Security & Safety Practitioner - Oracle

**Job Description** Safety is the term we use to refer to the space where operations and security overlap. Safety practitioners are those rare individuals that understand both operations and security. As a safety practitioner you would partner with service teams to identify areas that could be improved to deliver better, safer outcomes for our customers. That means driving improvements in tools, processes, and engineering. Safety practitioners are our chief problem finders and solution developers. They work as members of service teams, earning trust and helping to deliver solutions to real business challenges. The safety practitioner is a senior role within the security and operations space. Working hand in hand with systems architects and engineering leadership to develop deep understanding of how and why systems function the way they do, identifying opportunities for improvement and driving change within the service or the wider business overall. Successful candidates must demonstrate understanding of distributed systems, making technical tradeoffs, and driving consensus among engineering leadership. The safety role is novel in the industry, there's no pre-canned people ready to fill it. Safety embeds need to understand both operations and security. Career Level - IC5 **Responsibilities** + Embed within a core service teams and act as the "bridge" between Security, Operations, and the service team. + Participate in the daily rhythm of business for that service team. Attend daytime on call, support and build trust with the service team. + Identify potential safety risks related to tools, practices or engineering. + Help senior leadership understand risks and drive the correct tradeoffs. + Partner with service architects to review key architectural decisions. Provide a "Safety Examination" of future design proposals. + Perform an active operations/SRE roll within the service, shadow on-calls and document knowledge of how the service operates, making note of great practices (that the business should copy) as well as those that are unsafe. + Operate as a "forward controller" for the Offensive Security team, guiding them to pay special attention to any external facing parts of the service that look particularly sensitive or concerning. + Co-Lead response to security incidents. Basic Qualifications: + Either: + Demonstrated senior level experience in an SRE/Ops, with a good understand of Security + Demonstrated senior level experience in Security, with a good understanding of SRE/Ops + BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding or equivalent practical experience. + 10+ years of total experience with software development with 5+ years on the cloud back-end. + Working knowledge of programming languages, preferably GO and Java. + Good knowledge of scripting languages such as Python. + Experience working on large-scale, highly distributed services infrastructure. + Experienced with microservice design patterns and service-to-service communication protocols along with developing highly reliable services. + Systematic problem-solving approach, strong communication skills, a sense of ownership, and drive. + Experience working in an operational environment with mission-critical tier-one services. + Familiarity with host virtualization technologies (KVM, Containers, Docker, etc.) + Good Knowledge of Computer Networking (OSI layers, HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, Routers, Gateways, Subnets, etc) + Knowledge of Linux internals, Linux/Unix troubleshooting skills. + Experiences managing security or availability incidents. Preferred Qualifications: + Prior Hands-on experience developing cloud services and tools on Oracle Cloud/AWS/GCP/Azure. 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 only** US: Hiring Range: from $120,100 to $251,600 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: 1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion 2. Short term disability and long term disability 3. Life insurance and AD&D 4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) 5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts 6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits 7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match 8. 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 holidays 10. 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 leave 12. Adoption assistance 13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan 14. Financial planning and group legal 15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance **About Us** As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's problems. True innovation starts with diverse perspectives and various abilities and backgrounds. When everyone's voice is heard, we're inspired to go beyond what's been done before. It's why we're committed to expanding our inclusive workforce that promotes diverse insights and perspectives. We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity. Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. 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