Lead Principal Security Engineer at Oracle
San Juan, PR
$130,000–$306,400from the description
Jun 30, 2026
San Juan, PR
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior hardware security engineering role focused on defining security requirements for compute hardware used in a large-scale cloud infrastructure, conducting adversarial assessments of complex compute systems, and collaborating with internal teams and external vendors to shape supply chain and operational security practices. The work spans firmware, platform architecture, and security standards, and suits a deeply technical engineer with broad expertise across areas such as root of trust, BMCs, SmartNICs, attestation, and hardware reverse engineering.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095). 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 (7)
The role title is 'Consulting Hardware Security Engineer' at career level IC5 (Oracle's senior individual-contributor band), but no explicit seniority word appears in the title itself — advertised seniority is therefore Unspecified. The 10+ years requirement and IC5 designation support a Senior classification.
SOC classification is Medium-confidence: the role is primarily a hardware/firmware security assessor and architect, which sits closest to Information Security Analysts (15-1212). An alt of 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is noted because the deep hardware engineering focus is atypical for the 15-1212 population.
The 'Subject Matter Expertise in two or more of the following areas' section lists Root of Trust, x86/ARM, UEFI, GPU platforms, BMCs, SmartNICs, and storage devices as a required pick-list — all are marked required since the section sits under Minimum Qualifications, though candidates need only demonstrate depth in at least two.
Programming language requirement ('ability to work with most common programming languages') lists C, C++, Java, Python, Ruby, Go, and Rust as interchangeable options; emitted as a single skill with alternatives.
No specific work location is stated in the posting beyond 'US'; CBSA and state fields are left blank accordingly.
Degree requirement is None because the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience' in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): hardware security architecture, x86 platform architecture, reverse engineering.
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