CloudLAUNCH – Cloud Engineer

Oracle’s Cloud Engineering LAUNCH Program is focused on building a community of highly motivated technology professionals who are looking to be on the forefront of innovation in modern cloud computing and artificial intelligence to help Oracle customers across all industries in North America. Our mission is to build new and innovative technology solutions for real world problems that our customers face. For this, we are seeking people who share that spirit of using technology to innovate and solve big problems. Whether you’re new to the workforce or transitioning from military service, this early-in-career program has been developed to foster customer focused engagements that solve real and complex business problems using Oracle’s cloud-based technologies.  

 

Through an intensive multi-week onboarding, the CloudLAUNCH program enables and empowers our people to develop skills for success in a client-facing role. Throughout your first year, Oracle will provide significant investment in your professional development via training, mentoring and a social network of resources and thought leaders inside Oracle. It is also expected that you are a self-starter and have a passion for learning new subjects on your own and then help evangelize those learning with your peers and community. Based on your annual performance and personal development, you will be provided many opportunities for career growth via a defined progression plan for all CloudLAUNCH Engineers.

 

At Oracle, we’re preparing the next generation of leaders for LAUNCH!

L: Learn - Acquire new skills and knowledge.

A: Apply - Put what you learn into practice.

U: Understand - Deepen comprehension through exploration and inquiry.

N: Network - Connect with peers and mentors for collaborative learning.

C: Challenge - Push boundaries and embrace new challenges.

H: Hone - Refine skills through feedback and experience.

Career Level - IC1

Your Role: We are building our Cloud Engineering organization in two of our hub locations, Nashville & Austin. Oracle is building a best-in-class cloud services line that supports the most fast paced mission-critical customer requirements, operating at cloud scale to provide a secure, distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment. Our Cloud Engineers are redefining the world of business, empowering governments, and helping society evolve with the pace of change. The ideal candidate’s profile is one who has a blend of technical skills (scripting, object-oriented programming, UX design, analytics and data science) with a business minded approach. You are expected to work directly with some of the largest enterprise customers and cutting-edge startups.

 

Key activities of a CloudLAUNCH Cloud Engineer include: 

• Performing proof of concepts, benchmarks or technical evals with clients 
• Building and publishing repeatable cloud solutions  
• Delivering hands-on technical workshops  
• Creating new industry-focused solutions using cloud native technologies 
• Driving reporting on business activities 
• Implementing and scaling programs designed to improve customer success 
• Develop and maintain communication with key project collaborators and decision makers. 

 

Your core responsibility is to help our customers understand their business problems, discover their environments, and then suggest technology solutions using Oracle Cloud services.

 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree (GPA of 3.2 or greater) in Computer Science, Information Technology, MIS, or related degree 
• Strong software engineering and project management fundamentals 
• Experience with 2 or more scripting languages (Python, C#, Java, C++, SQL, etc.) 
• Confident communicator with ability to collaborate and present concepts clearly 
• Driven self-starter with strong organizational skills  
• Innovative, entrepreneurial spirit, open to new ideas and challenges 
• Strategic thinker with ability to build rapport easily with customers and colleagues 
• Demonstrated ability to balance several competing priorities at once 
• No visa sponsorship is available for this opportunity 

Bonus Points: 

• Hands on experience with Cloud Services (Oracle, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) 
• Hands on experience with Cloud Native technologies such as container deployments, streaming, monitoring 
• Hands on experience with data analytics and data science techniques 
• Experience and/or training in project management (PMP Certification, CAPM Certification, etc) 
• Hands on experience with skills in CI/CD & build automation tooling (Chef, Terraform, Ansible, etc)
• Hands on experience with AI/ML/LLM infrastructure 

DISCLAIMER 

As part of Oracle's standard employment process, candidates will undergo a complete background check prior to an offer being extended. These background checks are conducted by a professional third-party firm at no charge to the applicant and include prior employment verification, education verification, social security trace, criminal background check and motor vehicles records (where required for position). 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.  

 

If you are interested in working at Oracle and you have more than 2 years of professional full-time work experience (excluding internships, research and/or teaching assistant roles, and/or military experience), please apply to Oracle’s experienced job openings. For information on currently open positions at Oracle, please visit http://oracle.com/goto/careers. 

 

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 onlyUS: Hiring Range: from $30.19 to $48.37 per hour; from $62,800 to $100,600 per annum. May be eligible for equity. Eligible for commission with an estimated pay mix of 70/30. 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 opinion2. Short term disability and long term disability3. Life insurance and AD&D4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match8. 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 holidays10. 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 leave12. Adoption assistance13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan14. Financial planning and group legal15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insuranceThe role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.