Principal Network Reliability Engineer - Circuit Ops

Oracle Cloud Network Reliability Engineering Team Position

The Oracle Cloud Network Reliability Engineering team is looking for senior networking engineers to join the team. This is a hybrid position, requiring ability to be in the office several days per week. Office locations are Santa Clara, Seattle, Austin, Nashville, or Broomfield. In this role, you will work with Network Reliability Engineering (NRE) team for the Circuit Ops GNOC, managing our global backbone, internet, and DWDM. Authority for end-to-end performance and operability. Partner with development teams in defining and implementing improvements in service architecture. Articulate technical characteristics of services and technology areas and guide Development Teams to engineer and add premier capabilities to the Oracle Cloud service portfolio. Understand and communicate the scale, capacity, security, performance attributes, and requirements of the service and technology stack. Demonstrate clear understanding of automation and orchestration principles. Act as ultimate escalation point for complex or critical issues that have not yet been documented as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Utilize a deep understanding of service topology and their dependencies required to troubleshoot issues and define mitigations. Understand and explain the effect of product architecture decisions on distributed systems. Professional curiosity and a desire to develop a deep understanding of services and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Managing global backbone, internet, and DWDM
• Partnering with development teams for service architecture improvements
• Articulating technical characteristics of services and technology areas
• Understanding and communicating service and technology stack requirements
• Demonstrating understanding of automation and orchestration principles
• Acting as ultimate escalation point for complex or critical issues
• Utilizing deep understanding of service topology and dependencies for troubleshooting
• Understanding the effect of product architecture decisions on distributed systems

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in network and software development
• Proficiency with Java/Python/C++ and Object Oriented programming
• Proficiency with network technologies and protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, etc.)
• Excellent knowledge of basic data structures, search/sort algorithms
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
• Global backbone and internet provider experience
• Troubleshooting & escalating 3rd party provider problems
• MPLS/RSVP-TE Backbone
• Internet connectivity, transit, peering, and IX
• BGP
• Experience being the last tier of support
• Managing ongoing network availability projects
• Working with (or building) automation & tools to help assist network availability
• Some on-call rotation will be required

Preferred Experience

• Knowledge of cloud computing & networking technologies
• Experience developing service-oriented systems, REST, python
• Experience developing network automation or device management solutions
• Experience working in a network support role
• Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment
• Experience with network modeling and programming – YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, BitBucket
• Knowledge of Scrum & Agile Methodologies

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 in USD from: $86,400 to $199,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• 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 is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted. Career Level - IC4