Oracle · 2 hours ago
Senior Technical Lead for AI Database Security
Redwood City, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$97K/yr - $252K/yr
10+ years expOracle is a world leader in cloud solutions, and they are seeking a Senior Technical Lead for AI Database Security. The role involves leading the design and development of a new data security platform, ensuring secure integration and compliance for AI-based applications, and collaborating with various teams to deliver integrated solutions.
Data GovernanceData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologySaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Lead design and development of the new data security platform, integrate the platform with identity management and database application frameworks
Own end‑to‑end architecture spanning the database kernel through middleware and identity services
Partner across Oracle’s RDBMS, Applications, Analytics, and SaaS teams to deliver integrated solutions
Establish and enforce security design guidelines for database and application teams; lead design/architecture reviews and threat modeling for AI/agentic scenarios
Champion a culture of innovation, rigorous testing, and continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
10+ years building large-scale system software (databases, OS, distributed systems, application servers, or cloud services)
Deep expertise in secure system design for performance, scalability, high availability, and operational manageability
Strong command of security fundamentals: authentication/authorization, applied cryptography, network and transport security, protocols, and enterprise security practices
System-level design and programming on UNIX/Linux: memory management, concurrency control, caching, networking/RPC, and distributed systems
Solid understanding of major RDBMS internals and security features; fluent in SQL and database access patterns
Strong C/C++; or Java systems programming; familiarity with PL/SQL, JSON
Excellent problem solving, design communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
Master's degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent experience preferred
Practical understanding of LLMs and GenAI system architectures: prompt processing, context windows, embeddings/vector stores, RAG, tool use/function calling, and orchestration
Experience securing agentic applications: least-privilege policy design for agents/tools, data segmentation and masking for prompts and retrieval, prompt-injection and data-exfiltration defenses, provenance/lineage, rate-limiting and abuse detection, and red-team/testing methodologies
Familiarity with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and similar agent/tool interoperability standards; ability to design secure policy and identity boundaries for multi-tool, multi-service agent ecosystems
Knowledge of AI safety and compliance controls: PII/PHI protection, privacy-preserving retrieval, consent and purpose limitation, auditability, and data residency
Understanding of secure integration patterns between agents, identity platforms, and data planes (e.g., token exchange, scoped credentials, just-in-time access, policy decision points/enforcement points)
Awareness of emerging frameworks/standards for agent orchestration and secure plugin/tool ecosystems
Preferred
Delivered enterprise security platforms or database security features from concept through GA and sustained operations
Experience with cloud security services on OCI or other public clouds; building high-throughput, low-latency services with strong isolation guarantees
Familiarity with application frameworks for Java, Python and .NET, security integration points and middleware security: 3-tier architectures, identity and access management, and policy management systems
Success leading cross-org initiatives, influencing design through clear threat models, and driving measurable security outcomes
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
Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
10001+ employees
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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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