[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Oracle jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/oracle/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Oracle · Seattle, WA # Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer Seattle, WA, United States Full-time Senior individual contributor $79,200 to $209,500 IT & Infrastructure Listed on Oracle’s official careers site. Posted August 15, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Oracle’s careers site →](https://eeho.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/342973) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Oracle](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/oracle/) / Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer ## Job description Designs, implements, and optimizes components in distributed systems with an emphasis on scalability, resiliency, and operability. Delivers features and load/performance tests; leverages data plane platforms and distributed state tools for high-volume retrieval, storage, and processing; and reviews peers’ implementations for scalability compliance. Builds fault-tolerant paths (redundancy, replication, automatic failover), applies recovery‑oriented principles, and implements retries, circuit breakers, and timeouts. Proactively detects and mitigates issues via tests, alarms, dashboards, and telemetry; authors runbooks and participates in incident response and RCAs. Implements standard replication and synchronization, develops automation/IaC for troubleshooting and maintenance, and applies advanced security controls (encryption, access, remediation) while ensuring change, compliance, and documentation standards are met. ## Responsibilities ### Key Responsibilities System Design & Architecture ### System Scalability - Implements and contributes to the development for components of distributed systems that support horizontal and vertical scaling including leveraging distributed state management tools. Optimizes code and/or systems for large-scale data processing in large-scale systems. Implements scalability requirements for assigned components and reviews implementation of team members. Leverages components of data plane platforms to handle large-scale data retrieval, storage, and processing. Implements performance and load testing. System Design & Architecture ### System Reliability Design - Collaborates with team to build fault-tolerant components capable of withstanding in-service updates by implementing redundancy, replication, and automatic failover mechanisms. Applies recovery oriented computing principles to design components that effectively handle service disruptions. Implements retry mechanisms, circuit breakers, and timeouts to help handle network unreliability. System Design & Architecture ### System Reliability Performance - Implements tests and alarm configurations to proactively detect and address issues/failures. Supports efforts to recover from failures by drafting and executing runbooks and operational procedures. Builds and customizes dashboards, telemetry systems, and alerting mechanisms to monitor component health. System Design & Architecture ### Correctness / Availability - Designs and implements functional requirements and testing for assigned features within an existing system. Implements tests scenarios (e.g., fault-injection, brown-out) to evaluate system correctness. Implements standard data replication and synchronization techniques to maintain data integrity and availability. ### Operational Troubleshooting & Incident Management Diagnoses, debugs, and resolves issues in system components to support ongoing operation. Implements basic strategies to prevent interruptions, ensuring no maintenance windows are required for customers and users when resolving issues. Designs and implements automation scripts and tooling used to troubleshoot operational issues. Participates in operational support rotations, assisting in incident responses and root cause investigations. ### Compliance & Security Applies advanced security measures to protect data and applications in multi-tenant environments, including encryption and access controls. Implements remediation plans to continuously improve security. Collaborates with the team to ensure cloud infrastructure complies with relevant industry standards and regulations and that documentation is up-to-date Automation & Change Management: Maintains automation scripts and tools (e.g., Infrastructure as Code (IaC)) for managing cloud infrastructure. Adheres to change management plans for patching, updating, and rolling back applications. ### Qualifications 3+ years of relevant engineering, architecture, or development/operational experience. Strong experience working on data plane architectures in networking devices Strong experience with high-concurrency systems. Experience designing, developing and optimizing high performance network solutions using DPDK, C/C++ Working experience with some of the following technologies: Linux OSes/kernels, device drivers, performance testing tools, distributed debugging tools Strong team player with outstanding communication, organization, and interpersonal skills. Comfortable with complex, swiftly evolving software development environments. Ability to learn new technologies quickly and drive, follow, evangelize, and improve cross-team processes. Expert knowledge of cloud infrastructure concepts and technologies. Experience working with geographically distributed teams. Significant work experience in startups or fast-paced enterprise technology development environments. ## 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: $79,200 to $209,500 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 Oracle's 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: - 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 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 - IC3 ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Aug 15, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 13, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 20, 2026 - Listed for: 66 days - Location: Seattle, WA, United States - Employment type: Full-time - Pay: $79,200 to $209,500[Apply on Oracle’s careers site →](https://eeho.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/342973) ## More jobs at Oracle ### [Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/oracle/jobs/b0cc080f4e0c6ddefe68/) Seattle, WA, United States ### [Lead Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/oracle/jobs/ad4ffd619f80f41dd337/) Seattle, WA, United States ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Software Development Engineer, Ads AI Core Infrastructure (ACI), Ads AI Core Infrastructure](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/9659e38614f5fec09b8c/) Amazon · US, NY, New York ### [Senior Software Development Engineer, Ads AI Core Infrastructure (ACI), Ads AI Core Infrastructure](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/amazon/jobs/6b094f444ade85133029/) Amazon · US, NY, New York ### [Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Infrastructure Security and Core Services](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/080266af8d72c6404954/) NVIDIA · US, CA, Santa Clara ### [Agentic AI Infrastructure Engineer II - Core Platforms](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/american-express/jobs/5617ee1b2e5383edc09f/) American Express · New York, NY, United States ### [Senior Agentic AI Infrastructure Engineer I - Core Platforms](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/american-express/jobs/2b771f96c45af91e2ada/) American Express · New York, NY, United States OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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