Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer

🏢 Oracle
📍 Nashville, United StatesFull-timeOn-site
📅 Posted: 3w ago🔄 Updated: 3w ago
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute is seeking a Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer to join their Virtual Machine Dataplane team. This role involves designing, building, and operating the core virtualization and host-side systems that power OCI VMs at scale, with a focus on performance, reliability, security, and operational excellence. The engineer will work deeply within Oracle Linux and the virtualization stack (QEMU/KVM), contributing to the evolution of critical dataplane components in a collaborative, agile cloud environment. Responsibilities include software design and development for major VM dataplane components, deep dives into the stack (Linux kernel/userspace, virtualization, networking, storage), and championing best engineering practices.
Required Skills
Information Technology
○Java○C○Go○Python○Linux○Virtualization○Core Networking○TCP/IP○Routing○DNS○REST API○Storage Solutions○Data Structures○Algorithms○Concurrent Programming○Distributed Systems○Debugging○Performance Testing
Other
○Bash○Perl
Business, Sales & Management
○Agile
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
○Communication
Nice to have:
Other
○QEMU/KVM○libvirt○virtio○VM lifecycle○snapshots○live migration○CPU performance tuning○memory performance tuning○ftrace○eBPF○gdb○strace○testing frameworks○hardening○attack surface reduction○NUMA○SR-IOV○CPU features○accelerators
Business, Sales & Management
○Performance Management
Information Technology
○CI/CD○Reliability Engineering○OT Security○AI Integration
Engineering, Construction & Trades
○Automation○Firmware
Productivity & Workplace Tools
○Notion
🎁 Benefits & Perks
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/Accrued Vacation); 11 paid holidays; Paid sick leave; Paid parental leave; Adoption assistance; Employee Stock Purchase Plan; Financial planning and group legal; Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance.
Requirements
The ideal candidate will have a BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field, with 3-5+ years of experience in delivering and operating large-scale, highly available systems in cloud or virtualization environments. Strong knowledge of Java, C/C++, or Go, along with scripting languages like Python, Bash, or Perl, is required. A solid understanding of operating systems, data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and distributed systems fundamentals is essential. Experience with virtualization technologies such as QEMU/KVM, Oracle Linux, and debugging/troubleshooting complex systems is highly desired.
Description

Department Description:
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute delivers secure, high-performance Virtual Machines for customers worldwide. The Virtual Machine Dataplane team builds and operates the core virtualization and host-side systems that power OCI VMs at scale. We work deeply in Oracle Linux and the virtualization stack (QEMU/KVM), focusing on performance, reliability, security isolation, and operational excellence in a multi-tenant cloud.
 

Position Overview:
We’re looking for hands-on engineers with deep systems expertise and a passion for building reliable virtualization platforms. As an ideal candidate, you will have designed and implemented large-scale services and/or low-level systems in a distributed cloud environment. You will combine strong Linux fundamentals with software engineering skills to build, troubleshoot, and evolve critical dataplane components. You will champion best practices in engineering, testing, security, and operations to deliver scalable, highly available VM infrastructure.

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