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Oracle

Builds databases, business apps and cloud services

Vice President Engineering - Observability

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeUnited StatesIn-person

About the Job

Responsibilities

  • Translate platform strategy into a 1–3 year portfolio and operating plan; set outcome targets, approve investments, and govern milestone delivery for foundational services, runtimes, SDKs, and client libraries.
  • Set and enforce group standards for platform architecture, API/SDK design and versioning, compatibility and deprecation policies, and resilience patterns; audit adoption and correct deviations to maintain quality and compliance.
  • Govern continuous delivery and safe change for platforms by approving automation and validation strategies, including contract testing, canary/blue-green, chaos/resilience tests, error budget policies, and rollback criteria to improve reliability and DORA metrics.
  • Establish operability requirements for platforms, including SLO/SLI targets, telemetry/observability, dashboarding, and incident/problem/change processes; require post-incident learnings to drive systematic improvements and reduce recurrence.
  • Chair program-level design and release reviews focused on interoperability, performance, and compliance; adjudicate trade-offs across scalability, reliability, security, and cost; approve exceptions with compensating controls and time-boxed remediation.
  • Direct platform adoption and consumer success by publishing reference implementations, migration guides, and adoption playbooks; measure consumer satisfaction, breakage rates, and upgrade velocity.
  • Ensure security, privacy, and regulatory obligations are embedded, including policy-as-code, SBOM/dependency governance, secrets/identity, and least privilege; maintain audit-ready documentation and evidence.
  • Lead cross-functional operating rhythms with Product, Design, SRE/Security, and peer engineering teams to align priorities, clear dependencies, and protect release predictability and ecosystem health.
  • Standardize documentation and knowledge systems, including ADR records, platform guides, and API references; ensure traceability from requirements to release and operational outcomes.
  • Manage budget, headcount, and vendors; set KPIs and drive continuous improvement; mentor Directors and Senior Directors; foster an inclusive, safety-first, high-performance culture.
  • Ensure the group operates in the best interests of Oracle and its customers.

About the Company

Oracle

Builds databases, business apps and cloud services

Oracle builds databases, business applications, and cloud infrastructure for companies and public-sector organizations. Oracle Database stores and processes business data, while Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides computing, storage, and networking for applications and AI workloads. Fusion Cloud Applications support finance, human resources, supply chains, and customer service, helping businesses manage everyday operations and reporting. Customers pay for cloud subscriptions and usage, software licenses, support, hardware, and consulting, with deployment options in Oracle's cloud or their own data centers. Oracle was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Austin, TX
Founded
1977

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