Senior Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering

Oracle • Santa Clara, CA

13h

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Networking is rearchitecting its virtual network control and management systems to support the next generation of networking services. The Senior Director will lead an organization responsible for core infrastructure powering OCI Networking’s control plane and managing network configuration at cloud scale. The role applies organizational leadership and software architecture expertise to design, develop, deploy, and operate highly available, large-scale distributed services for OCI. The position works across OCI Networking and Infrastructure teams to shape the platform’s future, build reliable and scalable cloud infrastructure, and deliver large-scale projects.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience leading teams building and operating highly available, production-grade large-scale distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience driving modern software development and deployment practices, including CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment workflows for large-scale distributed systems.
• Demonstrated organizational leadership, including defining and driving organizational goals, managing managers, mentoring for growth, and leading cross-organizational initiatives.
• A BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum qualification: 12 years of software development experience; or a specified relevant degree and 4–8 years of software development experience, depending on degree level.
• 5 years of professional experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle Cloud.
• 10 years of experience working in system-level testing and automation.
• 2 years of experience delivering and operating large-scale distributed systems.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with networking fundamentals and configuration management is highly desirable.
• Preferred qualification: 13 years of software development experience; or a specified relevant degree and 5–9 years of software development experience, depending on degree level.
• 7 years of experience in a technical lead role with direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, direction, and strategy to an organization through managers and technical leads.
• Establish and develop the organization to meet and execute on strategy.
• Partner across OCI organizations to build reliable, scalable, and operable cloud infrastructure.
• Deliver large-scale projects on time and with high quality.
• Drive cross-organization projects across OCI Core Infrastructure.
• Lead software engineering teams that design, develop, deploy, and operate highly available, large-scale distributed services.
• Manage managers, mentor for growth, and lead cross-organizational initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits supporting employees with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options.
• Volunteer programs that encourage employees to give back to their communities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director