Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer, Networking

Oracle; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 79,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Disability coverage

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off & paid holidays

Parental leave

Stock purchase plan

Job summary

Oracle US is building the next generation of our Cloud Infrastructure networking. This role contributes to the design and development of OCI Networking data plane and routing foundation for global cloud services.

You will work on distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance, security, and tooling, with opportunities to impact architecture and operational excellence across teams.

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals in computer science and systems design.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and networking.
• Experience building large-scale distributed services for cloud platforms.
• Ability to contribute to architecture of scalable cloud networks.
• Familiarity with distributed state management tools.
• Knowledge of recovery-oriented design including redundancy and failover.
• Experience with encryption and IAM in multi-tenant environments.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and automation tooling.
• Awareness of compliance and maintaining current documentation.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design and development of OCI Networking data plane and routing foundation.
• Build and scale distributed components for horizontal and vertical growth.
• Optimize code and systems for large-scale data processing.
• Implement scalability and review teammates' work.
• Utilize platform components for large-scale data retrieval, storage, processing.
• Develop performance and load testing capabilities.
• Design fault-tolerant services with redundancy and automatic failover.
• Apply recovery-oriented principles to handle disruptions and instability.
• Create retry logic, circuit breakers, and timeouts.
• Build tests, alarms, dashboards, telemetry, and alerting for health monitoring.
• Design features and testing within existing systems.
• Execute fault-injection and brown-out testing for reliability.
• Support incident response and root cause analysis.
• Create automation scripts/tools for diagnosing issues.
• Participate in rotations and on-call duties.
• Improve security, compliance, and documentation across cloud infra.
• Maintain automation and infrastructure-as-code tooling for cloud environments.
• Follow patching/change-management procedures.
• Track timelines with minimal supervision and adjust priorities.
• Collaborate across teams to align goals and expectations.
• Identify and resolve issues; escalate when needed.
• Continue learning tools and best practices; recommend process improvements.

Skills

Distributed systems

Networking & routing

Cloud infrastructure

Infra as Code

Security controls

Recovery design

Multi-tenant security

Documentation/compliance

Architecture contribution

Job description

Salary: $79,200 - 209,500 per year

Requirements:

• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Deep understanding of networking and routing
• Experience building large-scale distributed systems
• Ability to contribute to the architecture of scalable cloud networking platforms
• Familiarity with distributed state management tools
• Knowledge of recovery-oriented design, redundancy, replication, and failover concepts
• Experience with security controls such as encryption and access management in multi-tenant environments
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling
• Ability to work in the U.S. may be relevant for certain roles, along with any applicable health, immunization, or drug testing requirements
• Understanding of compliance expectations and maintaining current documentation

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the design and development of OCI Networkings data plane and routing foundation
• Build and scale distributed system components that support horizontal and vertical growth
• Optimize code and systems for large-scale data processing
• Implement scalability requirements and review work produced by teammates
• Use platform components to support large-scale data retrieval, storage, and processing
• Develop performance and load testing capabilities
• Help design fault-tolerant services with redundancy, replication, and automatic failover
• Apply recovery-oriented principles to handle service disruptions and network instability
• Create retry logic, circuit breakers, and timeout handling
• Build tests, alarms, dashboards, telemetry, and alerting to monitor component health
• Design and implement feature functionality and testing within existing systems
• Execute fault-injection and brown-out testing to validate correctness and availability
• Support incident response, root cause analysis, and operational troubleshooting
• Create automation scripts and tools for diagnosing and resolving operational issues
• Participate in operational support rotations
• Help improve security, compliance, and documentation across cloud infrastructure
• Maintain automation and infrastructure-as-code tooling for cloud environments
• Follow change management procedures for patching, updating, and rollback activities
• Track timelines with minimal supervision and adjust priorities as needed
• Collaborate across teams to align expectations and achieve shared goals
• Identify and resolve standard and non-standard issues, escalating when appropriate
• Continue learning new tools and industry best practices
• Recommend process improvements to increase team efficiency and effectiveness

Technologies:

• Cloud
• Support
• Network
• Oracle
• Security
• DevOps
• Incident Management
• Windows

More:

We are collaborating with Oracle to connect exceptional professionals for this role on the OCI Networking Data Plane team. We are building the next generation of Oracle Cloud Infrastructures networking platform and rearchitecting OCIs routing foundation to support advanced networking services at global cloud scale. This position offers the opportunity to influence the architecture of one of the worlds largest cloud networking platforms while working closely with OCI Networking and Infrastructure teams. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; disability coverage; life insurance; flexible spending accounts; commuter and parking benefits; a 401(k) with company match; paid time off; paid holidays; paid sick leave; parental leave; adoption assistance; employee stock purchase plan; financial planning and legal support; and voluntary insurance options. The US hiring range is $79,200 to $209,500 per year, with potential bonus and equity eligibility, and applications are generally accepted for at least three calendar days from the posting date or while the role remains open.

last updated 40 week of 2026