Lead Principal Network Developer - Internet Edge

Oracle•Seattle, WA

About The Position

Oracle is seeking a Lead Principal Network Developer for its Internet Edge. The role sets technical direction and roadmaps for internet transit, peering, private interconnects, internet exchanges, and connectivity to DDoS protection providers. It defines resilient routing and connectivity designs that balance availability, performance, and cost; uses traffic and performance data to guide network decisions; forecasts demand and capacity needs; and partners with backbone and transport owners on deployments and circuit changes. The position leads high-impact cross-functional initiatives, technical reviews, complex incident response, and lasting fixes for recurring issues. It advises leadership on technical and provider choices, documents designs and operational practices, and mentors engineers. The role also provides advanced technical leadership across network design and validation, automation, testing and quality assurance, monitoring and reliability, performance and capacity management, organizational change, and talent development.

Responsibilities

Set the technical direction and roadmap for OCI’s Internet Edge, including internet transit, peering, private interconnects, internet exchanges, and connectivity to DDoS protection providers.
Define routing policies and resilient connectivity designs that balance availability, performance, and cost across regions.
Use traffic and performance data to guide peering, transit, and traffic engineering decisions and resolve complex routing issues.
Forecast traffic patterns and identify internet connectivity and capacity needs for high-volume media workloads and growing customer demand.
Partner with backbone and transport owners on capacity planning, edge deployments, and circuit changes.
Lead cross-functional initiatives and technical reviews from design through rollout, managing risks associated with high-impact changes.
Serve as an escalation point for complex incidents, improve service-health visibility, and drive lasting fixes for recurring problems.
Advise leadership on technical and provider choices; document designs and operational practices; mentor engineers; and contribute to technical reviews and hiring decisions.
Consult on the design and development of advanced network fabrics and systems for large-scale enterprise, data center, or cloud environments; oversee production validation and scaling strategies; and identify and mitigate design risks before deployment.
Collaborate with vendors and internal groups to validate firmware, software, and complex network configurations, resolve critical bugs, and improve product reliability.
Design playbooks for complex, high-impact network issues and optimize network processes.
Lead development and maintenance of automation frameworks, scripts, dashboards, telemetry, alerting, and infrastructure pipelines for network testing and operations.
Develop and improve test cases, testing strategies, break-fix validation, and standardized qualification processes; lead test practices and executive change-management reviews.
Provide governance, risk, and compliance data to auditors, answer questions, and conduct internal auditing as expected by the team.
Develop monitoring systems and service-health metrics, trends, and thresholds to support SLOs and improve detection and diagnosis of network anomalies.
Provide technical expertise during critical escalations, formalize issue handoff and closure practices, and develop tools for frontline support teams.
Coordinate with project and program managers to achieve testing and deployment milestones aligned with organizational strategies.
Mentor engineers and cross-functional colleagues, lead high-visibility incident response and root cause analysis, and align network roadmaps across projects.
Work with vendors and internal teams to uphold networking standards and resolve misalignment.
Analyze latency, throughput, packet loss, and other network and service metrics; architect capacity for future demand and gather requirements from stakeholders.
Predict future network usage and capacity needs and write design papers and white papers to drive organizational change.
Direct timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable for critical projects; adapt plans to changing business priorities.
Influence cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders, build partnerships, and incorporate diverse perspectives.
Apply deep industry expertise, monitor emerging trends and standards, share knowledge, and contribute thought leadership such as conference presentations, white papers, or research.
Develop and evaluate process improvements, implement efficiency initiatives, and define metrics to measure their success.
Contribute expertise to talent strategy, candidate interviews and assessments, and hiring decisions.