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Software Developer 4
**Job Description**
Who is Oracle Cloud (OCI) Hardware Team?
OCI Hardware Team provides a family of hardware, firmware, tools, utilities, and connectors to manage, monitor and configure Oracle's GPU & x86 servers used in Oracle Cloud. All of these systems contain an Oracle Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) service processor which provides in-band and out-of-band interfaces for these tasks. Join our dynamic team as a Principal Security Engineer
and work on exciting, enterprise-grade system management products with a focus on deployment in Oracle Cloud. Our unique team works on everything from low-level hardware interfaces to network facing API service interfaces -- and everything in between. We control the full life-cycle of the software from architecture to release. Help shape the system management and security offerings for Oracle's cutting-edge systems while working with some of the most talented and experienced software developers in the business.
Oracle's OCI HW Core Firmware Group (CoreFW) is the innovation engine leveraging Oracle's enterprise systems leadership into a top position in the market. CoreFW develops embedded software for scalable, high performance, elegantly-designed, and leading-edge GPU and X86 systems. We design and integrate state-of-the-art, secure, and easy to use system management features as a core component. OCI CoreFW is a dynamic, flexible, fast-paced group that thrives on unexpected innovation and challenging the status quo.
Description/Essential Skills:
The candidate will work as senior technical contributor responsible for design, implementation and test of OpenBMC BMC firmware on server platforms, with a focus on C/C++, Linux kernel development, and embedded systems. Key responsibilities include enabling OpenBMC on new hardware, collaborating with other teams, and working with manageability protocols like Redfish. A strong understanding
of server hardware interfaces, board bring-up, and system-level debug and security best practices/tools are essential. Strong technical leadership, security awareness and interpersonal skills required.
**Responsibilities**
Core responsibilities
- Firmware development: Design, develop, and debug BMC firmware for next-generation server platforms.
- Hardware enablement: Bring up OpenBMC on new hardware, including kernel and driver development, and device tree work.
- System and software integration: Work with systems, hardware, architecture and security teams to design system-level solutions.
- Collaboration: Engage with internal teams and external upstream communities like the Linux and OpenBMC communities, as well as customers and third parties.
- Manageability features: Implement and optimize manageability features, including sensors, telemetry, and firmware updates.
- Security: Implement security features such as secure boot, firmware signing, and vulnerability management.
Required skills and experience
- Programming languages: Proficiency in C, C++, and scripting languages like Python or Bash is mandatory.
- OpenBMC and Linux: Deep, hands-on experience with OpenBMC, including Yocto/bitbake layers, systemd/D-Bus services, and phosphor components.
- Linux kernel: Strong experience in Linux kernel memory management, interrupts, and IOMMU is a must.
- System management protocols: Familiarity with protocols like IPMI (SDR, SEL, FRU) and Redfish.
- Server hardware: Expertise with server platform interfaces such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, PMBus, and Ethernet controllers.
- Board bring-up: Hands-on experience with board bring-up and device drivers is essential.
- Security: Experience with security concepts such as Secure Design Best Practices and assessments; Secure Code Review Process; Source Code Analysis; and Penetration Testing
Preferred qualifications
Security: Familiar with threat modeling, secure design reviews, security PEN-testing and hacker mentality
EDKII/BIOS: Familiarity with EDKII/BIOS collaboration and platform enablement.
RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability): Experience with fault management, telemetry, and recovery.
Test automation: Experience with CI/CD, unit/integration testing frameworks, and static analysis.
Cloud-scale operations: Familiarity with cloud-scale operations and fleet management of BMC firmware.
Other skills: Experience with GPU libraries like CUDA or ROCm is a plus.
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 in USD from: $96,800 to $223,400 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 - IC4
**About Us**
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's challenges. We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.
We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.
Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and 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 accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com 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.
Who is Oracle Cloud (OCI) Hardware Team?
OCI Hardware Team provides a family of hardware, firmware, tools, utilities, and connectors to manage, monitor and configure Oracle's GPU & x86 servers used in Oracle Cloud. All of these systems contain an Oracle Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) service processor which provides in-band and out-of-band interfaces for these tasks. Join our dynamic team as a Principal Security Engineer
and work on exciting, enterprise-grade system management products with a focus on deployment in Oracle Cloud. Our unique team works on everything from low-level hardware interfaces to network facing API service interfaces -- and everything in between. We control the full life-cycle of the software from architecture to release. Help shape the system management and security offerings for Oracle's cutting-edge systems while working with some of the most talented and experienced software developers in the business.
Oracle's OCI HW Core Firmware Group (CoreFW) is the innovation engine leveraging Oracle's enterprise systems leadership into a top position in the market. CoreFW develops embedded software for scalable, high performance, elegantly-designed, and leading-edge GPU and X86 systems. We design and integrate state-of-the-art, secure, and easy to use system management features as a core component. OCI CoreFW is a dynamic, flexible, fast-paced group that thrives on unexpected innovation and challenging the status quo.
Description/Essential Skills:
The candidate will work as senior technical contributor responsible for design, implementation and test of OpenBMC BMC firmware on server platforms, with a focus on C/C++, Linux kernel development, and embedded systems. Key responsibilities include enabling OpenBMC on new hardware, collaborating with other teams, and working with manageability protocols like Redfish. A strong understanding
of server hardware interfaces, board bring-up, and system-level debug and security best practices/tools are essential. Strong technical leadership, security awareness and interpersonal skills required.
**Responsibilities**
Core responsibilities
- Firmware development: Design, develop, and debug BMC firmware for next-generation server platforms.
- Hardware enablement: Bring up OpenBMC on new hardware, including kernel and driver development, and device tree work.
- System and software integration: Work with systems, hardware, architecture and security teams to design system-level solutions.
- Collaboration: Engage with internal teams and external upstream communities like the Linux and OpenBMC communities, as well as customers and third parties.
- Manageability features: Implement and optimize manageability features, including sensors, telemetry, and firmware updates.
- Security: Implement security features such as secure boot, firmware signing, and vulnerability management.
Required skills and experience
- Programming languages: Proficiency in C, C++, and scripting languages like Python or Bash is mandatory.
- OpenBMC and Linux: Deep, hands-on experience with OpenBMC, including Yocto/bitbake layers, systemd/D-Bus services, and phosphor components.
- Linux kernel: Strong experience in Linux kernel memory management, interrupts, and IOMMU is a must.
- System management protocols: Familiarity with protocols like IPMI (SDR, SEL, FRU) and Redfish.
- Server hardware: Expertise with server platform interfaces such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, PMBus, and Ethernet controllers.
- Board bring-up: Hands-on experience with board bring-up and device drivers is essential.
- Security: Experience with security concepts such as Secure Design Best Practices and assessments; Secure Code Review Process; Source Code Analysis; and Penetration Testing
Preferred qualifications
Security: Familiar with threat modeling, secure design reviews, security PEN-testing and hacker mentality
EDKII/BIOS: Familiarity with EDKII/BIOS collaboration and platform enablement.
RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability): Experience with fault management, telemetry, and recovery.
Test automation: Experience with CI/CD, unit/integration testing frameworks, and static analysis.
Cloud-scale operations: Familiarity with cloud-scale operations and fleet management of BMC firmware.
Other skills: Experience with GPU libraries like CUDA or ROCm is a plus.
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 in USD from: $96,800 to $223,400 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 - IC4
**About Us**
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's challenges. We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.
We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.
Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and 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 accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com 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.
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