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Oracle

Builds databases, business apps and cloud services

Director – Platform Software Engineering

IT OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeUnited StatesIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
  • At least 10 years of progressive experience in technology operations, infrastructure, platform engineering, site reliability engineering, or enterprise application delivery.
  • At least 7 years of experience leading managers and technical teams in complex, customer-facing production environments.
  • Demonstrated success improving reliability, incident response, problem management, CAPA execution, and operational health for large-scale services.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure and platform operations, including virtualization, Windows technologies, networking, identity or credential management, observability, capacity, and security controls.
  • Proven ability to lead across organizational boundaries, influence senior stakeholders, make sound risk-based decisions, and communicate clearly during high-pressure situations.
  • Strong analytical, program-management, and people-leadership skills, with a track record of translating strategy into measurable execution outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Own the Citrix Platform operating strategy, roadmap, and delivery plan, balancing immediate customer-impacting priorities with durable reliability and modernization outcomes.
  • Lead and develop an organization of managers and technical professionals; establish clear accountabilities, performance expectations, succession depth, and an inclusive, high-performing culture.
  • Drive Gen1 stability and wellness improvements through disciplined incident, T3, problem-management, CAPA, and resiliency practices; ensure actions have accountable owners, evidence of closure, and measurable outcomes.
  • Coordinate cross-organization priorities for observability, telemetry, service health, capacity planning, Windows technology currency, OLVM reduction, security remediation, and credential lifecycle work.
  • Provide senior operational leadership during significant customer-impacting incidents and escalations, ensuring timely decision-making, transparent communication, and rigorous follow-through.
  • Partner with engineering, security, infrastructure, OCI, Millennium, and support organizations to remove dependencies and standardize the Move to OCI Operations/Support handoff model.
  • Define and review operational health metrics, trends, risks, and commitments; use data to prioritize investments and communicate progress to executive stakeholders.
  • Sponsor critical projects that improve platform reliability, scalability, operational efficiency, and the customer experience across global production environments.
  • Manage resource allocation and sequencing across operational commitments and strategic initiatives, escalating tradeoffs early when customer or delivery risk requires leadership action.
  • Lead a platform group; develop strategies and plans that standardize runtimes, APIs, and SDKs across several teams.
  • Be accountable for group results and governance adherence, and make operational decisions that ensure compatibility, security, and performance.
  • Sponsor cross-group innovation in resilience, capacity modeling, and interoperability.
  • Communicate with executive leadership on platform health, risk, and adoption.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience supporting healthcare, regulated, or mission-critical customer environments.

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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