Software Development Senior Manager

Manage a team that designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.

As a manager of the software engineering division, you will apply your knowledge of software architecture to manage software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing software applications, operating systems and databases according to provided design specifications. Build enhancements within an existing software architecture and occasionally suggest improvements to the architecture.

Leads a specialized area which may have diverse functional elements. Frequently interacts with supervisors and/or functional peer group managers. May interact with senior management. Demonstrated leadership and people management skills. Strong communication skills, analytical skills, thorough understanding of product development. BS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. Minimum five years of software engineering or related experience. Minimum two years experience of leading or managing a team of software engineers building network infrastructure.

As a Software Development Manager, you and your team (direct or dotted line) will solve exciting technical challenges by analyzing, troubleshooting, and designing vital Oracle Cloud services, platforms, and infrastructure while always thinking about reliability, scalability, resilience, security, and performance. You will focus on engineering improvements to the systems that will eliminate whole classes of issues.

What You'll Do
Service Accountability –You will lead a team whose mission is to build core network infrastructure that is highly performant, scalable, and reliable.
Ownership Scope – You own the performance of the service as it relates to the the networking dataplane as well as the roadmap to determine the key features required by our customers and partner teams.
Operations Engineering – You will understand and be able to communicate the scale, capacity, security, performance attributes, and requirements of the service(s) you own. We are subject matter experts, able to understand and communicate every characteristic of our service stack.
Automation – You will have a clear understanding of automation and orchestration principles, and will be eager to help automate, wherever and whenever the possibility arises, while simultaneously eliminating technical debt. Automation must be part of your DNA.
Incidence Management - You will own and respond to customer incidents within the agreed-upon SLAs. You will manage the on-call for your services.
Technical Experts - You will have a deep understanding of service topology and the dependencies required to troubleshoot issues and define mitigations. You will bring this expertise to bear in driving reliability improvements in the services you engage with.
Cross-team collaboration – You will engage with and present to a wide variety of audiences, ranging from individual contributors and teams to senior leadership

Basic Qualifications:
BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field
10+ years of Software Engineer experience.
2+ years experience of leading or managing a team of software engineers building network infrastructure.
Led or managed teams working with NIC DPU's based on P4 and/or DOCA.
Hands-on ability to Architect, design, and oversee development & implementation of features
Experience with C/C++ and Python.
Experience with Linux Kernel Modules and device drivers.
Strong Network Protocols, tools and troubleshooting experience.
Debugging with tools such as gdb and Coredump analysis.
Unit test, Feature test and system test planning, execution and automation.
Resolving customer issues and handling escalations.
Experience deploying code within change management procedures
Understanding of service KPI metrics, alarms, logging, and system health
Experience working in an operational environment with mission-critical tier-one services with associated oncall responsibilities.
Experience with mentoring and growing engineers building network infrastructure.
 

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with resiliency design and operation.
Experience and understanding of security and compliance.
Experience managing large fleets.
Experience with performance tuning and optimization.
Expertise in Auto