Director, Software Engineering - Network Scaling

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Role SummaryReporting to the leader of Region Network Design and Development, the candidate serves as the Director of Network Engineering, Multicloud and Special Footprints.  The candidate will be the business leader for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) physical data center fabrics for novel network products.  The leader of this space will be a domain expert and will drive the evolution of OCI’s physical network infrastructure and drive the excellence within their space to deliver needs of the business as we continue to improve our footprint globally.   An essential part of this role will be focused on driving further definition of our networking product and leading continuous improvement in how we design, deploy and expand our network in the context of multicloud deployments.

Career Level - M4

The business leader will adapt business needs into tangible direction for the downstream service teams and provide visibility and needed direction upward to the executives within OCI.  You will be the principal leader of your roadmap and long term strategy.  In partnership with the other Physical Networking leaders, the candidate will align our technology and trajectory with Network Planning, Network Operations, Network Automation, and Network Monitoring.  As an ambassador for Physical Networking, the leader will also drive cohesion with OCI services teams and partner with the extended business for delivery of our industry leading service suite. 
 

The leader of this space will be the principal owner of their space helping coach their leaders, program managers and senior technical staff with hands-on guidance and mentorship.  The leader will also be well versed in networking technologies, technical trends, business trends, budgeting, long term planning, organizational planning, performance management, and have the ability to run organizational programs. 
Our bar is high for our leaders, yet rewarding, as you help shape our network product and serve our growing customer base.
 

Preferred Qualifications
The candidate will have demonstrable technical depth needed to run this unique space in addition to a strong track record of organizational management and leadership.  The candidate should demonstrate 8+ years as a technical contributor and leader in addition to having  5+ years as a business leader.  The candidate will lead one of the worlds most talented engineering teams, so you need the ability to challenge, coach, guide and negotiate on many technical facets of your business. 
The candidate will have a college degree in computer science, engineering or a relevant field to demonstrate their ability to lead a highly technical area.  Relevant experience with years of service with demonstrable execution may also help qualify the candidate.   The leader’s depth will be important to help guide our network into the future.  Standards work, regulatory work, demonstrated industry leadership, industry policy generation will also be preferable attributes for this candidate.
A qualified candidate will have had requisite time leading and executing in network engineer/operations, software development, product development and systems deployment.  Our leaders don’t watch it happen; we make it happen.
Responsibilities
   Detailed Description and Job Requirement
•   Develop, manage and lead region network engineering teams 
•   Lead and own the long term strategy for your area and contribute to the strategy for the wider organization
•   Lead and own the execution roadmap of the team managing needed prioritization and alignment with the wider business
•   Directly manage senior managers and skip level staff globally. 
•   Directly lead the functional areas of datacenter engineering, metro area networking and optical network engineering 
•   Mentoring and coaching for all area leaders, senior technical staff, program managers with the ability to extend influence beyond their team
•   Manage organization planning, hiring, performance management 
•   Manage leadership communication f