Senior Network Developer

Oracle • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The OCI AI Infrastructure – Network Operations team operates high-performance RDMA/RoCE network fabrics supporting large AI, GPU, and HPC workloads. The Senior Network Developer will operate, support, and scale these fabrics across OCI’s global cloud infrastructure, and design and validate advanced network solutions for AI, GPU, HPC, and data center environments. The role applies networking and automation expertise to improve reliability, performance, scalability, and operational efficiency.

The position develops automation, testing frameworks, and operational tools; builds test strategies and performs pre-production validation; conducts root cause analysis for complex network issues; and analyzes telemetry and performance metrics to identify anomalies, capacity constraints, and improvement opportunities. It also supports incident response, customer escalations, and production troubleshooting, and partners with engineering teams, vendors, and project stakeholders to deliver network initiatives. The role contributes to monitoring and operational tooling, mentors junior engineers, and helps establish networking standards, operational readiness, and engineering best practices. The position participates in an on-call rotation and works under limited supervision.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related engineering field and 5+ years of Network Engineering experience, or a master’s degree and 1+ years of Network Engineering experience.
• Knowledge of routing and networking protocols including MPLS, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, and DHCP.
• Extensive scripting or automation experience and data center design experience; Python is preferred, but expertise in a scripting or compiled language must be demonstrated.
• Experience with TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and SSL.
• Experience with network monitoring and telemetry solutions.
• Ability to use professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues creatively and effectively.
• Ability to work under limited supervision.
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Excellent judgment in influencing product roadmap direction, features, and priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment.
• Experience in RDMA networking.
• Experience working in a network operations role.
• Knowledge of VxLAN and EVPN.
• Experience with network modeling and programming, including YANG, OpenConfig, and NETCONF.

Responsibilities

• Design, operate, validate, and scale advanced network fabrics for large-scale cloud, AI, and data center environments.
• Develop automation, scripts, and tools for network testing, operations, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Build and enhance telemetry, dashboards, alerting, and monitoring to improve network health, reliability, and SLO performance.
• Develop test strategies, lead pre-production validation, and conduct root cause analysis for network issues and changes.
• Analyze network performance, capacity, latency, throughput, and packet loss to identify issues and support infrastructure growth.
• Participate in incident response and operational support, resolving complex production and customer issues.
• Partner with engineering teams, vendors, and stakeholders on network architecture, deployments, standards, and operational readiness.
• Identify design and operational risks, drive mitigations, and continuously improve network processes and reliability.
• Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and contribute to architecture, roadmap, and engineering best practices.
• Manage priorities and deliverables independently while collaborating across teams.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

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.
• Flexible or accrued vacation, depending on eligibility and position; accrual is described for employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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