Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer

BENGALURU, IndiaFull-timePosted Jul 22, 2026

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. Compute is one of the core organisations within OCI. We are responsible for providing Compute power i.e. VMs and BMs. Cloud pretty much cannot exist without our org. We develop and operate multiple services (Provisioning, Monitoring, Repair, Control Plane, Data Plane, Re-imaging etc) behind the scenes which work like magic for our customers. We’re looking for hands-on engineers with expertise and passion in solving complex problems in distributed large-scale systems, virtualised infrastructure, and highly available services. Build automation to prevent problem recurrence in addition to solving complex infrastructure problems. You should be expert in Java, Linux, Python, Terraform, CI/CD tools, networking, micro services and system engineering. We are looking for someone who values simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and are excited to learn.

Career Level - IC3

Responsibilities -
Own collection of services and/or technology areas as a senior software developer. Understand the end-to-end configuration, technical dependencies, and overall behavioral characteristics of production services. Responsible for the design, development and maintenance of the mission critical stack, with focus on security, resiliency, scale, and performance. Authority for end-to-end performance and operability. Define and develop improvements in service architecture. Articulate technical characteristics of services and technology areas and to engineer and add advanced capabilities to the Oracle Cloud service portfolio. Understand and communicate the scale, capacity, security, performance attributes, and requirements of the service and technology stack. Demonstrate clear understanding of automation and orchestration principles. Act as ultimate escalation point for complex or critical issues. Utilize a deep understanding of services and their dependencies required to troubleshoot issues and define mitigations. Understand and explain the impact of product architecture decisions on distributed systems. Professional curiosity and a desire to a develop deep understanding of services and technologies.
Qualifications, skills and experience:

Bachelors/Masters in computer science and Engineering or related engineering fields
4+ years of experience developing and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems
4+ years of experience with mission critical Java backend micro services design and development
Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Golang, Chef, Ansible, Jenkins, and Python
Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
Experience in devops, CI/CD, Dockers, and Kubernetes
Deep understanding of Cloud Computing, observability and NoSQL databases
Ability to work in a very fast paced environment
Ensure appropriate changes, upgrades, and enhancements carefully planned and executed

Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
8 years of experience in software development

Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development

Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 year of experience in software development

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 year of experience in software development

Job Skills:
Same skills as prior level plus;
Distributed Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of distributed systems, including designing or managing scalable, secure, and highly available software systems.
Prototyping: Demonstrated experience creating and refining prototypes for system validation and stakeholder feedback.
Computer Science Programming: Demonstrated understanding of computer science principles and ability to implement them in code.
Software Engineering: Demonstrated proficiency in all phases of software engineering and development.
Web Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of web development, including designing, developing, or maintaining modern web applications using current frameworks.
Innovation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of innovation, including generating or supporting new ideas, technologies, or processes for organizational growth.
Cross-Functional/Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of cross-functional collaboration, including working with stakeholders across teams or geographies to achieve common objectives.
Information Vulnerabilities: Demonstrated ability to assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in IT and physical information assets.
Operating Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of operating systems, including installing, upgrading, and troubleshooting various operating environments.
API Development: Demonstrated ability to develop, test, and maintain secure APIs for application integration.
API Integration: Demonstrated ability to build and manage robust API integrations for seamless interoperability between systems.
Applied Algorithm Engineering: Demonstrated skill in designing, analyzing, and optimizing algorithms for efficiency and scalability.
Source Control: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of source control, including managing and documenting code versions and release branches.

Cloud - Cloud Platforms Experience:
2 years of professional experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).
Testing and Automation Experience:
3 years of experience working in testing and automation at the system level.
Distributed Systems Experience:
2 year of experience working with delivering and operating large-scale distributed systems.

Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
8 years of experience in software development

Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics.
People Leadership / Management Experience:
2 year of experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).