Senior Optical Network Engineer

Oracle; United States; On-site; USD 96,800 - 223,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Flexible vacation and paid parental leave

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a skilled professional to support the design and deployment of global Cloud Infrastructure focusing on high-speed optical networks. This role involves collaborating with various engineering teams, optimizing optical cabling for performance, and automating routine tasks through scripting.

The successful candidate will possess strong troubleshooting skills and may be required to travel domestically for site validations. Compensation ranges from $96,800 to $223,400 annually, with a comprehensive benefits package offered.

Qualifications

• Experience with optical links and cable management.
• Ability to automate processes using scripts.
• Familiarity with RDMA cluster performance criteria.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on optical engineering and network design.
• Provide support for optical links to meet performance standards.
• Develop scripts to automate routine tasks.

Skills

Optical cabling

Troubleshooting

Automation/programming skills

Network design

Data analysis

Job description

Job Description

AI2NE strives to be a global leader in the RDMA cluster networking domain and enable seamless, accelerated High‑Performance Compute (HPC), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning advancements. We envision a future where artificial intelligence and machine learning revolutionize industries, reshape societies, and unlock limitless possibilities. Our vision is to be a pioneering force, driving the development and design of state‑of‑the‑art RDMA clusters tailored specifically for AI, ML, and HPC workloads.

This role supports the design, deployment, and operations of large‑scale global Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Primarily focused on the development and support of high‑speed fiber optic network fabric links and systems through a deep understanding of optical cables and high‑speed optical transceivers for leaf‑spine RDMA cluster networks at the L0/L1 physical layer and L2 protocol level, coupled with troubleshooting and automation/programming skills. Support will include millions of optical links for hundreds of thousands of network devices supporting millions of servers across a mix of dedicated backbone infrastructure, CLOS Network, and the Internet.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers from the L1 optical engineering team, network design, delivery, AI Ops, DC Ops, DC build teams, and program/project managers to develop milestones and deliverables validating optical cabling and transceiver build quality in AI data center builds to OCI standards for RDMA backend networks.
• Primarily use existing procedures and tools to develop and safely execute DC network builds and changes, and 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, etc.).
• Serve as the escalation point for event remediation and lead post‑event root‑cause analysis.
• Frequently develop MPOs or scripts to automate routine tasks for the team and business units to improve build quality.
• Support dashboards built with requirements to represent data at L1 layers and device roles that help identify link‑level issues, anomalies such as link flaps and link downs.
• Serve as SME on data center build standards for the DC build environment, optical cabling, and optics transceiver install and troubleshooting.
• Participate in AI DC deployment rotations at DC build sites with up to 50% domestic travel for optical link validations for new clusters and provide recommendations to various teams for improvement and enforcement.
• Support Ops to stabilize RDMA networks after turn‑up.

Qualifications

Certain US customer or client‑facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Career Level – IC4.

Compensation & Benefits

US: Hiring range in USD from $96,800 – $223,400 per year. Eligible for bonus and equity. Oracle offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short‑term 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, accrued vacation, paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, adoption assistance
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.