Global Cloud Network Architect & Automation Lead

Oracle; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 91,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Parity benefits including vision/dent

Job summary

Oracle NRB team is responsible for deploying and operating large-scale global cloud networks, including data center fabrics, edge networks, and backbone connectivity for OCI regions. The role emphasizes automation, runbooks, and mentoring junior engineers.

Successful candidates will design, deploy, and operate complex networks, participate in architecture design, and coordinate with automation to enhance tooling and workflows. Strong scripting and vendor coordination skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in large ISP or cloud provider environments.
• Hands-on exposure to commodity Ethernet hardware (Broadcom, Mellanox).
• Deep knowledge of routing and transport protocols: BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, DHCP, MPLS.
• Experience with Internet peering, inter-domain networking, and VPN/SSL technologies.
• Proficiency in scripting/automation (Python preferred) and datacenter design.
• Familiarity with automation frameworks, network modeling (YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF), and telemetry systems.
• Strong understanding of network security design, system performance testing, and operational monitoring.
• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to influence product direction and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Participate in network lifecycle management through build and upgrade projects.
• Collaborate with program and project managers to define milestones and deliverables.
• Execute network changes using existing procedures and tools, and develop new procedures as needed.
• Serve as a technical lead on team projects, contributing to roadmap development, creating new runbooks and methods of procedure, and mentoring junior engineers.
• Participate in solution and architecture design, developing standalone features, supporting operational rotations, providing break-fix support, serving as an escalation point, and leading post-event root cause analysis.
• Coordinate with automation services to develop and integrate tooling, scripting to automate routine tasks, and acting as an SME for network automation projects.
• Collaborating with vendors to resolve software bugs, qualifying new firmware/operating systems, and driving product roadmap influence.

Skills

Python

BGP

OSPF

IS-IS

TCP/IP

IPv4/IPv6

DNS/DHCP

MPLS

Automation

Networking hardware

Tools

Broadcom

Mellanox

YANG/OpenConfig

NETCONF

Job description

Oracle NRB team is responsible for deploying and operating large-scale global cloud networks, including data center fabrics, edge networks, and backbone connectivity for OCI regions. The role emphasizes automation, runbooks, and mentoring junior engineers.

Successful candidates will design, deploy, and operate complex networks, participate in architecture design, and coordinate with automation to enhance tooling and workflows. Strong scripting and vendor coordination skills are essential.