Senior Principal Consultant C, Linux & Oracle

Position: Senior Principal Consultant C, Linux & Oracle
Location: Portland, OR | Hybrid (2 days onsite)

Duration: 12 Months

Reworked Job Description

This Senior Principal Consultant role acts as the primary SME for all HOST-related activities, bridging offshore development teams and U.S.-based stakeholders to ensure rapid incident response, stable production operations, and continuous improvement of core C/Linux/Oracle applications. You will own critical production systems, lead incident and change management, and drive modernization and reliability initiatives across multiple states.

Key Responsibilities

• Incident & Change Management
• Triage, debug, and resolve production issues quickly; lead root cause analysis and postmortems for major incidents.
• Review and validate changes, plan rollbacks, and coordinate production deployments with minimal disruption.
• Collaboration & Leadership
• Serve as the primary liaison between offshore teams and U.S. stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment.
• Partner with development, QA, product, and operations teams to guide system design for reliability, scalability, and supportability.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation, runbooks, and playbooks for HOST systems.
• Monitoring & Observability
• Design and maintain real-time monitoring dashboards, alerts, and observability tooling (logs, metrics, traces).
• Tune alert thresholds to reduce noise and improve signal quality for production incidents.
• Development & Maintenance
• Design and develop C/Linux/Oracle-based applications supporting multiple states and use cases.
• Reduce defect backlog and technical debt each PI, improving overall code quality and stability.
• Decrease turnaround time on production issues; participate in annual DR exercises to validate failover.
• Upgrades, Security & Compliance
• Upgrade legacy OS and application stacks to supported, secure versions.
• Refactor and rewrite existing code to address security vulnerabilities and performance bottlenecks.
• Perform quarterly audit reviews, support DMV/external audits, and reconcile EFT totals and billing summaries.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Strong hands-on experience in C, Linux, and Oracle as a senior developer or technical lead.
• Proficiency with RESTful APIs, Git, and solid understanding of Oracle schema design and integration.
• Effective communication skills with experience working in global, distributed teams; willingness to work onsite in Portland on a hybrid schedule.

Preferred Skills

• Deep expertise in C, Linux, and Oracle performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals and RESTful API design and development.
• Experience with DevOps practices and GitHub Actions-based CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Docker containers (Kubernetes a plus), Swagger/Postman, and Jira boards.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to work independently and drive initiatives.
• Agile/Scrum delivery experience.

Keywords: Senior Principal Consultant, C Developer, Linux Engineer, Oracle Engineer, HOST SME, Production Support, Incident Management, Root Cause Analysis, RCA, Change Management, Deployments, Monitoring, Observability, Logging, Metrics, Tracing, RESTful APIs, Oracle Schema Design, Oracle Integration, Git, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Networking Concepts, EFT Reconciliation, Billing Summary, DR Exercises, Legacy Modernization, Refactoring, Security Vulnerabilities, Technical Debt, Agile, Scrum, Jira

About VDart Group
VDart Group is a global leader in technology, product, and talent solutions, serving Fortune 500 clients in 13 countries. With over 4,000 professionals worldwide, we deliver innovation, operational excellence, and measurable outcomes across industries. Guided by our commitment to People, Purpose, and Planet, VDart is recognized with an EcoVadis Bronze Medal and as a UN Global Compact member, reflecting our dedication to sustainable practices.