Director of Hyperscale Network Engineering & Cloud Connectivity

Oracle; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 355,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle is seeking an experienced Network Engineering leader to guide one or more teams delivering hyperscale L3/L4 networking and cloud connectivity. You will set tactical and strategic plans, drive cross-group reliability and security improvements, and manage budgets across the teams you lead.

You may supervise mixed teams of Network Engineers and Network Hardware Engineers, coordinating the platform lifecycle for cost- and power-efficient, secure services at scale.

Responsibilities

• L3/L4 Network Topologies and Overlays: Defines multi-quarter architecture roadmap for DC fabrics, routing policy, IPv6 strategy, failure domains, and traffic engineering across regions.
• Cloud Networking Implementation and Operations: Standardizes VPC/VCN topologies, transit/peering, PrivateLink/service endpoints, NAT, and inter-/multi-cloud connectivity.
• Network Security Controls and Compliance Guardrails: Embeds zero-trust-aligned segmentation and policy frameworks; drives rulebase lifecycle and tech-debt reduction.
• Automation, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code: Institutionalizes IaC modules/collections and GitOps; mandates code reviews, policy-as-code, testing, and safe deployment patterns.
• Monitoring, Telemetry, and SLOs: Sets SLI/SLO policy; ensures telemetry pipelines support reliability, capacity, and security analytics.
• Cross-Team Collaboration and Operations Excellence: Leads cross-group incident response and complex changes; coordinates executive updates on high-importance matters.
• Documentation, Reviews, and Standards: Publishes group-level standards, reference architectures, and runbooks; ensures traceability to requirements and controls.
• Core Responsibilities - Planning & Execution: Oversees multiple teams on complex projects, monitors timelines, ensures delivery; coaches resource adjustments.
• Core Responsibilities - Collaboration & Partnership: Builds partnerships with business leaders and stakeholders; drives transparent collaboration.
• Core Responsibilities - Problem Solving: Guides analysis of complex data to identify root causes and preventive actions.
• Core Responsibilities - Continuous Learning: Encourages learning opportunities and skill development across the organization.
• Core Responsibilities - Continuous Improvement: Supports idea development and roadmapping for efficiency gains.
• Core Responsibilities - Performance and Development: Coaches teams to meet performance expectations and development goals.

Job description

Oracle is seeking an experienced Network Engineering leader to guide one or more teams delivering hyperscale L3/L4 networking and cloud connectivity. You will set tactical and strategic plans, drive cross-group reliability and security improvements, and manage budgets across the teams you lead.

You may supervise mixed teams of Network Engineers and Network Hardware Engineers, coordinating the platform lifecycle for cost- and power-efficient, secure services at scale.