[Remote] Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Oracle is a leading company that integrates data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to drive innovations in various industries. They are seeking a Principal Site Reliability Engineer to design, build, and operate reliable infrastructure for the Oracle HealthPatient Portal while enhancing automation and observability practices.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team to take shared ownership of services and platform components. Develop a strong understanding of end-to-end system architecture, dependencies, and production behavior
- Design, build, and operate reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure supporting large-scale distributed systems
- Improve system reliability through automation, monitoring, and performance optimization
- Contribute to the adoption of AI-assisted approaches for operations, including: Enhancing observability and alerting Supporting automated incident detection and remediation Exploring intelligent automation for infrastructure lifecycle management
- Partner with development teams to enhance service architecture, scalability, and operability
- Participate in on-call rotations and act as an escalation point for complex production issues
- Perform root cause analysis and implement long-term fixes to prevent recurrence
- Apply knowledge of distributed systems to troubleshoot issues and optimize system performance
- Drive continuous improvement in DevOps/SRE practices, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and automation at scale
Skills
- Experience building and operating high-availability, fault-tolerant systems
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, performance monitoring, and resiliency patterns
- Experience with incident response, root-cause analysis, and production troubleshooting
- Experience with one or more cloud environments OCI, AWS/Azure
- Advanced competency in CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Kubernetes)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Strong focus on automation-first operations
- Proficiency in Data Warehousing platforms (e.g., Vertica, Snowflake)
- Experience with ETL frameworks and large-scale data processing
- Understanding of columnar storage systems
- Proficiency in Python, Java, or Go
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and shell scripting
- Strong troubleshooting skills with ability to perform root-cause analysis
- Experience resolving complex production issues in distributed systems
- Apply DevOps/SRE practices to automate deployments and operations
- Enhance observability using Prometheus/Grafana and AI-driven insights
- Participate in on-call rotations
- Implement preventative and automated remediation solutions
- Work closely with engineers to execute technical roadmaps
- Contribute to code reviews and infrastructure improvements
- 7+ years of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, SRE, or DevOps experience
- Proven ownership of production system reliability in cloud environments
- Cloud infrastructure design and automation
- Distributed systems and performance optimization
- Data warehousing and ETL frameworks
- Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes
- Observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Python, Java, or Go
- Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on automation and scalability
- Experience improving system reliability through intelligent automation
- Experience in healthcare or regulated environments (HIPAA, compliance frameworks)
- Experience working in environments requiring security clearance
- Experience building self-healing or autonomous infrastructure systems
Benefits
- May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short term disability and long term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- 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.
- 11 paid holidays
- 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.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
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