Senior Principal Middleware and Database Engineer Oracle

Description

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Principal Oracle Engineer proficient in Oracle Middleware (Weblogic OHS OKE etc) and Oracle Database to provide technical leadership and strategic direction for our enterprise Oracle middleware and database infrastructure. This senior-level position requires deep expertise in Oracle Fusion Middleware technologies architectural design and the ability to drive innovation while mentoring teams and influencing technology decisions across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

The Senior Principal Middleware Oracle DBA will provide strategic leadership and architectural direction for the organizations Oracle Middleware ecosystem including WebLogic Server Oracle SOA Suite Oracle Identity Management Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) Oracle APEX (Application Express) Apache HTTP Server Apache Tomcat and related enterprise platforms. This role serves as the subject matter expert and technical authority for complex middleware and database challenges leading the design and implementation of highly available scalable and secure middleware architectures that support mission-critical business applications. Responsibilities include establishing best practices standards and governance frameworks for middleware operations leading performance optimization initiatives across the enterprise stack and driving automation and modernization efforts including cloud migration strategies. The position involves mentoring and developing junior and mid-level DBAs and middleware administrators collaborating with enterprise architects and application development teams on solution design conducting capacity planning and infrastructure roadmap development leading incident resolution for critical production issues and representing the middleware team in executive-level technical discussions and vendor relationships.

Required Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field
• Masters degree preferred

Experience:

• 10 years of experience as an Oracle DBA with progressive responsibility
• 7 years of hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Middleware products
• 3 yeas of hands on experience in working on OCI / Cloud based services
• 5 years in a senior technical leadership or architecture role
• Proven track record of leading large-scale middleware implementations and migrations
• Experience managing and mentoring technical teams

Technical Skills:

• Expert-level knowledge of Oracle Fusion Middleware (WebLogic SOA Suite OSB OHS IAM OIM OAM)
• Strong experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services including Compute Networking Storage Load Balancers and Database Cloud Services
• Experience with Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) and container orchestration
• Knowledge of OCI native services (Autonomous Database Oracle Functions API Gateway)
• Strong knowledge of Apache technologies (Apache HTTP Server Tomcat)
• Expertise in Oracle APEX administration workspace management and architecture
• Deep expertise in Oracle database administration across multiple versions (11g through 23c)
• Advanced knowledge of high availability architectures (RAC Data Guard Active-Active)
• Mastery of performance tuning diagnostics and optimization techniques
• Strong expertise in disaster recovery planning and execution
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code (Terraform Ansible CloudFormation)
• Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and hybrid cloud architectures
• Understanding of OCI security best practices IAM policies and network architecture
• Advanced scripting capabilities (Python Shell Perl)
• Strong understanding of security frameworks compliance requirements and governance

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle Certified Master (OCM) or multiple OCP certifications
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect Professional or OCI Operations Professional certification
• Experience with Oracle Exadata and Oracle Engineered Systems
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes OKE) and microservices
• Experience with Oracle WebLogic Kubernetes Operator
• Expertise with Apache web server configuration load balancing and reverse proxy setups
• Experience with Oracle APEX development environments and ORDS (Oracle REST Data Services)
• Background in Oracle E-Business Suite PeopleSoft or other Oracle Applications
• Familiarity with observability platforms and APM tools
• Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Published thought leadership speaking engagements or technical community contributions

Key Competencies

Technical Leadership:

• Ability to architect complex enterprise solutions
• Strategic thinking and long-term planning capabilities
• Innovation mindset with focus on continuous improvement

Leadership & Influence:

• Strong mentorship and team development skills
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Executive-level communication and presentation skills
• Stakeholder management across all organizational levels

Problem Solving:

• Advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis expertise
• Ability to handle ambiguity and complex technical challenges
• Data-driven decision making

Collaboration:

• Cross-functional team collaboration
• Vendor management and negotiation
• Change management and organizational alignment

Scope of Impact

• Enterprise-wide technical decisions affecting middleware infrastructure
• Strategic roadmap development for middleware technologies
• Technology standards and governance frameworks
• Team mentorship and capability building across the organization
• Resource allocation recommendations

Responsibilities

We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Principal Oracle Engineer proficient in Oracle Middleware (Weblogic OHS OKE etc) and Oracle Database to provide technical leadership and strategic direction for our enterprise Oracle middleware and database infrastructure. This senior-level position requires deep expertise in Oracle Fusion Middleware technologies architectural design and the ability to drive innovation while mentoring teams and influencing technology decisions across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

The Senior Principal Middleware Oracle DBA will provide strategic leadership and architectural direction for the organizations Oracle Middleware ecosystem including WebLogic Server Oracle SOA Suite Oracle Identity Management Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) Oracle APEX (Application Express) Apache HTTP Server Apache Tomcat and related enterprise platforms. This role serves as the subject matter expert and technical authority for complex middleware and database challenges leading the design and implementation of highly available scalable and secure middleware architectures that support mission-critical business applications. Responsibilities include establishing best practices standards and governance frameworks for middleware operations leading performance optimization initiatives across the enterprise stack and driving automation and modernization efforts including cloud migration strategies. The position involves mentoring and developing junior and mid-level DBAs and middleware administrators collaborating with enterprise architects and application development teams on solution design conducting capacity planning and infrastructure roadmap development leading incident resolution for critical production issues and representing the middleware team in executive-level technical discussions and vendor relationships.

Required Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field
• Masters degree preferred

Experience:

• 10 years of experience as an Oracle DBA with progressive responsibility
• 7 years of hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion Middleware products
• 3 yeas of hands on experience in working on OCI / Cloud based services
• 5 years in a senior technical leadership or architecture role
• Proven track record of leading large-scale middleware implementations and migrations
• Experience managing and mentoring technical teams

Technical Skills:

• Expert-level knowledge of Oracle Fusion Middleware (WebLogic SOA Suite OSB OHS IAM OIM OAM)
• Strong experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services including Compute Networking Storage Load Balancers and Database Cloud Services
• Experience with Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) and container orchestration
• Knowledge of OCI native services (Autonomous Database Oracle Functions API Gateway)
• Strong knowledge of Apache technologies (Apache HTTP Server Tomcat)
• Expertise in Oracle APEX administration workspace management and architecture
• Deep expertise in Oracle database administration across multiple versions (11g through 23c)
• Advanced knowledge of high availability architectures (RAC Data Guard Active-Active)
• Mastery of performance tuning diagnostics and optimization techniques
• Strong expertise in disaster recovery planning and execution
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code (Terraform Ansible CloudFormation)
• Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and hybrid cloud architectures
• Understanding of OCI security best practices IAM policies and network architecture
• Advanced scripting capabilities (Python Shell Perl)
• Strong understanding of security frameworks compliance requirements and governance

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle Certified Master (OCM) or multiple OCP certifications
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect Professional or OCI Operations Professional certification
• Experience with Oracle Exadata and Oracle Engineered Systems
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes OKE) and microservices
• Experience with Oracle WebLogic Kubernetes Operator
• Expertise with Apache web server configuration load balancing and reverse proxy setups
• Experience with Oracle APEX development environments and ORDS (Oracle REST Data Services)
• Background in Oracle E-Business Suite PeopleSoft or other Oracle Applications
• Familiarity with observability platforms and APM tools
• Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Published thought leadership speaking engagements or technical community contributions

Key Competencies

Technical Leadership:

• Ability to architect complex enterprise solutions
• Strategic thinking and long-term planning capabilities
• Innovation mindset with focus on continuous improvement

Leadership & Influence:

• Strong mentorship and team development skills
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Executive-level communication and presentation skills
• Stakeholder management across all organizational levels

Problem Solving:

• Advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis expertise
• Ability to handle ambiguity and complex technical challenges
• Data-driven decision making

Collaboration:

• Cross-functional team collaboration
• Vendor management and negotiation
• Change management and organizational alignment

Scope of Impact

• Enterprise-wide technical decisions affecting middleware infrastructure
• Strategic roadmap development for middleware technologies
• Technology standards and governance frameworks
• Team mentorship and capability building across the organization
• Resource allocation recommendations

Qualifications
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: $96800 to $251600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus equity and compensation deferral.

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 Oracles 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:
1. Medical dental and vision insurance including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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 holidays
10. 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 leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. 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 - IC5