Oracle Systems Engineer Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

Oracle Government, Defense & Intelligence has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer!

• This position requires that the candidate possess or have the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Poly

• This is a full time in office position requiring the candidate to live a commutable distance to Reston, VA

What You'll Do: Design, develop, and optimize high-performance, scalable on-premise systems and cloud networking solutions. Troubleshoot and debug complex distributed systems, ensuring seamless systems and cloud connectivity for our customers.  Work across the full development lifecycle-design, implement, test, deploy, and monitor critical services. Continuously improve performance, security, and reliability in a cloud-native environment.  Frequently develop scripts to automate non-traditional, complex tasks for business unit. Configure, and manage routing and switching infrastructure to support a highly available, scalable network environment. Automate network provisioning and configuration using scripting tools such as Python and Ansible to ensure operational efficiency and scalability.

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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.

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Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $97,500 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
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:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC4

Technical Skills:

• 6+ years professional experience engineering solutions and supporting carrier grade, IP based ISP, Webscale, and data center network environments.

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in cloud services or network-related development. 

• 6+ years of experience designing or provisioning virtual cloud networks

• Advanced experience with internet routing protocols and concepts, including but not limited to IP, BGP, iBGP, EGP, MPLS, IS-IS, OSPF, IPSEC, & NAT and Linux networking stacks

• Advanced experience in capacity management, traffic engineering, and performance optimization including network operating systems including Cisco IOS/NX-OS, PAN-OS, Arista EOS, etc.

• Advanced knowledge of configuring network switches for throughput performance and redundancy

• Advanced level knowledge of IP addressing, CIDR , and RFC 1918 strategy and implementation best practices and ability to perform protocol and packet analysis of traffic flows

• Working understanding of Python, Ansible, Chef, Docker, JSON, REST and Yaml

• Experience with Agile methodologies and Scrum.

• Experience operating in a Linux/Unix environment 

• Experience with distributed systems or hybrid cloud environments. 

• Experience with Python and Java - C/C++ or Bash scripting is a plus

• Understanding of Software Development (SDLC) and Network life cycle management (LCM) programs including an ability to create and maintain detailed technical documentation of network and cloud system designs, configurations, and methods of procedure.

Soft Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in applying critical thinking to challenges and tasks
• Desire to learn and learn quickly
• Able to work in extremely small teams where not all aspects of the project are known and where little direction may be available
• Quality deliverables under pressure/quick turnaround timelines - while able to adhere to overarching Corporate guidelines / parameters - ie. find unique ways to work within those guidelines to deliver
• Keen understanding and respect for need to know

• Demonstrated progressive increase in role specific responsibilities and associated complexities

• Able to carry out technical coaching sessions, and helps junior members develop skills

• Self-driven, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in an agile, fast-moving team. 

Come Join us!