Manager - OCI AI Infrastructure

** Job Description*
* The Compute AI Infrastructure Bare Metal Provisioning team in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a team responsible for critical infrastructure that powers OCI Compute and GPU platforms.

The Bare Metal Provisioning team owns the infrastructure responsible for automating the full server lifecycle-from new platform shape creation and hardware bring-up through customer-ready instance provisioning and firmware management. Our services operate at the intersection of bare metal hardware and large-scale distributed systems, supporting a diverse and rapidly growing fleet of AMD, Intel, Arm, and NVIDIA platforms. The team works directly with BMCs, NICs, SmartNICs, ILOMs, GPUs, and firmware stacks to provision, configure, secure, and validate server platforms across OCI's global infrastructure.

This role will contribute to the strategic vision for Bare Metal Provisioning, set near-term priorities and roadmap, and drive execution of major initiatives supporting OCI's rapidly growing Compute and AI infrastructure. You will partner closely with teams across Compute, Networking, Security, Data Center Engineering, and Hardware Development to enable OCI to launch and scale new server platforms with high reliability and minimal operational overhead.

We are looking for a technically strong engineering leader who can thrive in ambiguity and lead teams solving complex problems across distributed systems, Linux, firmware, and hardware/software interactions. You should be able to move comfortably between strategic planning and deep technical discussions, make sound engineering and business tradeoffs, and cultivate a culture of ownership, automation, operational excellence, and high standards for quality and delivery.

This is a highly visible and impactful role with direct influence on OCI's ability to bring the latest Compute and GPU infrastructure from new hardware to customer-ready capacity at cloud scale. The successful candidate will have a passion for developing engineers, building reliable infrastructure, simplifying complex systems, and solving challenging problems at the intersection of cloud software and cutting-edge hardware.

** Responsibilities*
* ** Organizational Leadership** :
Lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing engineering team responsible for critical Bare Metal Provisioning infrastructure. Create an environment of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement while supporting the professional growth of engineers.

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** Architecture & Delivery** :
Oversee the architecture, development, and delivery of highly available, scalable services that automate the bare metal server lifecycle, from hardware bring-up through customer-ready provisioning and firmware management. Guide the team in designing simple, resilient, and automated solutions that operate reliably across OCI's large and diverse Compute and GPU fleet.

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** Strategy & Roadmap** :
Contribute to the technical strategy and roadmap for Bare Metal Provisioning, balancing new platform enablement, service scalability, reliability, security, automation, and reduction of operational overhead. Partner with engineering and product leadership to align investments with OCI Compute and AI infrastructure priorities.

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** Hardware & Systems Integration** :
Drive successful enablement of new AMD, Intel, Arm, NVIDIA GPU, networking, and server platforms. Lead engineering efforts that span distributed services, Linux, firmware, BMCs, NICs, SmartNICs, ILOMs, GPUs, and other hardware components, working closely with partner teams to diagnose and resolve complex system-level issues.

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** Operational Excellence** :
Build and maintain strong operational practices for critical provisioning services, including on-call readiness, observability, capacity planning, and incident management. Lead complex operational incidents when necessary, drive root-cause analysis and post-mortems, and ensure systemic improvements are made to increase availability and reduce operational burden.

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** Cross-Functional Collaboration** :
Partner closely with teams across Compute, Networking, Security, Data Center Engineering, Hardware Development, and other OCI organizations to deliver new platforms and capabilities. Drive clarity on ownership, dependencies, technical requirements, and delivery commitments across organizational boundaries.

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** Communication** :
Clearly articulate technical strategy, priorities, risks, tradeoffs, and project outcomes to engineers, partner teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership. Provide the context and "why" behind priorities so teams can make effective decisions and execute with autonomy.

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** Hiring and Talent Development** :
Own hiring and team growth while developing engineers and technical leaders through coaching, feedback, career development, and challenging assignments. Build a culture that values technical depth, curiosity, operational rigor, collaboration, and high…