Principal Network Development Engineer

Are you humble yet inquisitive Ambitious while also pragmatic Determined and action oriented Do you find puzzles and problems both exciting and fun Are you principled while also adaptive Do you feel that problem avoidance trumps the diving save Are you data driven analytical and passionate about the customer Do you describe yourself as a lifelong learner If you answer yes then Oracles IES Data Center Network Engineering team is looking for YOU!

Who We Are

Oracle Cloud continues innovative breakthroughs providing Autonomous Database and cloud services to an ever-increasing customer customer base includes fortune 500 and industry leaders across a variety of sectors including Federal/Government Communications Financial Services Health Sciences Hospitality Retail Utilities Construction and Engineering.

The IES Data Center Network Engineering team plays a critical role in maintaining a robust and highly available infrastructure that span US and global centers for both IES and OHAI environments. The teams responsibilities span across core routing and switching advanced fabric technologies and network automation while also managing monitoring security and lifecycle management of hardware and software

One of the teams core priorities is the migration of Cerner and OHAI tenants to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). To support this the Data Center Engineering group requires experienced specialized Network Development Engineers who possess both deep architectural knowledge and extensive migration experience. Ensuring Site UP is the top priority we are laser focused on ensuring site reliability performance and security while leading migration efforts to the next generation cloud infrastructure.

What Youll Do

This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge network engineering and cloud transformation projects working with diverse teams to shape the future of enterprise networking solutions.

• Design automate and maintain highly available data center and cloud network infrastructure
• Drive complex migrations from on-prem environments to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Advance automation lifecycle management and live-site reliability across international environments
• Lead deep technical initiatives to ensure the network remains secure scalable and aligned with Oracles next-generation cloud strategy
• Drive strategy and architecture across multiple teams and regions
• Define frameworks standards and future-state designs for the network
• Serve as a strategic influencer guiding engineering direction and cross-functional alignment

What Youll Bring

• Extensive Professional experience engineering solutions and supporting carrier grade IP based ISP Web scale and data center network environments.
• Apply expertise in Virtual Cloud Network technologies (OCI Azure AWS GCS etc)
• Demonstrated progressive increase in role specific responsibilities and associated complexities
• Expert level experience with internet routing protocols and concepts including but not limited to IP BGP iBGP EGP MPLS IS-IS OSPF IPSEC & NAT.
• Maintain advanced knowledge of IP addressing CIDR and RFC 1918 strategy and implementation best practices
• Utilize developed level automation experience including proficiency in a combination of Python Ansible Chef Docker JSON REST and YAML
• Demonstrate superior knowledge of Layer 4-7 protocols including TCP UDP SMB RCP TLS SSL HTTP HTTPS DNS SNMP SMTP and SSH.
• Expert level acumen with Network life cycle management (LCM) programs including an ability to create and maintain detailed technical documentation of network and cloud system designs configurations and methods of procedure.
• Operational experience with GIT/Dev Ops based version control systems including foundational knowledge with branching merge/pull requests concepts.
• Demonstrated ability to perform protocol and packet analysis of traffic flows including HTTP HTTPS communications
• Bring level experience in capacity management traffic engineering and performance optimization
• Familiarity with system monitoring concepts and ability to define key performance indicators and thresholds for new services

Extra Edge

• Agile methodologies and Scrum
• Linux/Unix environment
• Incident-to-Problem workflow automation and reporting
• CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure projects
• Grafana for monitoring and analytics
• Network change and release management
• IP network management tools (IP Control Blue Cat IPAM)
• Define and measure OKRs KPIs OLAs and SLAs

What we will offer you

• A competitive salary with exciting benefits.
• Flexible and remote working so you can do your best work.
• Learning and development opportunities to advance your career.
• Employee resource groups that champion our diverse communities.

At Oracle we dont just respect differenceswe celebrate them. We believe that innovation starts with inclusion and to create the future we need people with diverse backgrounds perspectives and abilities. Thats why were committed to creating a workplace where all kinds of people can do their best work. Its when everyones voice is heard and valued that were inspired to go beyond whats been done before.
Level - IC5