Principal Optical Engineer: Cloud Transport & Automation

Oracle; Hagåtña (GU); On-site; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Principal Optical Engineer to join the Optical Network Engineering team responsible for building and scaling Oracle's Optical Transport Network. The role focuses on engineering and development, FOA deployment and metro optical transport solutions to support Oracle's cloud and AI infrastructure.

You will lead lifecycle programs, guide engineers, translate high-level architectures into scalable designs, and work across product, network leadership and PMO to align technology

Qualifications

• 6-10+ years network infrastructure engineering in optics and optical
• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering; Masters preferred
• Experience with datacenter engineering cabling preferred
• Python coding and scripting is a big plus

Responsibilities

• Lead network lifecycle management programs with objectives and milestones
• Act as a technical lead for moderately complex projects with small teams
• Advise project managers and coordinate with leaders
• Collaborate across the organization as a technical SME
• Own requirements, designs and documentation
• Decompose architectures into scalable designs
• Lead engineers on multi-service layer solutions
• Partner with service teams for monitoring, automation and readiness
• Serve as Tier 3 escalation for network incidents
• Drive root-cause analysis and systematic resolution
• Develop automation scripts to streamline tasks
• Contribute to network automation design and SDLC
• Provide coaching, development support to staff
• Collaborate with vendor teams and account managers
• Support RFQs/RFPs and evaluate new hardware/technology
• Maintain communication with product teams, leadership, PMO

Skills

optical network engineering

network infrastructure

Python scripting

leadership

cross-functional collaboration

Education

Electrical Engineering

Masters preferred

Tools

Datacenter cabling

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Principal Optical Engineer to join the Optical Network Engineering team responsible for building and scaling Oracle's Optical Transport Network. The role focuses on engineering and development, FOA deployment and metro optical transport solutions to support Oracle's cloud and AI infrastructure.

You will lead lifecycle programs, guide engineers, translate high-level architectures into scalable designs, and work across product, network leadership and PMO to align technology