Oracle · 1 month ago
DDOS Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid Level
3+ years expOracle is seeking a DDoS Software Engineer to join OCI’s Edge Security team to help build and operate cloud-scale DDoS protection. The role involves implementing backend services for DDoS detection and mitigation, contributing to scalable data planes, and maintaining automation workflows.
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Responsibilities
Implement and enhance low-latency backend services that support DDoS detection, classification, and mitigation across OCI’s edge
Contribute to scalable data and control planes (policy, signaling, telemetry, orchestration) with a focus on resiliency and fault isolation
Help develop and integrate traffic engineering features (e.g., BGP signaling, routing policy) with OCI networking, DNS, and edge services under guidance from senior engineers
Participate in operational readiness: support SLO/SLA tracking, on-call rotations with mentorship, incident response, runbooks, and post-incident improvements
Build and maintain automation-first workflows: CI/CD pipelines, test suites, safe deployments (canary/blue-green), and infrastructure-as-code
Instrument services for observability (metrics, logs, traces) and contribute to capacity/scale testing for high-availability systems
Collaborate with product, SRE, and network engineering to deliver features from design to GA with security-by-design practices
Participate in threat modeling, design reviews, and audit/compliance readiness activities for critical services
Qualification
Required
1–2 years of experience (or strong internships/co-ops) building production backend systems or services
Proficiency in at least one of: Java, Python, Go, C++, or Rust; willingness to work primarily in Java for control-plane/services
Understanding of core systems concepts: concurrency, performance, API design, and distributed systems fundamentals (coursework or practical projects)
Hands-on experience with DevOps fundamentals: CI/CD, automated testing, rollout/rollback, and configuration management
Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) and cloud fundamentals
Basic networking knowledge: TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, and DNS; eagerness to learn BGP concepts
Experience instrumenting services with metrics/alerts and a strong operational mindset
Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, and willingness to learn from code reviews and design discussions
Preferred
Exposure to DDoS or network security concepts and common attack/defense patterns
Familiarity with anycast routing, traffic steering, or multi-region service patterns
Experience with containers and orchestration, plus secure service-to-service communication (e.g., mTLS, policy)
Exposure to SDN, programmable data planes, or high-rate telemetry/stream processing
Interest in resilience engineering, chaos testing, and capacity planning
Understanding of zero trust principles and modern security architectures
Company
Oracle
Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$25.75BKey Investors
Sequoia Capital
2025-09-24Post Ipo Debt· $18B
2025-02-03Post Ipo Debt· $7.75B
1986-03-12IPO
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Healthcare Field CTO
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