Principal Data Systems Software Engineer - SRE (Automation, CI/CD Tools)

Site Reliability DeveloperOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) GoldenGate is looking for a Site Reliability Developer to join our Service Team. The ideal candidate should have broad working knowledge across multiple domains, but we love to see specialization as well. The basics we expect are: Networking, Linux Systems Engineering, Software Engineering/Automation, and Distributed Systems. This position requires that the candidate selected be a US citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.GoldenGate Service is a new multi-tenant, cloud native service for real-time data integration and replication in heterogeneous IT environments. GoldenGate enables users to replicate and integrate data from different sources, including operational and analytics data, as well as real-time data streaming such as Apache Kafka. This service is expected to scale across thousands of tenants and enable transactional change data capture, data replication, transformations between systems. This cost effective data replication solution is engineered for highest performance and availability to run variety of data integration uses cases of the customers. This is a global team with locations in US, Hungary, Mexico and Oracle's India Development Centre (IDC) Bangalore.Our team owns the reliability, availability, operational excellence, and customer experience of these services. We work closely with software development, cloud infrastructure, and customer-facing teams to ensure our services remain secure, resilient, and highly available as adoption continues to grow across commercial and sovereign cloud environments. There is a high degree of autonomy required in this role and we are looking for engineers who want to help drive our roadmap.This role offers the opportunity to solve complex distributed systems challenges, influence service reliability at scale, and contribute to cloud services used by enterprise customers around the world. The ideal candidate will be technically strong and get a lot done. Automation is a core tenet for everything you do. You've made life easier and have motivated your team to make both process and service improvements.Candidates should have broad working knowledge across multiple domains, but we love to see specialization as well. The basics we expect are: Networking, Linux Systems Engineering, Software Engineering/Automation, and Distributed Systems.Experience/Qualifications:This position requires that the candidate selected be a US citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.7+ years production engineering experience (distributed services or cloud platform experience preferred)Proven experience with automation and strong experience in a scripting language (bash, python, etc)Solid understanding of Software Engineering and Computer Science principlesSolid foundation in Linux Systems EngineeringSolid understanding of Networking, Security and StorageExperience with DockerUnderstanding Infrastructure as Code conceptExperience with Terraform and/or AnsibleExperience in building fully automated CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Hudson, TeamCity, etc)Be able to understand and formulate meaningful KPIs and business metricsExperience in building/managing/operating cloud services at one of the big cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GPC or OCI) is a big plusResponsibilitiesAs a Principal Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for the operational health, reliability, and continuous improvement of OCI GoldenGate and OCI Database Migration Service.You will:Operate and support production cloud services that power critical customer migration and data replication workloads.Monitor service health, investigate incidents, and lead troubleshooting efforts for complex production issues.Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews while driving corrective and preventative actions.Act as ultimate escalation point for complex or critical issues that have not yet been documented as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).Partner with software development teams to improve service architecture, reliability, scalability, and operational readiness.Design and implement automation to reduce operational overhead and improve service efficiency.Build and maintain observability solutions, including monitoring, alerting, logging, dashboards, and operational metrics.Contribute to capacity planning, performance analysis, disaster recovery readiness, and service resilience initiatives.Support services operating across Oracle Cloud commercial and sovereign cloud environments.Leverage Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD practices to improve deployment consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency.Drive continuous service improvement through operational reviews, reliability initiatives, and engineering best practices.This role provides the opportunity to work on large-scale distributed systems supporting enterprise customers worldwide, helping shape the future of Oracle's cloud-native data movement platform. This role requires Professional curiosity and a desire to develop a deep understanding of services and technologies.What We Offer:The opportunity to work on cloud services that support enterprise customers at global scale.Exposure to complex distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, and large-scale operational challenges.A collaborative environment where reliability, automation, and engineering excellence are core priorities.Opportunities to influence service architecture, operational strategy, and platform evolution.Career growth through ownership, technical leadership, and collaboration with world-class engineering teams.Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and flexible work arrangements.Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion2. Short term disability and long term disability3. Life insurance and AD&D4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match8. 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.9. 11 paid holidays10. 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.11. Paid parental leave12. Adoption assistance13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan14. Financial planning and group legal15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance