Principal Site Reliability Engineer - Exadata Cloud Service
Oracle · Atlanta, GA
$84,900–$209,500from the description
Jul 18, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A principal-level SRE role focused on keeping Oracle Exadata Cloud Service running reliably at global scale. Day-to-day work spans building automation and observability tooling, leading incident response and root-cause analysis for complex distributed database and infrastructure issues, and integrating AI/ML techniques into operational workflows. The role also carries a technical leadership dimension — mentoring engineers, shaping reliability standards, and feeding operational findings back into product development.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 10 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
No specific work location is stated in the posting; the compensation range is listed as US-wide. The CBSA field has been left blank accordingly.
The role title is 'Principal SRE' but the actual requirements — 8+ years of experience, strong individual-contributor scope — align with a Senior band. The Principal advertised level reflects Oracle's internal IC4 career level designation rather than org-wide technical authority across multiple teams in the traditional sense.
SOC classification is Medium confidence. The role explicitly requires designing and delivering production software and automation (pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers), but also involves substantial systems/infrastructure operations, incident response, and fleet management (which could support 15-1244). The software-building emphasis in the responsibilities section tips the classification to 15-1252.
The degree requirement is a hard gate: 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent practical experience.' Because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, this would normally map to None — however, the JD uses 'or equivalent practical experience' as a fallback, which per the extraction rules means the degree requirement of None. Correction: The degree requirement set to None is the correct reading per rules; however the JD does list a specific degree first. Per rules, 'equivalent experience accepted' → None.
The AI/ML section ('AI and Machine Learning Expectations') sits within the Required Qualifications block and is framed with firm language, so those skills are treated as hard gates. LLMs is used as the canonical name covering generative AI and large language model capabilities.
The preferred qualifications section explicitly lists Oracle-specific technologies (RAC, Data Guard, ASM, RMAN, Exadata, OCI), Kubernetes, Java/C/C++, and MLOps — all marked as preferred.
Compensation is stated as a broad US hiring range ($84,900–$209,500/year) with a note that candidates are placed based on skills, experience, and location; the wide range reflects Oracle's standard practice for a national posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Oracle Real Application Clusters.
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