Senior Manager, Platform Software Engineering

Oracle Nashville, Tennessee, United States · $120K–$306K/yr

IT Services and IT Consulting · 10,001+ employees

Aug 03

Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time United States

About the role

Leads engineering teams in developing and maintaining Kubernetes worker node infrastructure and application platform capabilities. Drives cross-organizational initiatives to ensure system reliability, operational excellence, and performance across the OKE platform.

What they look for

Kubernetes Distributed systems Software engineering Node lifecycle management Cloud-native Observability Operational automation Infrastructure management People management Strategic planning Performance optimization Reliability engineering Cross-functional leadership Incident management System architecture Cloud computing

Requirements

Requires over 10 years of experience in software engineering and leadership within complex distributed systems. Candidates must demonstrate expertise in Kubernetes, cloud-native infrastructure, and the ability to lead cross-functional teams.

Benefits

Medical insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Short term disability Long term disability Life insurance AD&D Supplemental life insurance Flexible spending accounts Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits 401(k) savings and investment plan Paid time off Paid holidays Paid sick leave Paid parental leave Adoption assistance Employee stock purchase plan Financial planning Group legal Voluntary benefits

Full description

Leads one or more engineering teams responsible for the OKE Nodes and Applications platform, driving the evolution of Kubernetes worker node infrastructure, node lifecycle management, and core application platform capabilities that power Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE).

Owns the delivery of scalable, secure, and highly available node and application services, with accountability for reliability, operational excellence, performance, and cost efficiency.

Leads escalations involving complex distributed systems, Kubernetes node provisioning, upgrades, application lifecycle management, and customer-impacting incidents.

Drives cross-organizational initiatives to improve observability, SLO attainment, upgrade safety, resilience, and operational automation across the OKE control plane and data plane.

Partners closely with Compute, Networking, Storage, Security, and OCI platform teams to deliver cohesive cloud-native capabilities, while working with product management, support, and customer-facing organizations to define roadmaps, enable feature adoption, and execute migration strategies.

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