Senior Cloud Network Engineer

Oracle; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 91,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Network Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale global cloud networks. The role emphasizes deep routing knowledge, automation, and collaboration with Network Automation to enhance efficiencies.

You will work on data center fabrics, edge networks, and backbone connectivity within OCI regions. As part of the NRB team, you will lead change projects, participate in architecture discussions, and mentor junior engineers while driving improvements in runbooks,

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.
• 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 act as an SME for network automation projects.
• Collaborate with vendors to resolve software bugs, qualify new firmware/operating systems, and drive product roadmap influence.

Skills

Networking

Scripting (Python)

Cloud networking

Network security

Troubleshooting

Tools

Broadcom

Mellanox

NETCONF

OpenConfig

YANG

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Network Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale global cloud networks. The role emphasizes deep routing knowledge, automation, and collaboration with Network Automation to enhance efficiencies.

You will work on data center fabrics, edge networks, and backbone connectivity within OCI regions. As part of the NRB team, you will lead change projects, participate in architecture discussions, and mentor junior engineers while driving improvements in runbooks,