Sr Oracle Software Development Engineer

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Position Summary

Engineering is a core discipline at F5 for many roles.  As a software engineer specializing in products and services, you will bring a modern, agile development mindset to your work.

As a Senior Oracle SDE you will be responsible for developing, configuring, and enhancing software applications and services.  Incorporating engineering best practices into the design, coding, testing, debugging, documenting, and support of software and service solutions, you will work with other engineers and other teams to develop new solutions and technologies and use the same rigor to refine existing solutions as needed.

What You’ll Do

• Apply modern engineering principles and practices to solution delivery and employ this rigor throughout the full software lifecycle; from initial concept and architecture through deployment, as well as while refining existing systems and solutions.
• Take ownership of complex technical problems and work with other engineers to find innovative solutions that meet both technical standards and business needs.
• Provide leadership in following engineering best practices, including all phases of the process from design to deployment.
• Design, develop, and maintain custom Oracle applications and integrations using PL/SQL, Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, and Oracle Application Framework (OAF) or related technologies.
• Design, build, and maintain highly complex solutions with a security first mindset.
• Provide technical leadership in designing, developing, and reviewing solutions.
• Design and implement data integration solutions between Oracle applications and external systems using APIs, web services, and ETL tools.
• Analyze functional requirements and translate them into technical design documents and scalable solutions.
• Proactively seek out opportunities for architectural improvements, optimizations, and innovations.
• Work with other engineers to identify areas for improvement, assess new technologies, and help shape the direction of the organization's technical roadmap.
• Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job.  However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

What You’ll Bring

• Intellectual curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset
• Strong experience with Oracle E-Business Suite or Oracle Fusion applications.
• Expertise in SQL performance tuning and query optimization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience developing interfaces using REST/SOAP APIs, Oracle Integration tools, or middleware.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

• An ability to break down complex problems, identify gaps and risks, and provide reliable level of effort estimates.

• Strong interpersonal skills including tact, diplomacy and ability to maintain composure under pressure.
• The flexibility to adapt to changing business needs, requirements, and priorities.
• An excellent understanding of DevSecOps best practices.

Qualifications

• BS/BA or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years engineering experience in supporting or implementing Oracle and PL/SQL
• Proven ability to develop and deliver software solutions.
• Advanced knowledge in several high-level languages, experience with at least one low-level language preferred.
• Experience working in agile and lean software development

F5 Networks, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.