Software Development Director

Job description
Job Description

Manage a team that designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.

As a Director of the software engineering division, you will apply your extensive knowledge of software architecture to manage software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing software applications, operating systems and databases according to current and future design specifications. Build enhancements within an existing software architecture and envision improvements to the architecture.

Directs and ensures the implementation of operational policies through subordinate managers Interacts internally and externally with executive management involving negotiation of difficult matters to influence policy. Functional expertise and broad company knowledge. Demonstrated leadership and people management skills. Strong communication skills, analytical skills, thorough understanding of product development. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 8 or more years of software engineering or related experience.

Responsibilities

Oversee the Operation and site reliability of cloud based infrastructure, databases, applications, tools and networks as part of the Oracle Exadata Database Service team.

As a member of the Oracle Cloud Exadata Database Service development team, you will apply knowledge of hardware, software and system architecture to perform cloud system deployment, operations and monitoring tasks including developing, debugging or designing cloud based microservices, distributed systems, cloud services, APIs and comprehensive monitoring systems. You will have the opportunity to build and operate new services as well as extend and enhance existing systems and services in a modern cloud ecosystem.

As the senior leader of Site Reliability Engineering your duties will be focused on leading a geographically distributed team in establishing and maintaining cloud service operations, deploying and monitoring micro-services, monitoring service operation, performance and uptime metrics, maintaining system security through application of security patches and driving improvements in service reliability. SRE’s perform a range of complex problem solving with collaboration with subject matter experts within the dev team when necessary in an effort to maintain operation of cloud services across all regions worldwide.

As Director (M4) you will be in a substantial technical leadership role. Evolved soft skills and excellent communication and the ability to collaborate with others are hallmarks. You will mentor other managers and engineers and should be capable of driving technical tasks and initiatives independently and with confidence. You will have continuous opportunities to lead and be a catalyst for technical innovation.

Requires a BS degree in Computer Science or a related IT field or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. At least 10 years of software engineering and cloud operations or related experience.

Critical Skills:

Cloud Development – Director of Site Reliability Engineering

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world.

Values are OCI’s foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future.

You are the builder here. You will be part of a team of really smart, motivated, and diverse people and given the autonomy and support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where you’ll belong and be encouraged.

If you are interested in building and operating large-scale distributed infrastructure for the cloud, then this is your team! Oracle is aggressively investing in the Oracle Cloud to provide the broadest, most comprehensive cloud in the industry.

Specific skills that are highly desirable for Site Reliability Engineering Management include:
• Experience managing and leading Cloud Ops team(s)
• Experience managing teams across geographies
• Solid experience, hands-on and understanding of Oracle database technology stack - RAC, ASM, Data Guard, Backups
• Experience with enterprise customer communication and interactions and during issue resolution
• Experience building and managing 24x7 ops support and developing on-call strategies that support SLAs
• Knowledge and experience with server and network hardware and infrastructure components
• Linux system administrator knowledge and experience
• Debug and troubleshooting of distributed systems and micro-services
• Knowledge of modern networking and IP-based routing
• Familiarity with software package installation, git repositories, patching automation
• Ability to perform log analysis to for problem identification and root cause analysis
• Stack trace analysis
• Familiarity with remote login techniques, jump hosts, etc
• Configuration management and deployment tools such as terraform, ansible, chef, etc
• Scripting languages: shell, expect, python, go-lang, perl, etc
• Docker container deployment and management
• Programming languages is a plus: java, python, c/c++, etc

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with resiliency design and operation
• Experience optimizing loads of large volumes of data into a database
• Experience and understanding of security and compliance
• Experience managing large fleets
• Experience with performance tuning and optimization
• Expertise in Automation methodologies.

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: from $120,300 - $2+1,+00 per year. 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 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
• 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

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

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