Software Architect, OCI Networking

Oracle

Job Location:

Bengaluru - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

About the business
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a set of complementary cloud services that
enable you to build and run a range of applications and services in a highly
available hosted environment. OCI provides high-performance compute
capabilities (as physical hardware instances) and storage capacity in a flexible
overlay virtual network that is securely accessible from your on-premises
network.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Networking provides secure low-latency and
high-performance connections in your virtual cloud network. Experience on-
premises performance in the cloud. Scale your network for AI and HPC
applications with thousands of CPUs and GPUs. Protect your workloads with an
advanced intrusion detection and prevention firewall.
OCI Networking IDC comprises approximately 470 engineers and leads critical
charters in Data Plane Control Plane Network Functions and innovative AI for
Networking solutions. Our team develops and operates cutting-edge cloud
networking services ensuring scalability reliability and high performance for
Oracles global datacenter infrastructure.

Responsibilities

What youll do

Aimed at implementing AI/ML/LLM solutions for networking building a strategic greenfield new 0->1 project for OCI.

Provide architectural leadership across all layers of OCI Networking

focusing on the India datacenter.

Drive innovation in the Control Plane leading design and implementation

of core capabilities for Virtual Networks (VN) and Network Functions.

Spearhead initiatives for next-generation Control Plane solutions

including enhanced network monitoring observability and the adoption

of AI/ML for intelligent network operations.

Architect robust solutions for the Data Plane optimizing Virtual Network

(VN) Data Plane performance scalability and reliability.

Lead architecture and development for key network functions including

but not limited to VNICaaS Network Load Balancer (NLB) Security

Groups (SG) Private Network Pathways (PNP) RADS RCE and DNS

Proxy.

Ensure service reliability and adherence to high availability and security

standards in the design and operation of network functions.

Collaborate with product engineering and operations teams to align

networking infrastructure with OCIs business and technical objectives.

Mentor and guide senior engineers fostering technical excellence and

knowledge sharing across the team.

What youll bring
18 years of industry experience with a demonstrated record of
developing modern cloud-scale networking solutions.
Deep technical expertise in networking protocols distributed systems
and datacenter network architecture (e.g. Control Plane Data Plane
Virtual Networks and advanced Network Functions).
Proven track record architecting large-scale reliable high-performance
networking services in a public cloud or enterprise environment.
Experience with AI/ML applications in network monitoring and
observability is highly desirable.
In-depth knowledge of security compliance and service availability as
related to networking infrastructure.

Strong leadership communication and cross-team collaboration skills.

Core Competencies: -

ML Engineering experience: Built AI/ML solutions at scale in production.
Architect and deliver intelligent systems with Large Language models GPU clusters vLLM ONNX Agentic
workflows (LangChain / LangGraph) Multi Agent Systems and related concepts
Distributed systems cloud computing with knowledge in AI particularly GenAI
Not a science leader/thought leader but practitioner.
Bachelors or masters degree or equivalent experience (preferred) in Machine Learning Computer Science Computer
Engineering or related technical field.
15 years overall experience in software development with at least 4 years architecture and
designing distributed systems in cloud.
Must have critical thinking ability.
Clear communication style able to present to leadership.
Multi Cloud hosting

Preferred Qualifications
Experience driving architectural vision and orchestrating across multi-
functional engineering teams.
Hands-on expertise with modern programming languages (C/C Java
Python GO) and automation frameworks.
Contributions to open-source networking or cloud infrastructure projects.
Prior experience mentoring or managing senior technical talent.
Leadership competencies
Performance drive and execution
Youll deliver value and shape a performance-driven culture while
ensuring accountability and communicating expectations.
Collaboration
You understand and promote the value of collaboration and inclusivity
and can align strategic aims with organizational goals.
Communicating for impact
You inspire confidence by championing a clear understanding and
support of organizational strategy and objectives.
Inspirational leadership
You build a reputation for strategy by inspiring and empowering others
while showing leadership internally and externally.
Competitive edge
You anticipate changes in customer needs and seize opportunities to
build value encourage innovation and meet objectives.
Change agility
Youre comfortable with leading strategic change and adapting to the
market. Inspiring creativity and entrepreneurial thinking is second nature.
Mastering complexity
You think long-term in your decisions support solutions to complex
problems and encourage accountability in problem solving.
Education
A bachelors degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or related
technical field is preferred for this role. An advanced degree is a plus but not
essential

Qualifications

Career Level - IC5

Required Experience:

Staff IC

DescriptionAbout the business Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a set of complementary cloud services that enable you to build and run a range of applications and services in a highly available hosted environment. OCI provides high-performance compute capabilities (as physical hardware instan...