Oracle is seeking an experienced Consulting Member of Technical Staff (CMTS) to join the RAC Developmentorganization. In this role, you will contribute to the architecture, design, implementation, performance optimization, and scalability engineering of Oracle RAC and related high-availability technologies.
As a senior individual contributor, you will work on some of the most challenging problems in distributed systems, including cluster coordination, concurrency control, fault tolerance, workload management, and cloud-scale database infrastructure. A significant focus of the role is ensuring Oracle RAC continues to deliver industry-leading performance and scalability across increasingly demanding workloads and deployment sizes. You will identify and eliminate system bottlenecks, optimize critical code paths, and drive innovations that improve throughput, latency, efficiency, and scale.
Working closely with development, quality assurance, performance engineering, cloud operations, and support teams, you will help shape the future of Oracle''s clustered database technology.
Key Responsibilities
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Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $135,200 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
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.
11 paid holidays
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.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
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 - IC5
Required Qualifications
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
8+ years of software development experience, preferably in systems software, databases, operating systems, or distributed systems.
Strong programming skills in C and/or C++.
Deep understanding of operating system internals, including:
Process and thread management
Memory management
Synchronization primitives
I/O subsystems
Linux/UNIX internals
Experience designing, developing, and debugging large-scale distributed systems.
Strong understanding of performance analysis and scalability principles.
Experience diagnosing CPU, memory, I/O, networking, and concurrency bottlenecks in complex systems.
Experience with performance profiling, tracing, and debugging tools.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Oracle Database, RAC, Clusterware, ASM, Data Guard, or related technologies.
Knowledge of distributed consensus, cluster membership, distributed locking, cache coherency, or workload balancing mechanisms.
Experience with performance engineering for database systems, clustered applications, or large-scale cloud services.
Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Experience conducting scalability testing and performance benchmarking on multi-node systems.
Understanding of networking protocols and high-performance interconnect technologies such as RDMA, InfiniBand, or RoCE.
Contributions to database engines, storage systems, operating systems, or distributed infrastructure platforms.
What You''ll Work On
Examples of areas where CMTS engineers contribute include:
Global Cache Services (GCS)
Global Enqueue Services (GES)
Cluster synchronization and coordination
Node membership and failover mechanisms
High availability and continuous operations
Performance optimization of Cache Fusion and cluster messaging
Scalability improvements for large RAC clusters and cloud deployments
Benchmarking and performance characterization of new database features
Investigation and resolution of complex performance and scalability issues
RAC integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Autonomous Database infrastructure enhancements
Next-generation clustered database architectures
Success Profile
The ideal candidate is a highly technical engineer who enjoys solving complex distributed systems problems and is passionate about building highly available, scalable, and high-performance database technologies. You are equally comfortable designing new functionality, diagnosing difficult performance issues, and driving architectural improvements that enable Oracle RAC to scale efficiently across increasingly large and demanding deployments.
Required Qualifications
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
8+ years of software development experience, preferably in systems software, databases, operating systems, or distributed systems.
Strong programming skills in C and/or C++.
Deep understanding of operating system internals, including:
Process and thread management
Memory management
Synchronization primitives
I/O subsystems
Linux/UNIX internals
Experience designing, developing, and debugging large-scale distributed systems.
Strong understanding of performance analysis and scalability principles.
Experience diagnosing CPU, memory, I/O, networking, and concurrency bottlenecks in complex systems.
Experience with performance profiling, tracing, and debugging tools.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Oracle Database, RAC, Clusterware, ASM, Data Guard, or related technologies.
Knowledge of distributed consensus, cluster membership, distributed locking, cache coherency, or workload balancing mechanisms.
Experience with performance engineering for database systems, clustered applications, or large-scale cloud services.
Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Experience conducting scalability testing and performance benchmarking on multi-node systems.
Understanding of networking protocols and high-performance interconnect technologies such as RDMA, InfiniBand, or RoCE.
Contributions to database engines, storage systems, operating systems, or distributed infrastructure platforms.
What You''ll Work On
Examples of areas where CMTS engineers contribute include:
Global Cache Services (GCS)
Global Enqueue Services (GES)
Cluster synchronization and coordination
Node membership and failover mechanisms
High availability and continuous operations
Performance optimization of Cache Fusion and cluster messaging
Scalability improvements for large RAC clusters and cloud deployments
Benchmarking and performance characterization of new database features
Investigation and resolution of complex performance and scalability issues
RAC integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Autonomous Database infrastructure enhancements
Next-generation clustered database architectures
Success Profile
The ideal candidate is a highly technical engineer who enjoys solving complex distributed systems problems and is passionate about building highly available, scalable, and high-performance database technologies. You are equally comfortable designing new functionality, diagnosing difficult performance issues, and driving architectural improvements that enable Oracle RAC to scale efficiently across increasingly large and demanding deployments.