Principial Performance Engineer-Cloud Storage

A world leader in cloud solutions, using tomorrow's technology to tackle today's challenges. Operating for 40+ years, partnering with industry leaders across sectors.
Santa Clara, CA, USASeattle, WA, USABurlington, MA, USA
$96,800 - $223,400
Cloud
Principal Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
10+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud

Description For Principial Performance Engineer-Cloud Storage

Oracle is seeking a Principal Performance Engineer to join their Cloud Storage team, focusing on optimizing and evaluating storage service performance. This role combines deep technical expertise in storage systems with performance engineering, requiring 10+ years of experience in the field.

The position involves working with cutting-edge cloud storage technologies, where you'll be responsible for designing and executing comprehensive benchmarks to evaluate storage services performance. You'll be analyzing complex systems, identifying bottlenecks, and driving improvements in storage performance metrics.

As a Principal Engineer, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, providing technical leadership and mentoring while working on critical storage infrastructure. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, storage protocols, and performance analysis tools, along with strong programming skills in languages like Python, Go, or Java.

Oracle offers a competitive compensation package ranging from $96,800 to $223,400, along with comprehensive benefits including medical insurance, 401(k) matching, flexible vacation, and stock purchase plans. The position is available in multiple tech hubs including Santa Clara, Seattle, and Burlington, offering opportunities to work with world-class engineering teams.

This role is perfect for someone who combines deep technical knowledge of storage systems with performance engineering expertise, and who enjoys solving complex technical challenges in a cloud infrastructure environment. You'll be working at the forefront of cloud storage technology, helping to shape the future of Oracle's storage solutions while having significant impact on product performance and reliability.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with storage systems, benchmarking tools, and performance optimization, along with the ability to lead technical initiatives and collaborate effectively across teams. This role offers excellent growth opportunities within Oracle's cloud infrastructure organization, working on systems that serve thousands of enterprise customers worldwide.

Last updated 9 hours ago

Responsibilities For Principial Performance Engineer-Cloud Storage

  • Design and execution of comprehensive benchmarks to evaluate storage services performance
  • Develop and maintain deep understanding of storage architecture
  • Analyze and troubleshoot performance issues in software applications and systems
  • Analyze benchmark results and provide insights for storage performance improvements
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify bottlenecks
  • Work with product management team to develop performance metrics
  • Develop and maintain benchmarking tools and scripts
  • Monitor and analyze storage performance using tools like Grafana, Prometheus
  • Create and maintain application profiles to simulate real-world workloads

Requirements For Principial Performance Engineer-Cloud Storage

Python
Go
Java
Linux
Kubernetes
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
  • 10+ years of experience in storage systems, database performance, and benchmarking
  • Experience with Distributed Storage Systems
  • Strong background in Storage Systems, File Systems (SAN, NAS, DAS)
  • Experience with benchmarking tools (FIO, Crystaldiskmark, IOR, MLPerf, VDBench, HammerDB, SysBench)
  • Strong programming experience (5+ years) with Python, Go, C/C++ or Java
  • Strong understanding of CPU architectures and networking fundamentals
  • Knowledge of Linux Systems Internals and Storage Protocols
  • Experience with Infrastructure as code (IaC) tools
  • Experience with agile development methodologies and Git
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Strong leadership & mentoring skills

Benefits For Principial Performance Engineer-Cloud Storage

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
Parental Leave
Education Budget
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Short term and long term disability
  • Life insurance and AD&D
  • Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Flexible Vacation
  • 11 paid holidays
  • 72 hours paid sick leave
  • Paid parental leave
  • Adoption assistance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Financial planning and group legal

Interested in this job?

Jobs Related To Oracle Principial Performance Engineer-Cloud Storage

Software Development Snr Director (JoinOCI-Leader)

Senior Director role leading Virtual Machine Infrastructure engineering teams at Oracle Cloud, focusing on distributed systems and team leadership with competitive compensation and benefits.

Principal Product Solutions Engineer

Principal Product Solutions Engineer position at Oracle, focusing on cloud infrastructure and enterprise customer success in Tokyo, Japan.

Principal Cloud Support Engineer (OCI)

Principal Cloud Support Engineer position at Oracle, focusing on OCI support, requiring 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure and strong technical problem-solving skills.

Senior Director or Director of Software Development (OCI)

Senior technical leadership role managing cloud services development teams at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, focusing on tier-0 data services and distributed systems.

Compute Architect, Control Plane

Principal-level Compute Architect position at Oracle focusing on cloud control plane development with comprehensive benefits and competitive compensation.