Prinicpal Network Developer (DDOS)

Oracle • Nashville, TN

72d

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Principal Network Security Engineer to lead the architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of Tier 0 DDoS protection and network security services. You will own strategy and roadmap, drive cross-org initiatives, and set engineering standards for secure, highly available, and globally scalable defenses. This role blends deep technical leadership, hands-on execution, and mentorship to raise the bar on reliability, performance, and security.

Requirements

• 6-10 years in network/security engineering at cloud, hyperscale, or ISP, including ownership of production-critical systems.
• Expert knowledge of routing and protocols: BGP, TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6; strong DNS/DHCP fundamentals; MPLS familiarity.
• Proven, hands-on experience designing and operating large-scale DDoS detection/mitigation and traffic/telemetry systems.
• Strong software/automation skills (Python; Go preferred), CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and testing in production environments.
• Demonstrated leadership in incident response, resilience engineering, and postmortem-driven improvements.
• Excellence in system design, performance characterization, and security reviews/threat modeling.
• Clear communicator with the ability to influence across orgs and present to executives.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SDN, programmable data planes, eBPF, or hardware-based mitigation platforms.
• Background in capacity planning, anycast/traffic steering, and large-scale observability.
• Familiarity with zero trust, segmentation, and modern security architectures.
• Relevant certifications or equivalent industry recognition.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture and roadmap for DDoS mitigation and network security services; make design choices that scale globally.
• Lead delivery of high-impact programs: capacity planning, traffic engineering, telemetry, and automation for detection and mitigation.
• Establish SLOs/SLAs, KPIs, and operational readiness standards; drive continuous improvement and compliance.
• Serve as incident commander for complex events; lead post-incident reviews and systemic remediations.
• Design and review production-ready code, automation, and tooling (Python; Go preferred) for reliability at scale.
• Guide security reviews, threat modeling, and risk mitigations; ensure auditability and policy adherence.
• Partner with networking, edge, SRE, and product teams to integrate controls and deliver customer-facing capabilities.
• Mentor and develop engineers; influence hiring, technical direction, and best practices across the org.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., advanced telemetry, programmable data planes) and lead adoption where it adds value.
• Produce clear design docs, runbooks, and executive updates.

Benefits

• Flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options.
• Volunteer programs to give back to communities.
• Competitive benefits based on parity and consistency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees