Principal Member of Technical Staff - Oracle Key Vault

Oracle Key Vault team is a diverse group of highly talented people who are passionate about improving data security in general and securing key & secrets in particular. The proliferation of key & secrets in corporate IT and Cloud is making key & secrets management an arduous task for enterprises. Oracle Key Vault simplifies this task while ensuring security of keys and secrets.

Oracle Key Vault (OKV) provides continuously available, fault-tolerant, and highly scalable centralized key and secrets management for Oracle Database, MySQL, GoldenGate, ZFS storage appliance and engineered systems like Exadata, ZDLRA, etc. OKV is the preferred key management solution for Cloud databases like Exadata Cloud@Customer and Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer. Customers can deploy Key Vault in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, and on-premises on dedicated hardware or virtual machines. 
 
Oracle Key Vault (OKV) is a full-stack, security hardened software appliance that manages TDE Master Keys, secrets like database passwords, certificates, public and private keys, Oracle wallets, Java keystores and credential files. An understanding of basic security principles of data encryption, network encryption, access control, etc. is necessary to secure the appliance. OKV developers design, build, maintain and extend a secure, scalable, distributed and continuously available appliance. Requirements include, 

• Understanding of enterprise software development and full stack appliance
• Understanding of software concepts for scalability and availability, distributed computing, memory management, multiprocessing, and multi-threading 
• Understanding of security concepts including cryptography, key management, authentication, and authorization and protocols like PKCS#11, KMIP, TLS
• Understanding of the security vulnerabilities and familiarity with static analysis tools like Qualys and Fortify
• Good understanding of the database, networking and OS concepts
• Understanding of system software like openssl, ssh, Apache, Tomcat, Linux, Oracle Database
• Proficiency in C and one or more of the following: Java, Python, javascript, shell scripting
• Good working knowledge of debugging and profiling tools like gdb, valgrind
• General interest in security 
• Good communicator, approachable and a team player

Career Level - IC4

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Qualifications:

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 $94,200 to $223,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Responsibilities:

• Oracle Key Vault (OKV) appliance bundles Oracle Linux, Oracle Database, and the Key Vault application with an APEX driven web console. OKV clients interface with the Key Vault server using a PKCS#11 libraries, SDKs or the REST based utility
   
• As a principle database engineer you will design, build, maintain and extend a secure, scalable, distributed and continuously available Key Vault 
   
• In this role, you will play the crucial role of building Key Vault to manage and secure the keys and secrets for mission critical Oracle Databases deployed in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Azure, AWS, GCP and on-premises on dedicated hardware or virtual machines
   
• You must understand the end-to-end design, configuration, technical dependencies, and deployment environments of Key Vault
   
• You will collaborate with other cross-functional teams to document features and ensure quality, availability and scalability of Key Vault
   
• You will provide technical guidance and support to engineering teams integrating with Key Vault
   
• You will be responsible for reviewing customer requests and requirements
   
• You should be able to effectively communicate technical ideas in design specifications and verbally 
   
• You should be familiar with basic software development 
   

Salary : $94,200 - $223,500