Senior Network Engineer, Cloud Fabric & Automation

Ll Oefentherapie; Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 91,000 - 187,000; Full time

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 design and operate data-center fabrics, translate requirements into designs, own projects, and mentor peers.

You will automate with Python, APIs, Git workflows, and IaC, perform change-management with risk assessments, and contribute to runbooks and incident response.

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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Layer 2-L3 networking

IP addressing/subnetting

BGP

OSPF

IPv4/IPv6

TCP/IP

DNS/DHCP

NAT/ECMP

high-availability design

Python automation

Education

Bachelor’s in a technical field

Master’s degree (advantage)

Doctorate (relevant)

Tools

Git

APIs

CI/CD workflows

Infrastructure-as-code

Python scripting

Terraform

Ansible

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 design and operate data-center fabrics, translate requirements into designs, own projects, and mentor peers.

You will automate with Python, APIs, Git workflows, and IaC, perform change-management with risk assessments, and contribute to runbooks and incident response.