Senior Software Engineer - DBaaS

Oracle is a leading company in AI and cloud solutions, and they are seeking a skilled Engineer to join their Base Database Service team. The role involves designing, deploying, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise-grade database services in a cloud or hybrid environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage Database as a Service solutions to support business applications and users
• Automate database provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance processes to ensure scalability, reliability, and security
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, Product Marketing, Support, SRE and security teams to understand project requirements and ensure best practices in database operations
• Monitor database performance, identify issues, and proactively implement improvements and tuning
• Ensure robust backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies for all managed database instances
• Maintain documentation for design, configuration, and operational procedures
• Implement security measures to protect data, including encryption, access controls, and compliance adherence
• Evaluate and integrate new database technologies and tools as required
• Support migration initiatives from on-premises to cloud databases or between cloud providers
• Provide on-call support and troubleshoot critical database incidents as needed

Requirements:

• Proficiency in Java Technology: Proficiency in Java, including developing automation tools, integrations, or application connectivity with databases
• Cloud Architecture Expertise: In-depth understanding of cloud concepts (IaaS, PaaS), microservices, and large-scale distributed systems architecture
• API Design & Documentation: Experience designing RESTful APIs using industry-standard practices, focusing on usability, scalability, and maintainability
• Event-Driven Systems: Understanding of messaging frameworks (like Kafka, RabbitMQ, Oracle Streaming Service) and event-based orchestration models
• Security & Compliance: Knowledge of best practices in API and control plane security, including authentication, authorization, encryption, logging, and auditability
• Reliability Engineering: Skills in monitoring, alerting, incident response, and root cause analysis for highly-available, control plane components
• DevOps Practices: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and continuous deployment methodologies for control plane software
• Experience with cloud platforms—preferably Oracle Cloud Infrastructure—and cloud database services
• Familiarity with frameworks like Terraform
• Knowledge of database architecture, high availability features, and scalability best practices
• Hands-on experience with database scripting (SQL, PL/SQL) and automation using shell scripting, Python, or similar tools
• Understanding of database backup/recovery strategies and disaster recovery planning
• Knowledge of database security concepts, including data encryption, user access control, and auditing
• Demonstrated experience delivering Java-based applications
• Participation in designing or implementing cloud Database Service solutions (preferably with Oracle technologies)
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams—engineering, security, infrastructure, and dev teams
• Experience providing operational support, troubleshooting, and performance optimization for production databases
• Effective communication skills—able to deliver technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong documentation practices for operational procedures and knowledge sharing