MySQL HeatWave Solution Engineer

Job Description
Oracle is the #1 global provider of business software, with a market-leading presence in over 175 countries. Our cloud solutions are transforming the world of business, empowering governments, and helping society evolve with the pace of change. Join the Oracle Class Of program to kick-start your career with some real responsibility, an incredible learning experience and chance to connect the biggest enterprises of today with the tools to compete in the digital economy of tomorrow.  

Your core responsibility is to help the customers understand their business problems, discover their environments, and then suggest technology solutions using MySQL HeatWave services in Oracle Cloud. You will have opportunities to engage with a variety of customers from all sectors and industries (e.g. retail, banking, healthcare, energy, automotive, government and many others). To remain at the cutting edge of innovation, the organization will provide significant investment in your professional development via training, mentoring and a social network of resources and thought leaders inside Oracle. It is also expected that you are a self-starter and have a passion for learning new subjects on your own and then help evangelize those learning with your peers and community.

Oracle is building a best in class cloud services line that supports the most fast paced mission-critical customer requirements, operating at cloud scale to provide a secure, distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment. Our cloud solutions are redefining the world of business, empowering governments, and helping society evolve with the pace of change. Our mission is simple: we build new and innovative technology solutions for real world problems that our customers face. And so, we are seeking people who share that spirit of using technology to innovate and solve big problems.

The ideal candidate profile is one who has a blend of technical skills (scripting, object-oriented programming, UX design, analytics, and data science) with a business minded approach. You are expected to work directly with some of the largest enterprise customers and cutting-edge start-ups, along with collaborating with members of the field.

Key activities include:

• Performing proof of concepts, benchmarks or technical evaluations with clients
• Building and publishing repeatable cloud solutions
• Delivering hands-on technical workshops
• Creating new industry-focused solutions using cloud native technologies
• Driving reporting on business activities
• Implementing and scaling programs designed to improve customer success
• Develop and maintain communication with key project collaborators and decision makers.

Responsibilities
What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, MIS, or related degree. GPA of 3.2+ preferred
• Strong software engineering and project management fundamentals
• Experience with 2 or more scripting languages (Python, C#, Java, C++, etc.)
• Experience with 2 database systems (MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, etc)
• Confident communicator with ability to collaborate and present concepts clearly
• Driven self-starter with strong organizational skills
• Innovative, entrepreneurial spirit, open to new ideas and challenges
• Strategic thinker with ability to build rapport easily with customers and colleagues
• Demonstrated ability to balance several competing priorities at once
• Professional level of English and a local language specific to the location

Bonus Points:

• Hands on experience with Cloud Services (Oracle, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
• Hands on experience with Cloud Native technologies such as container deployments, streaming, monitoring
• Hands on experience with data analytics and data science techniques
• Experience and/or training in project management (PMP Certification, CAPM Certification, etc.)

A career at Oracle is defined by you. We give you the freedom—and the skills—to write your own success story. Whatever avenue you go down, you’ll gain priceless learning experiences and be supported to do your best work.

As part of Oracle's standard employment process, candidates will undergo a complete background check prior to an offer being extended. These background checks are conducted by a professional third party firm at no charge to the applicant and include: prior employment verification, education verification, social security trace, criminal background check and motor vehicles records (where required for position).

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability and protected veterans status or any other characteristic protected by law.