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Oracle Principal Software Developer - Platform Automation in Des Moines, Iowa

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Who We Are

  • Standardization and automation is the only way to efficiently scale cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings to meet the growing needs of our customers. Codified infrastructure ensures adherence to standards, provides insight into drift detection, and guarantees consistent infrastructure and application delivery. The Platform Development and Automation team’s Infrastructure-as-Code platforms empower our stakeholders to provision and maintain consistent environments across different regions and lifecycle stages. Our frameworks enable high-velocity configuration changes at cloud scale while ensuring a verifiable, repeatable, and dependable infrastructure fleet.

  • We develop tools and systems that either directly support cloud infrastructure or empower operational teams to build and manage it. We are responsible for understanding business goals, identifying how software supports achieving them, and implementing best-of-breed solutions.

  • We focus on core principles of software development including design patterns, maintainability, reliability, and scalability. Regardless of past experience or specialization, we are all software engineers first.

What You'll Do

  • Develop automation solutions for mission-critical SaaS infrastructure to ensure safe, repeatable, verifiable changes at cloud scale

  • Implement test-driven-development practices to create and expand platform deployment services

  • Automate complex, multi-stage configuration management workflows

  • Enhance our Infrastructure-as-Code implementation and be a thought-leader as we implement best practices in this area

  • Integrate automation solutions with existing tools and platforms including change management, security approval, and data visualization

  • Develop automated configuration audit tools to provide visibility into infrastructure compliance (HIPAA, PCI-DSS)

  • Implement data aggregation processes to deliver business intelligence metrics to organization leadership

Skills You Have

Education and Work Experience

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience in a relevant field

  • Extensive experience in workflow automation (cloud infrastructure and/or on-premise) using Infrastructure-as-Code

  • Experience developing within a continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) pipeline

  • Experience with orchestration engines

  • Track record of delivering assigned projects on time, using Agile and DevOps best practices

Technical Qualifications

  • Advanced programming skills in at least one of Python, Ruby, Java, or Golang

  • Experience configuring CI/CD for code testing and delivery with Jenkins or similar automation platform

  • Proficiency with data aggregation and visualization tools such as OpenSearch and Grafana

  • Experience with operations and support processes and tools such as: Incident Management, Change Management, Ticketing Systems (JIRA, Service Desk), Service Level Agreements, Escalation processes

  • United States citizenship and federal criminal background check processing including but not limited to submission of SF-85 are requirements for this role.

Soft Skills

  • Good written and oral communication skills. Should be able to clearly convey your thoughts and ideas to others

  • Committed self-starter who enjoys working in a collaborative environment with personnel at all levels in the organization

  • Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands

  • Ability to create troubleshooting guidelines and workflow instructions that can be handed off for others to follow

  • Ability to work independently, defining and managing one’s own work while still providing transparency and accountability to management and our stakeholders

  • Respect for and willingness to work with individuals and teams located across multiple geographic locations

  • Curiosity and a passion for learning

  • Passion for technology and customer service

  • Aptitude for suggesting process improvements when applicable

You are the Perfect Candidate if… In addition to the knowledge, skills, and experience listed above, you will score some extra points if:

  • You have designed, developed, and maintained automation systems in a large-scale SaaS environment

  • You have written Infrastructure-as-Code for Cloud deployment automation

  • You are proficient in Configuration-as-Code and Automated Configuration Management

  • You are proficient in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure including full stack lifecycle management

  • You have an understanding of network protocols and network configuration.

  • You have experience with network device or operating system scripting/automation languages

Career Level - IC4

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 $94,200 to $223,500 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:

  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.

About Us

As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s problems. True innovation starts with diverse perspectives and various abilities and backgrounds.

When everyone’s voice is heard, we’re inspired to go beyond what’s been done before. It’s why we’re committed to expanding our inclusive workforce that promotes diverse insights and perspectives.

We’ve partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector—and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.

Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer a highly competitive suite of employee benefits designed on the principles of parity and consistency. We put our people first with flexible medical, life insurance and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by calling +1 888 404 2494, option one.

Disclaimer:

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer*. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

* Which includes being a United States Affirmative Action Employer

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