Oracle · 2 days ago
DDOS Software Engineer
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$68K/yr - $158K/yr
1+ years expOracle is a world leader in cloud solutions, and they are seeking a DDoS Software Engineer to join their OCI’s Edge Security team. The role involves building and operating cloud-scale DDoS protection, contributing to high-performance detection and mitigation services, and collaborating with various teams to ensure secure, reliable capabilities at a global scale.
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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
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
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.
11 paid holidays
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.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
Company
Oracle
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