Network Engineering Leader — Data Center & Cloud Infra

Oracle; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 414,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and vacation

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Oracle in Seattle, WA is seeking a senior leader to head Network Engineering for data center, backbone/edge, and cloud networking. You will craft strategies that drive reliability, security, performance, and cost, own revenue and budgets, and partner with executive leadership on direction and significant negotiations.

You may lead a mixed team of Network and Hardware Engineers, manage the network platform lifecycle from planning to sustaining routers, optics, and cabling, and ensure

Responsibilities

• Defines multi-year architecture for fabrics, backbone/edge, IPv6-first, failure domains, traffic engineering
• Sponsors cross-org modernization initiatives and major migrations; sets governance for MOP/rollback, verification, and change risk
• Establishes enterprise blueprints for VPC/VCN, transit/peering, PrivateLink/service endpoints, NAT, hybrid and inter-cloud
• Sets policy for L4/L7 platforms and service insertion with SLO/cost targets
• Defines group-wide zero-trust strategy, segmentation, encryption, and DDoS/WAF posture; approves risk exceptions
• Ensures global audit readiness; drives preventative controls and evidence automation in partnership with Security/GRC
• Governs network-as-code strategy; funds and prioritizes IaC, GitOps, policy-as-code, and validation platforms
• Sets target DORA and reliability metrics; ensures adoption across teams and holds leaders accountable
• Leads executive communications for high-severity incidents; ensures durable remediations and cross-org learning
• Drives cross-organization programs and vendor strategy; negotiates major contracts and partnerships
• Approves enterprise reference architectures, standards, and runbooks; ensures documentation quality and control evidence across regions
• Chairs architecture and change councils; institutionalizes lessons learned and continuous improvement
• Provides strategic oversight on the management and execution of large-scale projects or initiatives, monitoring timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable to ensure success
• Sets strategies for appropriately delegating work, setting priorities, and aligning projects with business needs
• Drives collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of expectations and strategic objectives
• Develops strategies for specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts across the organization, serving as an escalation point for highly complex operational and/or technical issues
• Champions continuous learning to maintain cutting-edge skills and influence organizational best practices
• Drives a culture of continuous improvement that sets a standard for efficient and effective processes, protocols, and workflows across the organization
• Drives performance management strategies, systems, processes, and guidelines across the organization

Job description

Oracle in Seattle, WA is seeking a senior leader to head Network Engineering for data center, backbone/edge, and cloud networking. You will craft strategies that drive reliability, security, performance, and cost, own revenue and budgets, and partner with executive leadership on direction and significant negotiations.

You may lead a mixed team of Network and Hardware Engineers, manage the network platform lifecycle from planning to sustaining routers, optics, and cabling, and ensure