Head of Network Engineering & Cloud Connectivity

Oracle; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 146,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a senior leader to oversee one or more Network Engineering teams responsible for hyperscale L3/L4 networking and cloud connectivity in the United States. You will define tactical and strategic plans, drive cross-group improvements in reliability, security, and cost efficiency, and report progress to leadership.

You will manage budgets, coordinate hardware lifecycle across routers, switches, and optics, and ensure interoperable, cost-effective components that enable secure,

Qualifications

• Experience leading large network engineering teams.
• Strong strategic planning and program management.
• Deep knowledge of hyperscale networking and cloud connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Defines multi-quarter architecture roadmap for DC fabrics, routing policy, IPv6 strategy, failure domains, and traffic engineering across regions.
• Leads cross-team design reviews and modernization programs (e.g., EVPN/VXLAN/SDN upgrades); enforces MOP/rollback and verification standards.
• Standardizes VPC/VCN topologies, transit/peering, PrivateLink/service endpoints, NAT, and inter-/multi-cloud connectivity.
• Optimizes L4/L7 load balancing and service-insertion at scale; enforces cost/SLO guardrails and capacity alignment.
• Embeds zero-trust-aligned segmentation and policy frameworks; drives rulebase lifecycle and tech-debt reduction.
• Leads audit readiness and risk reduction programs with Security/GRC; implements policy-as-code and preventative controls.
• Institutionalizes IaC modules/collections and GitOps; mandates code reviews, policy-as-code, testing, and safe deployment patterns (canary/auto-rollback).
• Sponsors platform/tooling investments; tracks and improves DORA metrics across teams.
• Sets SLI/SLO policy for the group; ensures telemetry pipelines (SNMP/streaming, NetFlow/IPFIX, flow logs) support reliability, capacity, and security analytics.
• Chairs capacity/performance reviews; directs right-sizing, routing optimization, and placement decisions.

Job description

Oracle is seeking a senior leader to oversee one or more Network Engineering teams responsible for hyperscale L3/L4 networking and cloud connectivity in the United States. You will define tactical and strategic plans, drive cross-group improvements in reliability, security, and cost efficiency, and report progress to leadership.

You will manage budgets, coordinate hardware lifecycle across routers, switches, and optics, and ensure interoperable, cost-effective components that enable secure,