Director, Network Engineering

Oracle•Santa Clara, CA

2d•$169,800 - $355,400

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is building some of the world’s largest and most advanced cloud networks. The Network Products Engineering team is responsible for defining, developing, validating, and delivering the next generation of networking products that power OCI’s global cloud infrastructure. We are seeking an experienced Network Development Leader to lead a high-performing engineering team responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of network products spanning Ethernet switches, routers, optical systems, and custom ASIC-based platforms. This leader will guide the team through product definition, architecture, design, validation, deployment readiness, and lifecycle management while ensuring products meet OCI’s demanding standards for scale, reliability, performance, and operational excellence. The ideal candidate combines deep networking expertise with exceptional leadership and cross-functional execution skills. They have extensive experience partnering with networking silicon vendors, OEMs, ODMs, and optical manufacturers to influence product roadmaps, resolve technical challenges, and drive delivery of platforms aligned with OCI’s long-term infrastructure strategy. Success in this role requires building strong partnerships across Network Engineering, Network Operations, Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, and Product Management. This leader must be comfortable driving alignment and delivering results through influence across organizations without direct authority.

Requirements

Deep networking expertise.
Exceptional leadership skills.
Exceptional cross-functional execution skills.
Extensive experience partnering with networking silicon vendors, OEMs, ODMs, and optical manufacturers.
Experience influencing product roadmaps.
Experience resolving technical challenges.
Experience driving delivery of platforms aligned with infrastructure strategy.
Comfortable driving alignment and delivering results through influence across organizations without direct authority.

Responsibilities

Defining, developing, validating, and delivering the next generation of networking products.
Leading a high-performing engineering team responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of network products.
Guiding the team through product definition, architecture, design, validation, deployment readiness, and lifecycle management.
Ensuring products meet OCI’s demanding standards for scale, reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
Partnering with networking silicon vendors, OEMs, ODMs, and optical manufacturers to influence product roadmaps, resolve technical challenges, and drive delivery of platforms.
Building strong partnerships across Network Engineering, Network Operations, Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, and Product Management.
Driving alignment and delivering results through influence across organizations without direct authority.