Senior Manager, Core Infrastructure Engineering
About The Position
The Senior Manager in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) leads a dedicated team overseeing the end-to-end lifecycle of infrastructure projects. The role aligns team objectives with organizational goals and prioritizes long-term infrastructure stability and scalability. It fosters a high-performance culture through mentoring, talent development, career guidance, and advocacy for OCI values. The role establishes measurable individual and team goals aligned with OCI strategy, monitors progress and performance, and maintains accountability to deliver outcomes for critical infrastructure initiatives. Decisions influence the manager’s team and associated OCI teams, contributing to the resilience and growth of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The Senior Manager oversees scalable systems and components, performance optimization, data plane platforms, testing, telemetry, dashboards, issue response, infrastructure automation, and change management across teams. The position also manages cross-team initiatives, priorities, partnerships, operational and technical problem-solving, continuous learning, performance coaching, career development, and talent acquisition.
Requirements
- BS or MS degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of people management experience, with a proven track record managing large-scale critical service.
- Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning, resource management, and performance optimization in a technology-driven environment.
- Exceptional decision-making abilities and experience influencing senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
- Strong background recruiting, developing, and leading senior individual contributors and building high-performing teams.
- Ability to make decisions that significantly affect organizational infrastructure, potentially with revenue and long-term operational implications.
- Experience in networking and cloud infrastructure operations.
- Expertise in Network Operating Systems (NOS) and experience working with networking hardware.
- Experience managing a large-scale critical service in cloud computing.
- Expertise in distributed systems, network monitoring, and automation.
- Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team overseeing the end-to-end lifecycle of OCI infrastructure projects and align team objectives with organizational goals.
- Mentor and develop team members, conduct career development discussions, and foster a high-performance culture and continuous learning.
- Establish measurable individual and team goals aligned with OCI strategy; monitor progress, assess performance, and maintain accountability.
- Manage development and implementation of scalable systems and components across multiple teams, including distributed state management tools.
- Oversee code and system optimization for large-scale data processing and high-throughput requirements.
- Guide teams in defining scalability requirements and ensure design and implementation requirements are met.
- Manage use of data plane platforms for large-scale data retrieval, storage, and processing.
- Ensure accurate design of performance and load testing.
- Oversee definition of KPIs and telemetry, and oversee dashboards, telemetry systems, and alerting to monitor system health and identify issues.
- Guide proactive diagnosis, debugging, and resolution of issues in active components and systems.
- Ensure teams prevent interruptions and resolve issues without requiring customer or user maintenance windows.
- Oversee development and maintenance of automation scripts and tools, including Infrastructure as Code, for cloud infrastructure.
- Work with teams to create and follow change management plans for patching, updating, and rolling back applications, and guide automation of these processes.
- Manage multiple medium- to large-scale projects or initiatives across teams, monitoring timelines, deliverables, and applicable budgets.
- Set team priorities and align project work with business needs; guide adjustments for resource or timeline changes.
- Drive cross-functional partnerships and shared objectives; coach team members in building strategic relationships with stakeholders and external partners.
- Direct teams in addressing complex operational and technical issues and analyzing complex information to identify solutions.
- Model continuous learning, integrate industry best practices into strategic planning, and use feedback to improve personal and team skills.
- Guide teams in adopting new approaches and encourage feedback for continued improvement.
- Drive performance across teams through feedback and coaching aligned with performance management processes.
- Discuss development goals, facilitate career development opportunities, and align individual goals with organizational goals.
- Develop and manage the talent acquisition pipeline by leading candidate interviews, monitoring promotion eligibility, and/or orchestrating talent resources.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short-term and long-term disability
- 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 employees and 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
- The posting states the role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
