Principal Network Developer

Oracle•Nashville, TN

About The Position

The OCI AI Infrastructure – Network Operations team operates high-performance RDMA/RoCE network fabrics that support OCI’s largest AI, GPU, and HPC workloads. These globally distributed networks power demanding generative AI workloads running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The Principal Network Engineer will lead the design, deployment, operation, and optimization of large-scale RDMA/RoCE network fabrics across OCI’s global cloud infrastructure. The role combines deep networking expertise with automation and software engineering skills to improve network performance, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency. It includes developing automation, testing, telemetry, and monitoring solutions; leading network validation, incident response, and root cause analysis; and driving performance and capacity improvements in production environments. The role partners with engineering teams, vendors, and customers to resolve complex technical challenges, support deployment readiness, and evolve network architecture and operational practices at cloud scale. As a technical leader, the position mentors engineers, influences architecture and engineering standards, and contributes to tools and systems supporting OCI’s network devices and servers.

Requirements

Experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting large-scale RDMA/RoCE, cloud, data center, or high-performance networks.
Knowledge of RDMA, RoCE, Ethernet fabrics, congestion control, QoS, and AI/GPU networking.
Expertise in routing and switching technologies, including BGP, OSPF, EVPN-VXLAN, and data center networking.
Experience with network automation using Python, Ansible, APIs, or similar technologies.
Experience with network telemetry, observability, monitoring, performance analysis, and incident management.
Experience supporting hyperscale cloud, AI/GPU, HPC, or large-scale distributed infrastructure.
Ability to lead complex technical initiatives and collaborate across engineering, operations, customers, and vendors.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, deployment, validation, and lifecycle management of large-scale RDMA/RoCE network fabrics supporting OCI AI, GPU, and HPC infrastructure.
Translate network architectures into scalable designs and deployment plans, ensuring performance, reliability, and operational readiness across OCI’s global cloud environment.
Serve as technical lead for complex network initiatives spanning RDMA/RoCE fabrics, data center networking, automation, testing, deployment, and operations.
Develop automation frameworks, tools, scripts, and infrastructure pipelines to improve network deployment, testing, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Design test strategies and lead pre-production validation, network change reviews, and deployment readiness for high-performance network fabrics.
Build and enhance telemetry, monitoring, dashboards, and alerting to identify network health, congestion, performance, and reliability issues.
Lead incident response, complex troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions for network issues impacting OCI AI and GPU workloads.
Analyze network performance and capacity, including latency, throughput, packet loss, and congestion, to drive scalable improvements.
Partner across OCI Network Engineering, SRE, AI Infrastructure, Data Center Operations, product teams, and vendors to deliver reliable network solutions.
Mentor engineers and contribute to network architecture, engineering standards, operational tooling, and continuous improvement.

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 or accrued vacation depending on position eligibility.
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.
May be eligible for bonus and equity.