Network Developer 5

at Oracle in Springfield, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Description

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world. The Corporate Networking organization within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) designs, deploys, operates, and supports employee connectivity solutions and services for Oracle. We manage Corporate Offices, On-Prem Data Centers, wired/wireless networks, WAN connectivity, and related services such as VPN and IDS/IPS.

This Principal Network Development Engineer (NDE) is focused on design and support of network fabric and systems. You will leverage a combination of a deep level understanding of networking at the protocol level, coupled with programming skills to support the intensive automation required to operate a production environment. We seek builders who can drive cloud-scale.

Lead network lifecycle management programs by defining high-level objectives and delivery procedures. Organizes project technical milestones & supporting tasks. May work as project technical lead, coordinating effort of two or three engineers. Advises project/program manager and coordinates with immediate and skip-level leadership. Collaborates across teams within same org (same VP). May serve as technical SME in cross-functional activities. Has technical responsibility for moderately complex project(s), including project requirements, specifications (where applicable), and documentation. Responsible for decomposing high-level architectures into detailed designs. May lead multiple engineers in developing network solutions consisting of multiple modules with complex interactions; Work with supporting service teams to ensure solutions are properly supported by monitoring and automation systems. Serves at Tier2 or specialized escalation point for network events and provides break-fix support for large-scale events. Serves as principle point of contact for driving systematic resolution of complex network issues. Act as SME for root cause analysis efforts. Frequently develops scripts to automate non-traditional, complex tasks for business unit. May serve as a technical lead on network automation design and delivery projects. Provides a broad set of guidance to technical and senior technical members of staff. Interprets input from leaders (technical and managers) and provides focused development to junior member. Able to carry out technical coaching sessions, and helps junior members develop skills. Collaborates with vendor engineering and account manager to address current business or operational issues. Participates in the development of RFQ/RFPs. May lead the adoption of new vendor hardware. Active communication with product teams. Responsible to drive technology to meet product and service requirements. Participate in coordinated communication with product teams, networking leadership, and PMO to help assess gaps, solutions and needs.

Required Qualifications:

+ Bachelors degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

+ At least 12 years of related professional experience

+ Experience with networking protocols such as TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and SSL.

+ Experience with Network Segmentation and Zero Trust Networking.

+ Experience with Internet peering and inter-domain networking.

+ Experience with Enterprise networking. Layer 2 (Wired & Wireless) & Layer 3.

+ Experience with Identity Systems.

+ Experience with high level software design/development.

+ Experience with new product development, interoperability testing, and global releases

+ Demonstrated knowledge in a scripting or compiled language for automation and datacenter design

+ Experience with automation systems, framework design/use and deployment.

+ Experience with network modeling and programming – YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF.

+ Knowledge of network security design, system performance characterization and testing.

+ Exposure to commodity Ethernet, Firewall and networking hardware (Fortinet, Juniper, Broadcom/Arista/F5/Cisco)

+ Protocol experience with BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, DHCP, MPLS, SDWAN, ZTNA.

+ Knowledge of data flow and telemetry design, deployment and operation.

+ Excellent judgment in influence for product roadmap direction, features, and priorities.

+ Demonstrated ability to drive hardware vendors for compliance, new and existing platform code testing for vulnerabilities / risk mitigation, and bug scrubs.

+ Able to carry out technical coaching sessions, develop executive briefings, and helps junior members develop skills.

+ Capable of working under limited supervision.

+ Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Experience working in a large Enterprise environment

+ Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment

+ Demonstrated knowledge of Ansible, Python and/or Terraform for automation and datacenter design.

Values are OCI’s foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future.

Career Level – IC5

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

+ Supports the design, deployment, and operations of a large-scale, enterprise network.

+ Has technical responsibility for complex project(s), including project requirements, specifications, and documentation.

+ Responsible for composing high-level architectures in collaboration with various LoB customers, converting those into detailed designs, documentation, and lead transformation of on-prem applications to cloud based networking.

+ Frequently develops scripts to automate non-traditional, complex tasks for business units.

+ Serves as a technical lead on network automation design and delivery projects.

+ Serves at Tier3 or specialized escalation point for network events and provides break-fix support for large-scale events. Serves as principal point of contact for driving systematic resolution of complex network issues/act as SME for root cause analysis efforts.

+ Leads network programs by defining high-level objectives and delivery procedures, including organizing project technical milestones & supporting tasks.

+ Provide supporting service teams with requirements and specifications to ensure solutions are properly supported by standard monitoring and automation systems.

+ Lead/coordinate multiple engineers in developing network solutions consisting of multiple modules with complex interactions

+ Participates in 24×7×365 on-call rotation schedule for Tier 3 escalation coverage.

+ Serves as technical SME in cross-functional activities with other divisional architects to create technology roadmaps and collaborate with senior leadership

+ Participates in the development of RFQ/RFPs.

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range: from $120,100 to $251,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

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