Principal Systems Engineer
Hillsboro, IL - USA
Job Summary
The ideal candidate will have expertise in Oracle Database administration Oracle SQL Oracle rack-based hardware Linux Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) enterprise automation high-availability architectures secure B2B data exchange and enterprise networking. This role is responsible for ensuring the reliability scalability and integrity of distributed applications and database platforms supporting global operations.
The successful candidate will be equally comfortable designing new infrastructure automating deployments troubleshooting complex production issues and collaborating with development teams business stakeholders and external partners.
Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering
- Design deploy maintain and enhance highly available enterprise infrastructure supporting business-critical applications.
- Administer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) including:
- Virtual Machines
- Bare Metal Compute
- Load Balancers
- Block Volumes
- Object Storage
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- High Availability architectures
- Support cloud migration initiatives.
- Design clustering load balancing gateway and failover solutions that eliminate single points of failure.
- Manage enterprise storage including ZFS block storage and object storage.
- Support virtualized and bare-metal environments.
- Configure and integrate Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS).
Oracle Database Administration
- Install configure administer and maintain Oracle Database environments.
- Perform backup and recovery using Oracle RMAN.
- Administer Oracle Grid Infrastructure.
- Perform database upgrades patching and performance tuning.
- Support Oracle PL/SQL applications and Oracle SQL development.
Data Engineering & Integration
- Design and maintain XML data integration pipelines.
- Develop and maintain XSD schema validation frameworks.
- Modify and enhance XSLT transformation processes.
- Ensure data integrity across enterprise data exchange workflows.
- Support secure B2B integrations with external partners.
Containers Automation & DevOps
- Deploy and administer containerized applications using Docker and Podman.
- Troubleshoot container networking permissions and rootless container implementations.
- Develop infrastructure automation using Ansible.
- Automate operating system provisioning and Oracle database deployments.
- Support CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git repositories.
- Develop Linux shell scripting solutions.
Monitoring & Operations
- Maintain enterprise monitoring platforms including Prometheus Grafana and Elasticsearch.
- Monitor application performance and system health.
- Support incident management root cause analysis disaster recovery planning and testing.
- Maintain and configure deployed environments.
- Configure and support Spring Framework Spring Beans and Spring Boot application environments.
Global Production Support
- Provide Tier-3 support for mission-critical production systems.
- Support geographically distributed manufacturing locations.
- Coordinate with developers infrastructure teams business stakeholders and external partners.
- Produce technical documentation and operational procedures.
- Mentor team members as appropriate.
Required Qualifications
- Extensive Oracle Database Administration experience.
- Strong Oracle SQL and Linux administration experience.
- Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Experience designing highly available enterprise environments.
- Experience supporting mission-critical production systems.
- Experience with infrastructure automation.
- Experience with XML XSD and XSLT technologies.
- Strong troubleshooting analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with Oracle rack-based hardware and enterprise networking.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with:
- Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- Oracle APEX
- Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE)
- WebLogic Server
- Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS)
- Spring Framework Spring Boot and Spring Bean configuration
- Elasticsearch
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Jenkins
- Git
- Docker
- Podman
- ZFS Storage
- VPN technologies
- Enterprise networking
Technical Skills
Category | Technologies |
|---|---|
Cloud | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) |
Databases | Oracle Database 19c Oracle Grid Infrastructure Oracle RMAN Oracle SQL PL/SQL Microsoft SQL Server |
Operating Systems | Oracle Enterprise Linux |
Automation / DevOps | Ansible Bash Jenkins Git |
Containers | Docker Podman |
Monitoring | Prometheus Grafana Elasticsearch |
Data Technologies | XML XSD XSLT XPath JSONPath REST |
Storage | ZFS Block Storage Object Storage |
Networking | VPNs Load Balancing OCI Networking |
Qualifications
Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements such as immunization/occupational health mandates and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $79900 to $187000 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
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 - IC4
Required Experience:
Staff IC
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