Senior Principal Network Reliability Engineer

Senior Principal Network Reliability Engineer

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Job Description

We offer unique opportunities for smart, hands-on engineers with the expertise and passion to solve difficult problems in distributed highly available services and virtualized infrastructure. At every level, our engineers have a significant technical and business impact designing and building innovative new systems to power our customer’s business critical applications.

This role offers huge upside potential, high visibility, and fast career growth without the risk of a typical start-up. It is a unique opportunity to work with smart people who are solving complex problems in distributed systems, networking, multi-tenant Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), and Software Defined Networking (SDN) operating at massive scale.

Customers always want higher availability, more bandwidth, greater network security, less network latency, less network jitter, and lower overall cost. We are reimagining the traditional planning, provisioning, and life cycle by creating SDN services that allow customers to connect their on-premises networks, data center networks, and/or other networks via enterprise-grade links to Oracle’s cloud. Customers can then access dozens of leading PaaS and IaaS services that span database, Java, integration, analytics, compute, and storage.

At its core, our SDN services provide customers with rapid configuration, pay-as-you go pricing, and seamless scalability.

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 automation required to operate a production environment  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.

Lead network engineering and operations programs by defining high-level objectives and delivery procedures. Organizes project technical milestones & supporting tasks. May work as project technical lead, coordinating effort of two or three engineers. Advises project/program manager and coordinates with immediate and skip-level leadership. Collaborates across teams within same org (same VP). May serve as technical SME in cross-functional activities. Has technical responsibility for complex projects, including project requirements, specifications (where applicable), and documentation.

Responsible for decomposing high-level architectures into detailed designs. Work with supporting service teams to ensure solutions are properly supported by monitoring and automation systems. Serves as specialized escalation point for network events and provides technical expertise for large-scale events. Serves as principle point of contact for driving systematic resolution of complex network issues. Act as SME for root cause analysis efforts.

Frequently develops scripts to automate non-traditional, complex tasks for business unit. Serve as a technical lead on network automation and monitoring design and delivery projects. Comprehensive understanding of the software development lifecycle. Provides a broad set of guidance to technical and senior technical members of staff. Interprets input from leaders (technical and managers) and provides focused development to junior member.

Able to carry out technical coaching sessions, and helps junior members develop skills. Collaborates with vendor engineering and account manager to address current business or operational issues. Participates in the development of RFQ/RFPs. May lead the adoption of new vendor hardware. Active communication with product teams. Responsible to drive technology to meet product and service requirements. Participate in coordinated communication with product teams, networking leadership, and PMO to help assess gaps, solutions, and needs.

• Bachelor’s in CS or related engineering field (or equivalent) with 5+ years Network Engineer experience or Masters with 5+ years Network Engineer experience
• Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment
• Experience working in an advance network operations role
• Expert level knowledge of the following network protocols: IPv4, IPv6, TCP, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, RSVP-TE, VxLAN, EVPN, DNS, and DHCP
• Extensive experience with scripting and automation – Python preferred, but must demonstrate expertise in a scripting or compiled language.
• Experience with network monitoring and telemetry solutions
• Experience with network configuration management
• Experience with Linux systems administration
• Strong experience with influencing product roadmap direction, features, and…