshops  
• Creating new industry-focused solutions using cloud native technologies 
• Driving reporting on business activities 
• Implementing and scaling programs designed to improve customer success 
• Develop and maintain communication with key project collaborators and decision makers. 

 

Your core responsibility is to help our customers understand their business problems, discover their environments, and then suggest technology solutions using Oracle Cloud services.

 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree (GPA of 3.2 or greater) in Computer Science, Information Technology, MIS, or related degree 
• Military service experience, with honorable discharge
• Strong software engineering and project management fundamentals 
• Experience with 2 or more scripting languages (Python, C#, Java, C++, SQL, etc.) 
• Confident communicator with ability to collaborate and present concepts clearly 
• Driven self-starter with strong organizational skills  
• Innovative, entrepreneurial spirit, open to new ideas and challenges 
• Strategic thinker with ability to build rapport easily with customers and colleagues 
• Demonstrated ability to balance several competing priorities at once 
• No visa sponsorship is available for this opportunity 

Bonus Points: 

• Hands on experience with Cloud Services (Oracle, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) 
• Hands on experience with Cloud Native technologies such as container deployments, streaming, monitoring 
• Hands on experience with data analytics and data science techniques 
• Experience and/or training in project management (PMP C