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Cleared Site Reliability Engineer - Database

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Reston, VAFull-time$91–187K/yrPosted 3w agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$91–187K/yr
Location
Reston, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance

Job overview

The Site Reliability Engineer will work with the SRE team to own production services and technology areas end to end, designing and delivering a mission-critical stack focused on security, resiliency, scale, and performance. The role partners with development teams to improve service architecture and supports Oracle Database Autonomous Recovery Service through automation, troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance analysis. Candidates must be U.S. citizens with an active TS/SCI with Poly clearance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Site Reliability EngineeringAzure Cloud ServicesAutomationOracle ApplicationsLinuxTerraformInfrastructure as Code (IaC)Oracle ExadataPython (Programming Language)Perl (Programming Language)Unix ShellSQL (Programming Language)PL/SQLOracle DatabaseRMANExadataZero Data Loss Recovery ApplianceProduction Cloud Service ManagementCloud Service Release and MaintenanceVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationProduction Systems ManagementDatabase Environment ManagementRust

Qualifications

U.S. CitizenshipActive TS/SCI With Poly Clearance

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Work with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team on the shared full stack ownership of a collection of services and/or technology areas. Understand the end-to-end configuration, technical dependencies, and overall behavioral characteristics of production services. Responsible for the design and delivery of the mission critical stack, with focus on security, resiliency, scale, and performance. Authority for end-to-end performance and operability. Partner with development teams in defining and implementing improvements in service architecture. Articulate technical characteristics of services and technology areas and guide Development Teams to engineer and add premier capabilities to the Oracle Cloud service portfolio. Understand and communicate the scale, capacity, security, performance attributes, and requirements of the service and technology stack. Demonstrate clear understanding of automation and orchestration principles. Act as ultimate escalation point for complex or critical issues that have not yet been documented as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Utilize a deep understanding of service topology and their dependencies required to troubleshoot issues and define mitigations. Understand and explain the effect of product architecture decisions on distributed systems. Professional curiosity and a desire to a develop deep understanding of services and technologies. Relevant skills include ability to:

  • Solve complex problems related to infrastructure cloud services and build automation to prevent problem recurrence.
  • Design, write, and deploy software to improve the availability, scalability, and efficiency of Oracle products and services.
  • Design and develop designs, architectures, standards, and methods for large-scale distributed systems.
  • Facilitate service capacity planning and demand forecasting, software performance analysis, and system tuning.

#LI_ES2 Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives. True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs. We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing [email protected] or by calling 1-888-404-2494 in the United States. Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law. Are you a seasoned Site Reliability Engineer or Cloud DevOps guru? Are you a backup, restore and recovery expert? Do you currently possess US Citizenship and an Active TS/SCI w/Poly security clearance? If you are, we are looking for you to join our exciting growing Cloud DevOps team. Our team is responsible for creating and managing Oracle Database Autonomous Recovery Service. Our mission is to provide industry leading data protection services our customers need and depend on. This exciting new cloud operations team gets to work across a wide range of technologies and teams to deliver this new service. Our team is responsible for ensuring all the components of our Recovery Cloud Services work seamlessly together. We are constantly pushing to define and develop the end-to-end automation of complex workflows found in day-to-day management of the Recovery Service. This team will keep you learning and, on your toes, delivering mission critical services that our customers depend on. Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $91,400 to $187,000 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.Career Level - IC3

Must Possess U.S. CITIZENSHIP and ACTIVE TS/SCI W/POLY SECURITY CLEARANCE To Be Eligible for Consideration. Technical expertise with two or more areas:

  • Terraform, Infrastructure as Code

  • Oracle Database

  • Linux

  • RMAN

  • Exadata

  • Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance Additionally, we are looking for motivated individuals that have:

  • Prior SRE experience managing production cloud services.

  • Prior experience in releasing and maintaining cloud services.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication

  • Production experience managing systems or database environment.

  • Experience with a general-purpose systems language such as:

  • Python, Perl, Unix Shell and/or database language SQL, PL/SQL,Rust This Position will require being available in Shifts and Weekends.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,413 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$91–187K/yr
  • Virginia median$115–205K/yr99 salary ranges
  • US median$140–230K/yr1,935 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $139K, is 15% below the Virginia median midpoint ($164K) — in the middle half of Site Reliability Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 124 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs in Virginia and 2,413 across the US. 19% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
Site Reliability Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 8 years (1,985 postings).
Education
567 of the 2,413 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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