Senior Network Architect - Cloud & Data Center Automation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid time off

401(k) Savings

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s Physical Networking organization builds and operates the global network infrastructure supporting OCI workloads across more than 50 regions. Join the team responsible for network fabrics supporting OCI Dedicated Regions and Multicloud Connectivity as a hands-on Senior Network Engineer.

You’ll own defined projects, mentor peers, and collaborate with multiple teams to design, deploy, and automate reliable network solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of network engineering experience or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of Layer 2-4 networking, IP addressing, BGP, OSPF, IPv4/IPv6, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, ECMP, and high availability design.
• Hands-on automation experience with Python or similar language for provisioning and validation.
• Experience with Git, APIs, CI/CD workflows, and infrastructure-as-code practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate data-center fabrics, routing, and secure connectivity.
• Translate requirements into network designs, configuration standards, and deployment plans.
• Own projects from design through validation, deployment, documentation, and handoff.
• Build automation and validation tools using Python, APIs, Git, and IaC practices.
• Execute production changes with checks, verification, and rollback procedures.
• Improve monitoring, capacity planning, runbooks, and incident response; troubleshoot end-to-end.

Skills

Layer 2-4 networking

BGP/OSPF

IP addressing/subnetting

Automation with Python

Git workflows

CI/CD tooling

Incident response

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field

Master's degree

PhD/ Doctorate

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. Join the team responsible for network fabrics supporting OCI Dedicated Regions and Multicloud Connectivity as a hands-on Senior Network Engineer.

You’ll own defined projects, mentor peers, and collaborate with multiple teams to design, deploy, and automate reliable network solutions.