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Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

Oracle

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Job Summary We are seeking a Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer who is passionate about solving complex engineering problems in distributed systems, virtualized infrastructure, and highly available storage services. In this hands-on technical role, you will lead the design and development of major components and features within the OCI Block Storage Service. You will architect scalable and elastic distributed systems, optimize critical code and data paths, and design systems that maintain correctness, durability, availability, and performance at hyperscale. You will also play an important role in operational excellence by improving observability, diagnosing complex production issues, strengthening security and compliance, driving automation, and mentoring other engineers. Success in this role requires strong programming fundamentals, deep distributed systems expertise, sound architectural judgment, and the ability to work effectively across both detailed implementation and broad system-level design. Career Level - IC4

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Listed on oraclehcm · posted 2026-10-28. ApplySarthi collects openings and links to application pages; the role is advertised by Oracle, not by us.