Senior Network Engineer

Oracle Corporation; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s Physical Networking organization designs and operates the global network infrastructure supporting OCI workloads across regions. Join as a Senior Network Engineer to work with customers on network requirements, develop designs and standards, and mentor peers.

You will collaborate with automation, virtual networking, compute, hardware, security, monitoring, and operations teams to deliver reliable, secure deployments and drive continuous improvement in network

Qualifications

• Eight years of network engineering experience or equivalent degrees with progressive experience.
• Strong understanding of L2–L4 networking, IP addressing, 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 experience using Python or other programming languages.
• Experience with Git, APIs, CI/CD workflows, automated testing, or infrastructure-as-code.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Networking fundamentals

Python automation

Git workflows

CI/CD workflows

Troubleshooting

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field

Master's degree

Doctorate

Tools

Git

APIs

Infrastructure as Code

Python

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 work with customers on network requirements, develop network designs and standards, and help establish reliable deployment and incident response processes. You’ll own defined projects while collaborating with internal teams and mentoring peers.

The successful candidate will combine strong networking fundamentals with automation, disciplined change execution, and practical problem-solving. You will collaborate with network automation, virtual networking, compute, hardware, security, monitoring, region deployment, and operations teams to deliver reliable, secure, and repeatable deployments for our customers.

Internal Responsibilities

What you’ll do

• Design and operate data-center fabrics, routing, and secure connectivity supporting OCI’s physical network infrastructure.

• Translate customer and product requirements into network designs, configuration standards, and deployment plans.

• Own projects from technical design through validation, deployment, documentation, and operational handoff.

• Build network automation and validation tools using Python, APIs, Git workflows, and infrastructure-as-code practices.

• Execute production changes with pre-change checks, post-change verification, and rollback procedures.

• Improve monitoring, capacity planning, runbooks, and incident response; troubleshoot issues across protocols, devices, optics, and automation.

• Participate in a periodic on‑call rotation, responding to large‑scale network incidents and driving them to resolution.

• Contribute to design reviews, develop repeatable standards, and mentor other engineers.

Required qualifications

• Eight years of relevant network engineering experience; or a bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field and four years of experience; or a master’s degree and two years of experience; or a relevant doctorate.

• Strong understanding of Layer 2 through Layer 4 networking, IP addressing and subnetting, BGP, OSPF, IPv4, IPv6, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, ECMP, and high‑availability design.

• Experience designing, deploying, or operating data-center, cloud, service-provider, or large‑enterprise networks.

• Hands‑on experience automating network provisioning, configuration, validation, or operations using Python or another programming language.

• Experience with Git, APIs, CI/CD workflows, automated testing, configuration modeling, or infrastructure-as-code practices.

• Experience executing production network changes with appropriate risk assessment, validation, rollback, and change‑management controls.

• Demonstrated troubleshooting skills across network protocols, devices, automation systems, and physical infrastructure.

• Experience participating in incident response, root‑cause analysis, operational readiness, and continuous improvement.

• Ability to work independently, manage project milestones and dependencies, and coordinate effectively with engineering and operations teams.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear technical designs, runbooks, and project updates.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building or operating hyperscale cloud, service-provider, ISP, or large‑scale data‑center networks.

• Experience partnering with cloud networking and platform teams to integrate virtual network services with physical underlay infrastructure.