At Shire, we are proud and grateful to employ military veterans and thank them for their contributions to our company and our country. See where your military experience can play a role at Shire by using our military skills translator job search tool below:
Job Description
Consulting member of technical staff, Oracle Exadata/RAC Software development
Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) allow customers to run a single Oracle Database across multiple servers to increase availability and enable horizontal scalability, while accessing shared storage. User sessions connecting to Oracle RAC instances can failover and safely replay changes during outages, without any changes to end user applications, hiding the impact of the outages from end users.
Oracle clusterware is one of the main components of Oracle RAC, that transforms a collection of servers into a high availability cluster. From a management perspective, the cluster is handled as a single entity as opposed to a pool of independent servers. Additionally, Oracle Clusterware provides failure detection, failover, and node membership management for the cluster.
The Oracle Exadata is a computing platform optimized for running Oracle Databases. Exadata is a combined hardware and software platform that includes scale-out x86-64 computer and storage servers, RoCE networking, RDMA-addressable memory acceleration, NVMe flash, and specialized software. Oracle RAC software together with Oracle Exadata, takes availability, performance, and durability of Oracle Database services to the next level. This combination not only powers Oracle Cloud infrastructure but also majority of the issues applications of ONPREM Oracle customers.
We are looking for software developers to design, innovate and tune Oracle RAC-Clusterware software, for new features and complex system level problems. You will lead the software design, development, and deployment of various critical components of the system and help mentor/lead a team of experienced engineers. You should be hands-on with the ability to dig deeper into any part of the stack while also having the ability to look at the big picture and make engineering decisions. You should also be able to apply those fundamentals to real-world problems and produce specialized solutions.
Qualifications:
Must have:
10+ years of experience in delivering and leading highly scalable and highly available distributed systems.
Experience in system programming using C.
Proven experience in C programming for low level software for storage systems, networks and distributed applications.
Good understanding of Linux operating system related to multithreading, critical section locking, OS scheduling, IO layer, file systems.
Strong knowledge in data structures, algorithms, and computer science fundamentals.
Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills using gdb, valgrind.
Ability to handle critical customer issues.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience as a software engineer/developer
Good to have:
File system internals, Socket programming, Networking internals (TCP/IP)
increase
Career Level - IC5
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Participate in the design and architecture of large-scale Distributed Systems
Design, write and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Oracle RAC-Clusterware.
Participate in research and prototyping (proof of concept) different aspect of Oracle RAC
Solve complex and difficult problems and build automation to prevent them from happening again.
Design, develop, fix, and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.
Disclaimer:
Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range: from $96,800 to $251,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
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 is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
About Us
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s problems. True innovation starts with diverse perspectives and various abilities and backgrounds.
When everyone’s voice is heard, we’re inspired to go beyond what’s been done before. It’s why we’re committed to expanding our inclusive workforce that promotes diverse insights and perspectives.
We’ve partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector—and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.
Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer a highly competitive suite of employee benefits designed on the principles of parity and consistency. We put our people first with flexible medical, life insurance and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.
We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by calling +1 888 404 2494, option one.
Disclaimer:
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer*. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
* Which includes being a United States Affirmative Action Employer