Senior Data Center Network Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Professional development

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s Physical Networking organization builds and operates the global network infrastructure supporting OCI workloads across more than 50 regions. As a hands-on Senior Network Engineer, you’ll work with customers on network requirements, develop designs, and mentor peers.

You’ll automate provisioning with Python, APIs, and IaC, manage changes with validation and rollback, and collaborate with engineering, operations, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable

Qualifications

• 8+ years in network engineering or equivalent education path.
• Strong understanding of Layer 2–4 networking, IP addressing and subnetting, BGP, OSPF, IPv4/IPv6, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, ECMP.
• Experience designing, deploying, or operating data-center, cloud, service-provider, or large-enterprise networks.
• Hands-on automation of network provisioning, configuration, validation, or operations.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate data-center fabrics, routing, and secure connectivity for OCI's physical network.
• Translate customer and product requirements into network designs, standards, and deployment plans.
• Own projects from design through validation, deployment, documentation, and handoff.
• Build network automation and validation tools using Python, APIs, Git, and IaC.
• Execute production changes with pre-change checks, verification, and rollback procedures.
• Improve monitoring, capacity planning, runbooks, and incident response across devices and protocols.
• Participate in on-call rotations and drive large-scale incident resolution.
• Contribute to design reviews and mentor other engineers.

Skills

Layer 2-4 networking

BGP

OSPF

IPv4 / IPv6

Python automation

Git & APIs

Infrastructure as code

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field

Master’s degree in a related field

Doctorate in a related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

YANG

OpenConfig

NETCONF

gNMI

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s Physical Networking organization builds and operates the global network infrastructure supporting OCI workloads across more than 50 regions. As a hands-on Senior Network Engineer, you’ll work with customers on network requirements, develop designs, and mentor peers.

You’ll automate provisioning with Python, APIs, and IaC, manage changes with validation and rollback, and collaborate with engineering, operations, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable