Marius Nel

About Marius Nel

I\'m a Senior Software Engineering Leader with 20+ years of experience building and scaling engineering teams across Big Four enterprises and high-growth startups. My work sits at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, security, and product delivery, with a track record of turning complex technical challenges into measurable business outcomes. I specialize in scaling organizations from the ground up, growing cross-functional teams from 5 to 50+, building cultures of accountability and high engagement, and delivering programs that move the needle on cost, speed, and quality. I\'ve led engineering organizations at Amazon, Oracle, and large financial organizations, and I bring both strategic vision and operational rigor to deliver large programs. Career Highlights $171M+ in cost savings by automating hardware provisioning — reducing cycle time from 127 days to 5 days across global assets. 72 weeks → 3 days go-to-market, consolidating 27 products into 15 and reducing cloud infrastructure costs from $11M to $7M. ISO 27001 certified in under 9 months, implementing a 4-pillar operational framework commended by external auditors. 35% growth in Alexa subscriptions and 27% YOY business growth, while scaling the team by 57% and holding attrition below 2%. Global network monitoring system deployed across 75 local zones, delivered 17% under budget, and generated 5 patents. Core expertise: Engineering Leadership · Cloud Infrastructure · Identity & Access Management · Security & Compliance · AWS · GCP · Team Scaling · Agile & DevOps · Product Vision

Experience

1. Sr Manager Software Development

   Oracle

   Oct 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Delivered measurable cost savings, throughput gains, and risk reduction across an enterprise identity portfolio by scaling operational rigor, reliability engineering, and modernization decision-making. Delivered $0.9M in annual third-party licensing savings by consolidating tools/contracts and standardizing on supportable platforms. Increased delivery throughput and predictability by implementing a decision-grade operating cadence (owners, dated checkpoints, exec reporting), driving a documented +32% ticket throughput improvement in ~6 months. Reduced enterprise risk across the identity portfolio by translating security debt into owned controls (access certifications, audit retention, credential/token hygiene). Improved availability for customer-facing authentication and provisioning flows by hardening incident response (clear ownership, repeatable diagnostics, escalation paths, and runbooks/handovers). Accelerated executive decisions on modernization programs by producing decision-ready options with tradeoffs, risks, dependencies, and time-bound milestones.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Technology Management

  Bachelor's Degree in Technology Management

• MBA (2025)

  MBA (2025)