Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer (SRE)
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 5242 is an eligible occupation, but we classified this role with low confidence (33% match). If the code is right — and Oracle is a licensed sponsor — it should qualify, but double-check the occupation eligibility rules against the actual role.
About the role
We’re hiring an SRE to support new OCI storage and data services, with a focus on reliability, operations, automation, and scaling production services.
This role is ideal for someone with a strong SRE or infrastructure engineering background who enjoys building operational tooling, improving service reliability, and supporting critical cloud services at scale.
Key responsibilities:
- Support OCI storage and data-oriented services in production
- Provide operational coverage across UK and non-US time zones
- Build automation to reduce manual operational work
- Improve monitoring, dashboards, telemetry, and alerting
- Support incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
- Build tools and processes that improve reliability and operational efficiency
- Partner closely with engineering teams to improve service readiness and resilience
Ideal experience:
- Strong SRE, infrastructure, or production engineering background
- automation skills
- Experience supporting large-scale production services
- Hands-on experience with observability, dashboards, alerting, and incident management
- Ability to diagnose complex issues and drive long-term reliability improvements
- Background in storage, databases, streaming, distributed systems, or data-oriented services
Relevant technical backgrounds may include:
- Database internals, such as MySQL or Oracle
- Block storage, file systems, SAN, or distributed storage
- Streaming, replication, or key-value systems
- Large-scale platforms with similarities to Kafka, DynamoDB, or database-like systems
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to work on high-impact cloud infrastructure, improve the reliability of critical services, and help mature systems as they scale.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Oracle, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 5242 going rate of £41,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.