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Senior Security Engineer

Oracle
Nashville, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/1/2026

Security Architecture is comprised of security experts who are focused and specialized in securing all aspects of Oracle Cloud. As security experts, we are sought out by our partner organizations to provide guidance on designing their products, services and features. We set OCI wide security standards. We hold a high security requirement bar for all services and ensure the highest level of security is delivered to our customers.

We are currently looking for a highly motivated security engineer with experience in Cloud Security to join OCI Security Architecture team. This person would be involved in architecture, design, prototyping and development of the security aspects of Oracle Cloud's products and services.

You should be a security-minded leader who can work with architects and/or development teams as they design new capabilities to ensure that security requirements are clear and the design implements the necessary controls to improve security posture for the service. As a member of the Security Architecture team, you will be required to have a firm grasp on security technologies, trends in cloud security practices, and ability to communicate complex technical security requirements clearly to the development teams. You should be able to understand how to design test specifications for the services and feature so that the security requirements can be tested with automated tooling.

Qualifications:

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: $87,000 to $178,100 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 - IC3


Responsibilities:

 

Locations: No Exception

  1. Nashville, TN
  2. Austin, TX
  3. United Kingdom
  4. Ireland 

Key responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive security improvements, innovation and best practices into the products and services.
  • Conduct threat modeling, security architecture reviews, risk assessment and provide guidance on mitigating the identified issues.
  • Identify opportunities to prevent security problems at scale.
  • Create and maintain technical security standards and patterns.
  • Provide expert security guidance to service teams to ensure OCI's products and services are secure by default. 
  • Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in Cloud security and apply them to improve OCI's security posture.

 

Qualifications:

  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in application security, product security, or systems security.
  • A BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering with a focus on Security, or a related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field.
  • Experience in architecture, design, deployment, and handling of standard security practices and policies is required. 

 

Preferred qualifications includes,  

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
  • Experience in cloud product or set of cloud services, with expertise in IaaS, PaaS.
  • Experience with architecture security reviews for products or services operating in a cloud environment. 
  • Expertise in concepts of multi-tenancy, cloud security and virtualization, Access Management, OAuth, Cloud SSO, Identity Provisioning, Identity Governance etc.
  • Expertise in Encryption, Key management, Cybersecurity fundamentals (e.g., access controls, common software vulnerabilities, and security best practices), Deployment Methodologies, and Security Standards Compliance Certification (STIG, FedRAMP, PCI-DSS), etc.
  • Very good understanding of concepts related to Docker, Container, Serverless computing, and Kubernetes.
  • Ability to design large scalable systems for cloud customers with focus on security.
  • Knowledge of network security, VPN/Firewalls and software-defined networking is a plus.
  • Experience operating within and supporting a security assurance and assessment program is a plus.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Salary : $87,000 - $178,100

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