Senior Network Architect, Cloud Data Center & Automation

Oracle

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 146,000 - 306,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Oracle in Nashville (on-site) seeks a Lead Principal Network Engineer to drive the DR25 physical and logical network architecture from requirements through production. You will own design for IP addressing, routing policies, high availability, and security while leading cross-functional initiatives and delivering scalable, automated solutions.

With extensive networking expertise and strong automation skills, you will partner with hardware, compute, security, and product teams to ensure

Qualifications

Fifteen years of relevant network engineering experience; or a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and eleven years; or a master’s degree and nine years; or a doctorate and seven years.
Expert-level knowledge in at least one major networking specialty (data-center fabrics, routing, cloud networking, automation, security, or operations).
Deep experience with BGP, OSPF, IPv4/IPv6, VXLAN/EVPN, ECMP, high-availability, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, QoS, and data-center fabrics.
Proven ability to architect and operate large-scale, highly available networks (data center, service provider, or cloud).
Strong software and automation skills using Python or similar, APIs, Git, CI/CD, and automated testing.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end physical and logical network architecture for DR25 and scalable expansion.
Lead architecture and design for routing policies and high-availability, IPv6, and security.
Translate requirements into high/low-level designs, models, validation plans, and operational specs.
Drive cross-functional programs from concept to production delivery and leadership communication.
Build network infrastructure-as-code, source-of-truth models, and CI/CD controls using Python and Git.
Define reference architectures, golden configurations, and deployment patterns for DR25 regions.
Ensure production readiness with testing, rollouts, observability, and runbooks.
Serve as escalation point for complex incidents and root-cause analysis.
Establish monitoring and telemetry for availability, latency, capacity, and security signals.
Evaluate new platforms and hardware; influence roadmaps and TCO.
Advise leadership on architecture tradeoffs for reliability, security, and cost.
Mentor engineers and drive higher engineering standards across teams.
Represent DR25 in architecture reviews and senior technical forums.