Director, Network Engineering

Oracle•Nashville, TN

About The Position

Provide leadership for one or more Network Engineering teams or a small group delivering hyperscale L3/L4 networking and cloud connectivity. Define tactical and strategic plans, drive significant cross-group improvements in reliability, security, and cost efficiency, and communicate progress and risks to leadership. Manage elements of the budget and are accountable for meeting budget targets across the teams you lead. May have a mixed team of Network Engineers and Network Hardware Engineers, coordinating the physical network platform lifecycle (planning, sourcing, qualifying, sustaining routers/switches, optics/OLS, timing, cabling) to ensure interoperable, cost- and power-efficient components that enable reliable, secure, and compliant services at scale.

Requirements

Leadership for Network Engineering teams
Hyperscale L3/L4 networking and cloud connectivity delivery
Tactical and strategic planning
Cross-group improvements in reliability, security, and cost efficiency
Budget management and accountability
Management of physical network platform lifecycle (planning, sourcing, qualifying, sustaining routers/switches, optics/OLS, timing, cabling)

Responsibilities

Provide leadership for one or more Network Engineering teams or a small group delivering hyperscale L3/L4 networking and cloud connectivity.
Define tactical and strategic plans.
Drive significant cross-group improvements in reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
Communicate progress and risks to leadership.
Manage elements of the budget and are accountable for meeting budget targets across the teams you lead.
Coordinate the physical network platform lifecycle (planning, sourcing, qualifying, sustaining routers/switches, optics/OLS, timing, cabling) to ensure interoperable, cost- and power-efficient components that enable reliable, secure, and compliant services at scale.