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Rimantas joined Oracle when we acquired the cloud security startup Zenedge. Two years later, he’s still stoked that he gets to indulge his biggest passion here: cybersecurity.

"I did various cybersecurity-related things and joined several cybersecurity groups while studying—I even got my Master’s in it. Overall, breaking things is much more fun for me than securing things. They both go hand in hand in my role!"

Rimantas is now developing the back end of our Web Application Firewall. "We’re working on creating the engine that checks traffic for both our teams and our customers. This involves building and fine-tuning the engine itself, working on features that help identify malicious patterns, features to detect both good and bad bots, various access-control enforcement roles, dealing with high traffic loads, and moving around large amounts of logs of detected events."

Viktorija is a site reliability engineer in London, where she works remotely for our Lithuanian hub.

Having worked at a startup, Viktorija went through an interesting transition, where she discovered the advantages of working in an international technology company with a startup mentality at its core. “The work culture here is structured by our core values, with lots of experience and best practices applied when delivering changes to customers,” she shares.

This marked a big change for Viktorija. “With Oracle, the direction is clear; it helps us as a team to plan changes more thoroughly and deliver competitive products. Our strong engineering culture guides us to make sure that products have up-to-date security patches, and routine training helps everyone in the team get on the same page.”

During college, Gytis had a special interest in natural phenomena and understanding how things worked. “I went from applied physics to theoretical physics to mathematics and engineering, but my main focus was always the same: to solve problems with computers.”

As a senior software engineer, Gytis’ role involves a diverse set of responsibilities which allow him to flex his wide-ranging expertise. “The main focus of my studies was simulations, which translates into high-performing data manipulations,” he explains. “All the problems and solutions in that area can be easily applied to cloud servers as well. My scientific mentality helps me solve problems and investigate issues, and my unique mindset has helped me become a really valued member of the team.”

Gytis finds working from different perspectives extremely rewarding. “From developing software to engineering infrastructure and resolving customer issues, I get to apply my skills and learn new things from all the specialists I work with.”

Mantas’ team takes complete ownership of their product. “Our WAF service all gets tested, developed, and implemented here in Lithuania. It’s great to be able to work for Oracle in my home country, and even better in my home city,” he enthuses.

“Oracle is one of the tech giants that’s well-known everywhere, and it’s the only company in Lithuania that’s working on a cloud offering. Many people have to emigrate to other countries for better job opportunities, but with Oracle we have great opportunities right here,” he observes.

On the career side of things, Mantas believes that joining Oracle has opened up a whole new world of possibilities. “Oracle has a defined career path for individual contributors and managers. Plus, the fact that there are so many different services and teams in Oracle Cloud means there’s a lot of room for exploration and career growth,” he notes.