Senior Optical DC Engineer

Oracle; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 99,600 - 234,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental benefits

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a highly skilled professional in Austin, Texas, for a role in RDMA cluster networking. You will collaborate with various engineering teams to validate optical cabling and deliver high-quality network deployments. This position requires expertise in optical cables, transceivers, and RDMA networks.

The ideal candidate will possess strong automation and programming skills and must be able to travel up to 50% for deployments. A competitive salary range of $99,600 – $234,600 annually is offered, along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience with optical cables and high-speed optical transceivers.
• Strong troubleshooting, automation, and programming skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams.
• Develop procedures for DC network builds and changes.
• Provide break-fix support for optical links.
• Lead post-event root cause analysis for escalated issues.
• Automate routine tasks to improve build quality.
• Support dashboards representing L1 layer data.
• Participate in AI DC deployment rotations.

Skills

Knowledge of optical cables

High-speed optical transceivers

RDMA leaf-spine network architecture

Troubleshooting skills

Automation skills

Programming skills

Job description

Overview

AI2CNE strives to be a global leader in the RDMA cluster networking domain and enable seamless, accelerated high‑performance compute, artificial intelligence, and machine learning advancements. The role supports design, deployment, and operations of large‑scale Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) RDMA clusters, focusing on high‑speed fiber optic network fabric links and systems, optical cable and transceiver management, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with optical engineering, network design, AI Ops, DC Ops, and build teams to develop milestones and deliverables validating optical cabling and transceiver build quality for AI data center builds.
• Use existing procedures and tools to develop and safely execute DC network builds and changes; occasionally develop new procedures.
• Provide break‑fix support for optical links to meet RDMA cluster performance criteria (pre‑FEC BER, RX power, FEC bin, BOL and EOL margins).
• Serve as the escalation point for event remediation and lead post‑event root cause analysis.
• Develop MPOs or scripts to automate routine tasks for teams to improve build quality.
• Support dashboards that represent data at L1 layers and device roles to identify link‑level issues and anomalies.
• Serve as SME on data center build standards for optical cabling and transceiver installation and troubleshooting.
• Participate in AI DC deployment rotations, traveling up to 50% domestically for link validations and recommendations.
• Support operations to stabilize RDMA networks after turn‑up.

Qualifications

Required experience: Knowledge of optical cables (patch cords, shuffle, bulk/trunk), high‑speed optical transceivers, and RDMA leaf‑spine network architecture at L0/L1 physical layer and L2 protocol levels. Strong troubleshooting, automation, and programming skills.

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

Salary range (U.S.): $99,600 – $234,600 per year, with potential bonus, equity, and compensation deferral. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, short‑term and long‑term disability, life insurance and AD&D, supplemental life insurance, dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre‑tax commuter benefits, 401(k) savings and investment plan with company match, paid time off, holidays, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, employee stock purchase plan, financial planning, and voluntary benefits.

Career Level

IC4

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