Senior Network Developer [NAT]

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Short term disability

Long term disability

Life insurance

AD&D

Flexible Spending Accounts

Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Financial planning and group legal

Voluntary benefits – auto, home, and R

Voluntary benefits – pet insurance

Job summary

Oracle in Nashville is seeking an experienced Senior Network Development Engineer to own the lifecycle of circuits, fiber, and data center interconnects. You will lead across engineering and external providers to translate requirements into deployable solutions and drive production readiness.

You will troubleshoot Layer 1–3 connectivity, perform turn-up and acceptance, and mentor junior engineers while helping to raise technical standards and create scalable automation and runbooks for

Qualifications

• Experience in hyperscale cloud, ISP, data center, or large-scale enterprise networking.
• Strong understanding of Layer 1, 2, and 3 networking.
• Proficient in reading network diagrams and engineering designs.
• Hands-on troubleshooting across fiber, optical, Ethernet, routing, and provider networks.
• Scripting experience, preferably Python, or similar language.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for delivery and activation of network connectivity for OCI regions and AI infrastructure.
• Translate designs into technical requirements for carriers and providers.
• Support circuit delivery, fiber, wavelengths, optical transport, Internet transit, and data center interconnects.
• Review requirements, demarcation, handoffs, and paths before implementation.
• Validate infrastructure against engineering requirements before handoff.
• Troubleshoot connectivity issues across Layer 1–3 and provider networks.
• Perform or support circuit turn-up, activation, and remediation.
• Coordinate resolution across OCI teams, data centers, and external providers.
• Mentor junior engineers and raise technical standards across NAT.
• Develop standards, runbooks, and acceptance criteria; participate in design reviews.

Skills

Layer 1-3 networking

BGP

OSPF

IS-IS

MPLS

TCP/IP

Ethernet

Optical transport

Backbone networking

Python scripting

Automation

Job description

Job Description

As a Senior Network Development Engineer, you will provide the technical engineering expertise behind that delivery. You will work across the lifecycle of circuits, fiber, wavelengths, Internet connectivity, backbone infrastructure, and data center interconnects. You will partner closely with Program Managers, OCI network engineering teams, and external network providers to translate network requirements into deployable solutions, validate that delivered infrastructure meets those requirements, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive connectivity through production readiness.

This role combines strong network engineering fundamentals with hands-on infrastructure delivery, troubleshooting, supplier engagement, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Do

• Provide technical leadership for the delivery and activation of network connectivity supporting OCI regions, AI infrastructure, capacity expansion, and strategic network deployments.
• Translate network designs and engineering requirements into technical requirements for carriers, fiber providers, ISPs, colocation providers, and other infrastructure partners.
• Support the delivery of carrier circuits, dark fiber, lit fiber, wavelengths, optical transport, Internet transit, peering, backbone connectivity, cross-connects, and data center interconnects.
• Review connectivity requirements, designs, demarcation points, handoffs, physical paths, optics, interfaces, capacity, and technical dependencies before implementation.
• Validate delivered infrastructure against OCI engineering requirements before operational handoff.
• Troubleshoot Layer 1 through Layer 3 connectivity issues across fiber, optics, transport, Ethernet, routing, and provider networks.
• Perform or support circuit acceptance, fiber validation, optical testing, turn-up, activation, and remediation.
• Diagnose complex connectivity issues and coordinate technical resolution across OCI engineering teams, data center teams, and external providers.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for supplier delivery and activation issues.
• Perform root cause analysis and drive corrective actions for recurring technical and delivery failures.
• Partner with Program Managers to identify technical risks, dependencies, blockers, and recovery options.
• Develop and improve technical standards, Methods of Procedure, runbooks, acceptance criteria, and operational documentation.
• Participate in architecture and design reviews and provide feedback based on delivery and operational experience.
• Work with suppliers and internal engineering teams to improve installation quality, acceptance testing, troubleshooting, and activation readiness.
• Use existing automation and develop scripts where appropriate to simplify repetitive engineering, validation, data analysis, and troubleshooting tasks.
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate troubleshooting, analysis, documentation, scripting, and operational workflows while applying sound engineering judgment and validating outputs.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to raising technical standards across NAT.

Critical Focus Areas

• Carrier and service provider networking
• Dark fiber, lit fiber, and optical transport
• DWDM and wavelength services
• Internet transit and peering
• Backbone and data center connectivity
• Circuit delivery, turn-up, and acceptance
• Structured cabling, cross-connects, optics, and fiber
• Layer 1 through Layer 3 troubleshooting
• Supplier technical engagement
• Network readiness and operational handoff
• Root cause analysis and remediation
• Network automation and AI-assisted engineering

Qualifications

• Experience working in a hyperscale cloud, ISP, telecommunications provider, data center, or large-scale enterprise networking environment.
• Strong understanding of Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 networking.
• Deep knowledge of at least two networking protocols or technologies, including BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, TCP/IP, Ethernet, optical networking, Internet, or backbone networking.
• Experience operating or supporting large-scale network environments.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting network connectivity across physical infrastructure, optics, Ethernet, routing, and provider networks.
• Understanding of fiber infrastructure, structured cabling, cross-connects, optical transceivers, and physical network troubleshooting.
• Experience with Internet connectivity, peering, backbone networking, or service provider networks.
• Ability to read and understand network diagrams, engineering designs, technical requirements, and implementation documentation.
• Experience working across technical teams to identify root cause and drive complex network issues to resolution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to operate independently on defined technical objectives while coordinating effectively with Program Managers, engineering teams, operations teams, and suppliers.
• Experience with scripting or programming, preferably Python, or another scripting or compiled language.
• Understanding of network automation concepts and ability to leverage existing automation and tooling in day-to-day engineering workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with carrier circuit provisioning, turn-up, testing, or acceptance.
• Experience with dark fiber, lit fiber, DWDM, wavelengths, metro networks, or long-haul connectivity.
• Experience with OTDR, optical power measurements, fiber characterization, or other fiber acceptance and troubleshooting methods.
• Experience working directly with telecommunications carriers, ISPs, fiber providers, or colocation providers.
• Familiarity with commodity Ethernet platforms, including Broadcom and NVIDIA/Mellanox-based hardware.
• Familiarity with YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF, gNMI, telemetry, and model-driven networking.
• Experience supporting hyperscale data center or AI infrastructure deployments.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools to improve troubleshooting, analysis, documentation, or scripting.
• Experience developing technical acceptance criteria, MOPs, runbooks, or infrastructure standards.

Disclaimer

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and Benefit Information

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $91,400 - $187,000 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&DD
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC3

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