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Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Database) — Oracle Health, Platform Engineering

Oracle

Oracle

Software Engineering
United States
Posted on Mar 19, 2026

Role Summary
As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will be responsible for supporting the management and reliability of Oracle databases and Exadata infrastructure (Production and Non-Production, primarily on-prem), including complex issue investigation, capacity management, scripting, and driving automation and operational improvements. You will triage alerts, identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and contribute to continuous reliability, scalability, and standardization of the program. You will also participate in roadmap initiatives such as migrations to Oracle Cloud (OCI) and Oracle Autonomous Database.

Location / Work Authorization / Clearance
• Role is based in the United States.
• U.S. citizenship required due to security clearance requirements.
• No visa sponsorship available.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.


Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives.

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.

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 emailing accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com or by calling 1-888-404-2494 in the United States.

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.


Oracle Health, Platform Engineering is looking for a Senior SRE to join a growing team!
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 in USD from: $79,100 to $158,200 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 - IC3



Key Responsibilities
• Support day-to-day operations of Oracle databases and Exadata (Prod and Non-Prod), including incident response and on-call support as needed (in alignment with local regulations).
• Triage database alerts and issues; perform deep-dive troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and implement corrective/preventative actions.
• Perform capacity management, performance analysis, and reliability improvements for database platforms.
• Maintain and support Non-Production and Production Standby environments and associated replication/high availability capabilities (e.g., Data Guard; GoldenGate as applicable).
• Develop and improve automation, tooling, and scripts to reduce toil and improve operational consistency.
• Create and maintain documentation including runbooks, standard operating procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials.
• Define and mature in-house standards, policies, and best practices aligned with industry standards, cyber requirements, and Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) principles.
• Mentor teammates and facilitate communication with leadership, clients, and cross-functional engineering partners.
• Contribute to roadmap projects, including migration planning/execution for OCI and Autonomous Database.

AI-First Engineering Expectations
• Demonstrate practical experience using AI-assisted techniques/tools to improve developer productivity and quality (e.g., faster prototyping, stronger test coverage, safer refactoring, better documentation).
• Apply an AI-first mindset to day-to-day work: generating and validating code suggestions, creating/maintaining tests, and improving observability and runbooks—while maintaining strong engineering judgment.
• Understand and follow enterprise security and privacy requirements when using AI tooling (e.g., protect sensitive data, use approved tools/workflows).

Minimum Qualifications
• 6+ years of experience as an Oracle DBA, Site Reliability Engineer, or Oracle Database Architect.
• 6+ years of experience managing scalable on-prem and/or cloud-native distributed systems.
• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
• Strong grasp of core Computer Science concepts.
• Hands-on experience with PL/SQL and Python, Perl, and/or Shell scripting.
• Experience supporting production databases running on Exadata.

Core Skills
• Oracle Database administration and operations
• Oracle Grid Infrastructure, ASM & RAC
• Oracle Cloud (OCI) fundamentals (migration and/or operations)
• Scripting/automation (PL/SQL, shell, Python/Perl)
• Observability and operational readiness (monitoring/alerting, runbooks, incident response)

Preferred Qualifications
• Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) and Exadata best practices
• High availability & replication technologies (e.g., Data Guard, GoldenGate)
• Advanced scripting/coding and automation engineering (Shell/Perl/Python)
• Advanced compression
• Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and secure operations practices
• Oracle Autonomous Database experience