Director, Core Infrastructure Software Engineering

** Job Description*
* Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Networking is the foundation that enables customers to run mission-critical workloads at global cloud scale.

Within the OCI Networking Data Plane organization, the Fleet Management and workload orchestration team builds the foundational platform for deploying, operating, and scaling OCI Networking services across Oracle's global cloud infrastructure. The platform provides common capabilities for fleet lifecycle management, workload placement, deployment automation, capacity expansion, and infrastructure orchestration, enabling networking services to operate consistently and efficiently at scale.

As a Software Engineering Director, you will lead the engineering organization responsible for this strategic platform. You'll define technical strategy, drive execution, and grow a high-performing engineering organization while partnering with architects and engineering leaders across OCI. You'll help shape a standardized platform that simplifies service operations, accelerates infrastructure expansion, and enables networking teams to innovate faster.

** Responsibilities*
* ** Responsibilities*
* As a Software Engineering Director, you will:

+ Lead and grow the engineering organization responsible for Fleet Management and workload orchestration within the OCI Networking Data Plane organization.

+ Define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap for the platform that manages the lifecycle of OCI Networking fleets, including workload placement, deployment automation, capacity expansion, and infrastructure orchestration.

+ Build standardized platform capabilities that simplify how OCI Networking services are deployed, operated, and scaled across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

+ Own organizational planning, execution, staffing, and delivery across multiple strategic initiatives while balancing customer commitments, operational excellence, and long-term platform investments.

+ Drive engineering effectiveness through modern software engineering practices, automation, AI-enabled engineering, CI/CD, and developer tooling.

+ Provide technical leadership by guiding architecture, establishing engineering standards, mentoring engineering managers and technical leaders, and raising the engineering bar.

+ Deliver reliable, scalable, and observable platform services with a strong focus on operational excellence, automation, and reliability engineering.

+ Partner across OCI Networking and OCI Infrastructure organizations to align roadmaps, influence platform strategy, and deliver foundational cloud capabilities.

** Preferred Qualifications*
* + 12+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or platform services, including experience leading high-performing software engineering organizations.

+ Strong technical background in distributed systems, cloud platforms, infrastructure orchestration, deployment automation, fleet management, workload scheduling, or networking infrastructure.

+ Proven experience defining technical strategy and delivering complex, mission-critical platforms through cross-functional collaboration.

+ Strong computer science fundamentals, including distributed systems, concurrency, software architecture, and system design.

+ Experience building and operating reliable, production-grade services with a strong focus on scalability, automation, operational excellence, and customer experience.

+ Demonstrated success improving engineering effectiveness through modern software engineering practices, automation, CI/CD, and developer tooling.

+ BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

** Key Responsibilities*
* ** System Design & Architecture - System Scalability:*
* + Implements strategies across multiple teams or groups for the architecture and design of interdependent scalable distributed systems, including the use of distributed state management tools, ensuring organizational and system demands are met.

+ Spearheads code and/or system optimization initiatives for large-scale data processing and high-throughput requirements across…