> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Principal Core Infrastructure Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ac7f57aab926fa58 Oracle posts a principal FDE role to integrate and configure the product in Nashville, TN, at $114,600–$234,600 base, below the staff+ FDE median of $225,000 across 388 postings with pay. Architect and deploy large-scale GPU, HPC, and AI infrastructure on OCI using Terraform, Ansible, Slurm, Kubernetes, and automation frameworks. Read from the employer’s posting on November 6, 2026. - [Oracle](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/oracle) First seen Sep 2, 2026 · open on Oracle Cloud as of Nov 6, 2026 **$114,600–$234,600** + equity Nashville, TN Full-time Architect and deploy large-scale GPU, HPC, and AI infrastructure on OCI using Terraform, Ansible, Slurm, Kubernetes, and automation frameworks. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2Fac7f57aab926fa58&placement=top) - [View posting at Oracle](https://eeho.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_45001/job/344037) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay $115K–$235K Below the median Midpoint $175K · median $225K This job $115K to $235K. Staff+ FDE postings, 388 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $197K to $262K, median $225K. ### The work Integrates and configures it Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: Both - **Level**: Staff+ - **Role**: Technical lead ### What they ask for Experience - **5+ years** Architecture, Operations, and/or System Engineering - **5+ years** Consulting and interacting with customers, including architects and C-level stakeholders *Preferred* Background - **Software engineering** - **Consulting** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 5+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a staff-level role. What level are you at now? The job is in Nashville, TN. Could you work there? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. 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