Senior Network Developer

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world.Values are OCI’s foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future.You are the builder here. You will be part of a team of really smart, motivated, and diverse people and given the autonomy and support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where you’ll belong and be encouraged.

Supports the design, deployment, and operations of a large-scale global Oracle cloud computing environment (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - OCI). Primarily focused on development and support of network fabric and systems through a combination of a deep level understanding of networking at the protocol level coupled with programming skills to support the intensive automation required to operate a production environment.  As OCI is a cloud-based network with a global footprint, this support will include hundreds of thousands of network devices supporting millions of servers, connected over a mix of dedicated backbone infrastructure and the Internet.

Career Level - IC3

Responsibilities

• Participate in Network lifecycle management through network build and/or upgrade projects.  
• Collaborate with program/project managers to develop test strategy landmarks and deliverables.  
• Will primarily develop test practices and strategies to validate production network configurations and scale use cases.  
• However, may have to develop new test cases and test strategies from time to time.  
• Serve as technical lead and test manager for qualification projects.  
• Contributes to the development of roadmap issues.  
• Leads development of new scripts and method of test procedures.  
• Mentors junior engineers. 
• Participates in network solution and architecture validation process.  
• Responsibility for developing standalone test cases.  
• Participate in operational rotations as an R&D consultant.  
• Provide break-fix validation support for high impact events. 
• Participate in post-event root cause analysis.  
• Coordinate with networking automation and monitoring services for the development and integration of support tooling.  
• Frequently develops scripts to automate routine tasks for team and business unit.  
• Supports and validates network vendor software bug fixes.  
• Collaborate with network vendor technical account team and internal network design teams to drive bug resolution and assist in the validation of new firmware and/or operating systems. 

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Networking field
• 2+ years of experience in testing, automating at system level
• 2+ years of experience validating 100G, 400G and 800GE cables and pluggable discrete optics
• Fluency in BGP, MPLS, Tunnels, OSPF, TCP, UDP, IP, Networking device hardware
• Experience with Python or other object-oriented programming language
• Experience with optical transceiver EEPROM, DOM and layer 1 physical connectivity
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
• Excellent judgment to influence product roadmap direction, features, and priorities.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Electrical/Hardware Engineering or related field

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience with network and/or datacenter/cloud automation
• In depth knowledge validating and troubleshooting data center optics and cables
• Masters / PhD degree in Computer Science or related engineering field

Disclaimer:

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

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range: from $74,800 to $178,200 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

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Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

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