Lead Principal Network Developer - Internet Edge

Oracle•Seattle, WA

8d•$126,200 - $264,100

About The Position

Oracle is hiring a Lead Principal Network Engineer for its Internet Edge. The role sets the technical direction and roadmap for Internet Edge connectivity, including 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 across regions, using traffic and service data to guide network engineering decisions and resolve complex routing issues. The engineer plans for high-volume media workloads and other customer growth by forecasting traffic patterns and capacity needs, partnering with backbone and transport owners on deployments and circuit changes. The role leads high-impact cross-functional initiatives and technical reviews from design through rollout, manages risks, serves as an escalation point for complex incidents, improves service visibility, and drives durable fixes for recurring issues. It also advises leadership on technical and provider choices, documents designs and operational practices, and mentors engineers. The position provides technical leadership across network design, validation, automation, testing, monitoring, reliability, incident response, and capacity management. This includes developing advanced automation frameworks and monitoring systems, establishing testing and qualification practices, leading major incident response and root-cause analysis, and producing design and white papers that support organizational change. The role works closely with internal teams, external providers, vendors, quality assurance, and project/program managers to align network roadmaps and deliver strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

Set the technical direction and roadmap for OCI’s Internet Edge, including transit, peering, private interconnects, internet exchanges, and DDoS-provider connectivity.
Define resilient routing policies and connectivity designs that balance availability, performance, and cost across regions.
Analyze traffic and performance data to guide peering, transit, traffic engineering, and complex routing decisions.
Forecast traffic patterns and capacity requirements for high-volume media workloads and other 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 solutions to recurring problems.
Advise leadership on technical and provider choices; document designs and operational practices; mentor engineers.
Consult on network fabric and system design, oversee production network validation and scaling strategies, and influence architecture and validation processes.
Anticipate and mitigate complex network design risks and collaborate with vendors and internal groups to validate firmware, software, and network configurations and resolve critical bugs.
Design playbooks for high-impact network issues and optimize network processes.
Lead the development and maintenance of automation frameworks, scripts, infrastructure pipelines, configuration items, dashboards, telemetry, and alerting systems.
Develop and improve test cases and test strategies, lead test practices, and drive break-fix validation and post-incident root-cause analysis.
Lead change-management reviews and establish standardized pre-production qualification and compliance processes.
Provide governance, risk, and compliance data and walkthroughs to auditors, and perform internal auditing as expected by the team.
Develop monitoring and alerting systems, define network-health metrics and thresholds for service-level objectives, and improve anomaly detection and diagnosis.
Formalize issue handoff, accountability, and closure practices, and develop tools for frontline support teams.
Coordinate with project and program managers to achieve deployment and testing milestones aligned with organizational strategy.
Mentor engineers and provide technical expertise across functions; lead high-visibility incident response and deliver root-cause analysis results.
Align roadmaps across projects and resolve networking-standards misalignment with vendors and internal teams.
Analyze latency, throughput, packet loss, and other service metrics; architect capacity for future demand and write design and white papers.
Direct timelines, deliverables, and budgets where applicable for critical initiatives, adjusting plans as business priorities change.
Influence cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders, build partnerships, and incorporate diverse perspectives.
Lead advanced problem solving, identify root causes of ambiguous issues, and implement solutions that prevent recurrence.
Monitor industry trends and standards, share expertise and thought leadership, and promote continuous learning and professional development.
Develop and evaluate process-improvement initiatives and metrics, and contribute to candidate interviews, assessment, and hiring decisions.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Paid time off, including flexible vacation for eligible salaried non-overtime positions or accrued vacation for other eligible employees
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal benefits
Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance