Senior Director, Network Development

Oracle•Nashville, TN

5d•$169,800 - $355,400

About The Position

Accountable for strategy, architecture governance, and operational excellence across a large, multi-region network engineering group. Sets direction for network reliability, performance, security, and automation at enterprise scale. Harmonizes network strategy across groups and with Organization, partnering with senior and executive stakeholders to deliver resilient, compliant, and cost-efficient networks for data center, cloud, WAN, and edge. Directs complex, cross-functional programs that improve availability, latency, throughput, and total cost of ownership; embeds automation-first operations, rigorous validation, and continuous improvement across the portfolio. Builds and develops a high-performing, inclusive leadership bench; owns budgets, vendor strategy, and KPI reporting; ensures delivery against SLOs and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

Strategy, architecture governance, and operational excellence across a large, multi-region network engineering group.
Setting direction for network reliability, performance, security, and automation at enterprise scale.
Harmonizing network strategy across groups and with Organization, partnering with senior and executive stakeholders.
Delivering resilient, compliant, and cost-efficient networks for data center, cloud, WAN, and edge.
Directing complex, cross-functional programs that improve availability, latency, throughput, and total cost of ownership.
Embedding automation-first operations, rigorous validation, and continuous improvement across the portfolio.
Building and developing a high-performing, inclusive leadership bench.
Owning budgets, vendor strategy, and KPI reporting.
Ensuring delivery against SLOs and regulatory requirements.
Defining and governing multi-year architecture and design standards across cloud, data center, WAN, and edge.
Sponsoring transformational programs (e.g., SDN/intent-based networking, zero-trust segmentation).
Establishing enterprise validation strategy for new architectures, hardware/firmware, and software at scale.
Aligning network roadmap with product and platform strategies.
Setting group strategy for network automation frameworks, pipelines, and “policy as code”.
Prioritizing automation investments that reduce toil, increase change velocity, and improve MTTR.
Ensuring secure-by-design automation practices.
Owning group wide test strategy and acceptance criteria for configurations, images, and changes.
Institutionalizing quality gates and change readiness reviews.
Running governance forums to assess test coverage, defect escape, and reliability risk.
Defining network health strategy, SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets across services and regions.
Leading executive-level incident management for high-severity events.
Driving resiliency investments (e.g., redundancy, fault isolation, DR exercises).
Aligning network strategy with Cloud/Infra, SRE, Security, Product, and Finance.
Building leadership capacity through coaching, succession planning, and inclusive practices.
Owning strategic vendor relationships and contract negotiations.
Governing capacity planning and forecasting models.
Setting performance targets (latency, jitter, packet loss, throughput) and optimization strategies.
Balancing cost, performance, and resiliency trade-offs.
Providing strategic oversight on the management and execution of large-scale projects or initiatives.
Setting strategies for appropriately delegating work, setting priorities, and aligning projects with business needs.
Driving the strategic planning process across teams.
Setting a strategic direction for collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Driving a culture of teamwork, empowering teams to build and maintain partnerships.
Developing and implementing strategies for specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts.
Serving as an escalation point for highly complex operational and/or technical issues.
Overseeing teams leveraging innovative techniques to address significant ambiguous issues.
Championing continuous learning to maintain cutting-edge skills and influence organizational best practices.
Inspiring teams to build and maintain expertise in relevant areas.
Contributing to the organization’s strategy for learning and development.
Driving a culture of continuous improvement that sets a standard for efficient and effective processes, protocols, and workflows.
Overseeing work to implement large-scale approaches and methods for continued improvement.
Setting the strategic direction, prioritizing, and approving the roadmap of improvement initiatives.
Driving and ensuring consistent application of performance management strategies, systems, processes, and guidelines.
Creating an organizational culture of career development.
Guiding leaders to support their team's growth.
Driving consistency in the application of talent development procedures.
Socializing performance expectations across the organization.
Partnering with HR and executive leadership to envision and execute a talent management strategy.

Responsibilities

Define and govern multi-year architecture and design standards across cloud, data center, WAN, and edge; ensure designs meet resilience, security, and compliance objectives.
Sponsor transformational programs (e.g., SDN/intent-based networking, zero-trust segmentation) and enforce design reviews, configuration baselines, and lifecycle policies across regions.
Establish enterprise validation strategy for new architectures, hardware/firmware, and software at scale; require pre-production proofs, pilot rollouts, and rollback plans.
Align network roadmap with product and platform strategies; balance innovation with reliability, cost, and regulatory constraints.
Set group strategy for network automation frameworks, pipelines, and “policy as code”; standardize reusable modules, guardrails, and CI/CD for network changes.
Prioritize automation investments that reduce toil, increase change velocity, and improve MTTR; track benefits through measurable KPIs and error budget adherence.
Ensure secure-by-design automation practices, including access controls, audit trails, and compliance checkpoints; drive adoption across all regions and teams in group.
Own group wide test strategy and acceptance criteria for configurations, images, and changes; mandate automated regression, canary/blue-green rollouts, and production-safety checks.
Institutionalize quality gates and change readiness reviews; ensure RCAs and corrective actions are systematically integrated into test plans and playbooks.
Run governance forums to assess test coverage, defect escape, and reliability risk; direct group-wide Corrective and Preventive Actions priorities and timelines.
Define network health strategy, SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets across services and regions; enforce consistent telemetry, alerting, and runbook standards.
Lead executive-level incident management for high-severity events; require consistent RCA quality, cross-org learnings, and durable remediation at scale.
Drive resiliency investments (e.g., redundancy, fault isolation, DR exercises); validate business continuity and recovery outcomes against policy and regulatory needs.
Align network strategy with Cloud/Infra, SRE, Security, Product, and Finance; chair architecture and change boards to manage dependencies and risks.
Build leadership capacity through coaching, succession planning, and inclusive practices; set clear expectations for managers and technical leaders across group.
Own strategic vendor relationships and contract negotiations; drive joint roadmaps, performance SLAs, and remediation plans for systemic issues.
Govern capacity planning and forecasting models to meet growth, launches, and expansion; tie plans to budget cycles and supply constraints.
Set performance targets (latency, jitter, packet loss, throughput) and optimization strategies; eliminate hotspots via routing policy, peering, placement, and traffic engineering.
Balance cost, performance, and resiliency trade-offs; implement continuous cost optimization and value tracking for network investments.
Provides strategic oversight on the management and execution of large-scale projects or initiatives, monitoring timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable to ensure success. Sets strategies for appropriately delegating work, setting priorities, and aligning projects with business needs. Drives the strategic planning process across teams, providing guidance on resources or timelines in anticipation of changes.
Sets a strategic direction for collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of expectations and strategic objectives. Drives a culture of teamwork, empowering teams to build and maintain partnerships with business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers to contribute to organizational success. Promotes a culture of transparency and inclusivity where all voices are valued and respected.
Develops and implements strategies for specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts across the organization, serving as an escalation point for highly complex operational and/or technical issues. Oversees teams leveraging innovative techniques to address significant ambiguous issues, identify root causes, and prevent recurrence, reviewing solutions as needed.
Champions continuous learning to maintain cutting-edge skills and influence organizational best practices. Inspires teams to build and maintain expertise in relevant areas by proactively monitoring emerging trends, technologies, and industry standards to help position the organization as an industry leader. Contributes to the organization’s strategy for learning and development, influencing leadership to foster learning opportunities for the team.
Drives a culture of continuous improvement that sets a standard for efficient and effective processes, protocols, and workflows across the organization. Oversees work to implement large-scale approaches and methods for continued improvement, ensuring changes align with organizational goals. Sets the strategic direction, prioritizes, and approves the roadmap of improvement initiatives to maximize return on investments.
Drives and ensures consistent application of performance management strategies, systems, processes, and guidelines across the organization. Creates an organizational culture of career development that encourages proactively identifying and pursuing career development opportunities, and guiding leaders to support their team's growth. Drives consistency in the application of talent development procedures and socializes performance expectations across the organization. Partners with HR and executive leadership to envision and execute a talent management strategy, balancing budget and talent resources.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
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: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
Competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options.
Volunteer programs