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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Core Infrastructure Engineer - **Company:** Oracle - **Location:** Burlington, VT, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $79,200.0 - $209,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Adobe InDesign, Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Code Review, Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Linux, Network Address Translation, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Memory Management, Fault Tolerance, Network Security, Routing, Packet Analyzer, Network Administration, Network Virtualization, Oracle (Applications), Cloud Services, Runbook, Server Administration, Software Engineering, System Programming, System Testing, Network Routing, Diagnostic Tools, Performance Testing, Concurrency, Reliability of Systems, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - **Published:** September 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-core-infrastructure-engineer-burlington-ma--1a0af987-0356-4f61-bcc3-291e528b3cf3 ## About the Role Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, C Programming Language, C++ Programming Language, CPU (Central Processing Unit), Change Management, Cloud Computing, Code Reviews, Concurrency, Corrective Action, Customer Relations, Debugging Tools, Dental Insurance, Distributed Computing, Embedded Systems, Financial Planning, Identify Issues, Incident Response, Injections, Legal, Life Insurance, Linux Operating System, Machine Tool, Memory Hardware, Metrics, NAT (Network Address Translation), Network Administration/Management, Network Routing, Network Security, Occupational Health, On Call, Operational Support, Oracle, Packet Processing, Performance Testing, Problem Solving Skills, Process Capability, Production Systems, Project Tracking, Reporting Dashboards, Risk Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Security Policy, Software Administration, Software Development, Stock Purchase Plans, System Validation, Systems Reliability, Systems/Internals Programming, Team Player, Technical Writing, Telemetry, Test Plan/Schedule, Test Requirements, Testing, Vision Plan ## Description As a Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer, you will independently design and deliver major dataplane features in C and C++. You will work across packet processing, routing, network address translation, network gateways, security policy enforcement, distributed configuration, testing, deployment, and production operations. You will own features throughout their lifecycle, from design and implementation through testing, rollout, observability, and operational support. You will troubleshoot complex Linux and networking problems, participate in the production on-call rotation, and improve the tools and automation used to operate OCI's virtual networking infrastructure. This is a hands-on senior software development role for someone who enjoys systems programming, understands how software behaves in production, values simplicity and scale, and wants to solve challenging networking problems in a collaborative environment. Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives. True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs., * Design and implement major features in C and C++ for OCI's high-performance Virtual Networking Dataplane. * Build packet-processing capabilities for routing, network address translation, network gateways, and security-policy enforcement. * Contribute to the design of distributed systems that meet requirements for scale, availability, performance, security, and maintainability. * Optimize CPU utilization, memory usage, concurrency, latency, and throughput for large-scale production environments. * Develop unit, integration, system, fault-injection, scale, and performance tests to validate system correctness and reliability. * Build fault-tolerant and recoverable components that can handle failures and software updates without disrupting customers. * Improve service observability through metrics, alarms, dashboards, telemetry, canaries, and operational health checks. * Diagnose and resolve complex Linux, networking, and production issues using logs, metrics, packet captures, core dumps, and debugging tools. * Participate in the production on-call rotation and contribute to incident response, root-cause investigations, and permanent corrective actions. * Create runbooks, diagnostic tools, and automation that make operational issues easier to detect, troubleshoot, and resolve. * Apply security and isolation principles appropriate for a multi-tenant cloud environment and contribute to the remediation of identified security risks. * Support safe change management through automated validation, staged deployment, monitoring, rollback, and recovery procedures. * Maintain automation and infrastructure-as-code used to build, deploy, and operate the service. * Own features through design, implementation, testing, deployment, production validation, and ongoing support. * Plan and track work with minimal supervision, identify risks and dependencies early, and adjust execution as requirements change. * Collaborate across networking, control-plane, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to deliver shared outcomes. * Participate in design and code reviews, document technical decisions, and contribute to team knowledge and engineering practices. * Identify opportunities to improve development, testing, deployment, and operational workflows through better tooling and automation. * Design and implement major features in C and C++ for OCI's high-performance Virtual Networking Dataplane. * Build packet-processing capabilities for routing, network address translation, network gateways, and security-policy enforcement. * Contribute to the design of distributed systems that meet requirements for scale, availability, performance, security, and maintainability. * Optimize CPU utilization, memory usage, concurrency, latency, and throughput for large-scale production environments. * Develop unit, integration, system, fault-injection, scale, and performance tests to validate system correctness and reliability. * Build fault-tolerant and recoverable components that can handle failures and software updates without disrupting customers. * Improve service observability through metrics, alarms, dashboards, telemetry, canaries, and operational health checks. * Diagnose and resolve complex Linux, networking, and production issues using logs, metrics, packet captures, core dumps, and debugging tools. * Participate in the production on-call rotation and contribute to incident response, root-cause investigations, and permanent corrective actions. * Create runbooks, diagnostic tools, and automation that make operational issues easier to detect, troubleshoot, and resolve. * Apply security and isolation principles appropriate for a multi-tenant cloud environment and contribute to the remediation of identified security risks. * Support safe change management through automated validation, staged deployment, monitoring, rollback, and recovery procedures. * Maintain automation and infrastructure-as-code used to build, deploy, and operate the service. * Own features through design, implementation, testing, deployment, production validation, and ongoing support. * Plan and track work with minimal supervision, identify risks and dependencies early, and adjust execution as requirements change. * Collaborate across networking, control-plane, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to deliver shared outcomes. * Participate in design and code reviews, document technical decisions, and contribute to team knowledge and engineering practices. * Identify opportunities to improve development, testing, deployment, and operational workflows through better tooling and automation. ## Related Videos - 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