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# Lead Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** Oracle
- **Location:** Augusta, ME, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,200 - $306,400
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Release Automation, Cloud Computing, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Distributed Systems, Network Configuration and Change Management, Software Engineering, Delivery Pipeline, Concurrency, Information Technology, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- **Published:** October 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3466895680&tx=ZT1817TTZ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 10+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, networking software, or systems software.
 * Strong computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, concurrency, distributed systems, and software design.
 * Strong familiarity with network configuration management is highly desirable.
 * Experience building and operating modern CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment workflows for large-scale distributed systems.
 * Experience designing, building, and operating highly available, production-grade distributed services at scale.
 * Demonstrated technical leadership, including driving architecture, mentoring engineers, and leading cross-team technical initiatives.
 * BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

## Description

As a Lead Principal Core Infrastructure Software Engineer, you will:

 * Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and evolution of highly scalable distributed systems that power OCI Networking.
 * Drive the technical direction of critical control and management services supporting network configuration management and propagation to network dataplanes.
 * Partner across OCI organizations to build reliable, scalable, and operable cloud infrastructure.
 * Mentor engineers, influence architectural decisions, and raise the engineering bar through technical leadership, design reviews, and operational excellence.

You should value simplicity and scale, thrive in a collaborative environment, and enjoy solving challenging distributed systems problems.