Principal Optical Engineer: Metro Network & Automation Lead

Oracle; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle seeks a Principal Optical Engineer to join the Optical Network Engineering team and drive optical transport solutions for cloud and AI infrastructure. You will lead design, development, and deployment of metro optical systems while reducing costs and training other teams.

The role involves up to 25% travel to data center sites and collaboration across vendor teams, product groups, and PMO to align technology investments with service requirements.

Qualifications

• 6-10+ years network infrastructure engineering in optics and optical systems.
• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering; Masters preferred.
• Experience with DWDM, ROADM, EDFA, and Raman amplification is a plus.
• Python coding and scripting experience is a big plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead network lifecycle programs with objectives, milestones, and tasks.
• Act as technical lead coordinating two to three engineers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and document designs.
• Own requirements, specifications, and system documentation.
• Develop network solutions across multiple service layers and complex interactions.
• Support automation, monitoring, and operational readiness processes.

Skills

Optical networking

Network engineering

Cloud experience

Python scripting

Education

Electrical Engineering (Bachelor's)

Electrical Engineering (Master's preferred)

Tools

Python

Job description

Oracle seeks a Principal Optical Engineer to join the Optical Network Engineering team and drive optical transport solutions for cloud and AI infrastructure. You will lead design, development, and deployment of metro optical systems while reducing costs and training other teams.

The role involves up to 25% travel to data center sites and collaboration across vendor teams, product groups, and PMO to align technology investments with service requirements.