Senior Network Development Engineer

Oracle Oracle · Enterprise · Seattle, WA +1

This role supports the design, deployment, and operations of a large-scale global Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), focusing on network fabric and systems for High-Performance Compute (HPC), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) advancements. The engineer will leverage deep understanding of networking protocols and programming skills to manage hundreds of thousands of network devices.

What you'd actually do

  1. Supports the design, deployment, and operations of a large-scale global Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
  2. Primarily focused on the 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.
  3. Develop solutions to enable front line support teams to act on network failure conditions.
  4. Troubleshoot complex cabling connectivity issues in data centers, with the ability to coordinate on-site efforts between L1 Teams and TPMs.
  5. Build dashboards to represent data at various network layers and device roles that help identify network issues, anomalies.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in CS or related engineering field with 5+ years of Network Engineering experience or master’s with 3+ years of Network Engineering experience
  • Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment
  • Experience working in a network operations role
  • strong knowledge of protocols such as MPLS, BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, and DHCP
  • Extensive experience with scripting or automation and data center design
  • Python preferred
  • demonstrate expertise in scripting or compiled language
  • Experience with networking protocols such as TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and SSL
  • Experience with network monitoring and telemetry solutions
  • Experience with network modeling and programming – YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF
  • Ability to use professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways
  • Capable of working under limited supervision
  • Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
  • Excellent judgment in influencing product roadmap direction, features, and priorities
  • Participate in an on-call rotation
  • Collaborate with program/project managers to develop milestones and deliverables
  • Will primarily use existing procedures and tools to develop and safely execute network change
  • Develop solutions to enable front line support teams to act on network failure conditions
  • Troubleshoot complex cabling connectivity issues in data centers
  • Willingness to travel to data center locations; 25% travel required
  • Mentor junior engineers
  • Participates in network solution and architecture design process and contribute to the roadmaps development
  • Participate in operational rotations as either primary or secondary
  • Provide break-fix support for events
  • Serve as the escalation point for event remediation
  • Lead post-event root cause analysis
  • Frequently develops scripts to automate routine tasks for team and business units
  • Coordinate with networking automation services for the development and integration of support tooling
  • Coordinate with network monitoring to gather telemetry and create alerts rules using them
  • Build dashboards to represent data at various network layers and device roles that help identify network issues, anomalies
  • Serves as SME on software development projects for network automation and network monitoring
  • Collaborate with network vendor technical account team and internal Quality Assurance team to drive bug resolution and assist in the qualification of new firmware and/or operating systems

Nice to have

  • Experience in RDMA Networking

What the JD emphasized

  • Experience in RDMA Networking is a plus
  • must demonstrate expertise in scripting or compiled language
  • Experience with network modeling and programming – YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF
  • Experience with networking protocols such as TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and SSL
  • Experience with scripting or automation and data center design