Corporate Architecture IP & Technology Analyst

Job Description

Department Description : Oracle Corporate Architecture

The core mission of Oracle's Corporate Architecture group is to set and enforce direction in product architecture and related standards for a wide variety of functional areas, including security, use of Oracle's core technology stack throughout the product portfolio, accessibility, and intellectual property strategy and compliance.

Among other functions, the Corporate Architecture group approves the use of all third party technology in Oracle Products, access to Oracle's network and to product source code, open source releases, and commercial inbound license agreements.

Position Overview

This position will have a variety of responsibilities involving both business and technical oversight and enforcement of Oracle policy across the organization. Some particular areas of responsibility will include :

Helping drive requirements and specifications for tooling implementing our policies (e.g., tools for managing approvals of third party software and data, code scanning and bill of materials generation, and tracking applications of AI in Oracle products and services).

Ensuring product compliance with license requirements and policies on the use of third party technology and working with development teams to remediate any gaps.

Review and approval of the following with respect to IP rights and other license terms, security, competitive positioning, sustainability, and other concerns :

• Uses of Free and Open Source Software,
• Uses of proprietary third party software and cloud services,
• Uses of Oracle owned, third party licensed, and / or customer data in product development and research,
• Uses of external consulting and development services for product development, auditing, and certification functions,
• Distributions of and agreements to distribute or otherwise provide access to Oracle source code,
• Third party access to Oracle's internal network(s),
• Uses of third party hardware in Oracle products and services, and
• Uses of artificial intelligence in Oracle products and services.
• Partnership agreements involving any or all of the above.

Coordinating with other groups including Legal, lines of business, other approvers, and cross-functional technology teams (e.g., UI and security teams) on architecture and policy matters.

Collecting, authoring and disseminating Corporate Architecture policy on third party technology, source code, security, open source, and commercial agreements.

Job Responsibilities & Requirements

The ideal candidate for this position would be either a developer with substantial contracts management experience, or a business operations manager or attorney with enough technical depth and experience to readily understand both the details of proposed technological solutions and their implications vis-à-vis security, licensing and competitive issues. The position will require the ability to understand both the uses of third party technology in our products, and the licenses and other requirements that govern those uses, in detail. It also requires someone who is interested in learning what is going on across a huge range of product and service offerings, and whose personality will allow them to pragmatically help manage Oracle developers (and business people, and lawyers) into compliance with policy. Experienced cat herders will be strongly considered - if you have the right skills and are up to the challenge we would love to talk with you.

Experience of at least 5 years in software development, business operations, or program or product management is required. Pluses would include specific experience with product and / or network security, experience managing the integration of third party technology into product and service offerings, and experience dealing with licensing, contracts, or other intellectual property issues.

The candidate should have excellent teamwork, communication, and decision-making abilities.

A BSCS or equivalent is preferred but not required.

Oracle is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Responsibilities

As a member of the product development division, you will specify, design and implement major changes to existing software architecture. Define project needs. Build and execute unit tests and unit test plans. Review integration and regression plans created by QA. Communicate with QA and porting engineering to ensure consistency, testability and portability across products in general.

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 : $139,400 to $291,800 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

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 - IC6

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