Senior Director, Network Engineering

Senior Director, Network Engineering in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) Physical Network Engineering organization.

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world.

This Senior Director of Network Engineering will be the business leader and service owner for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) Physical Network Engineering organization. The leader of this space will drive the evolution of OCI’s physical network infrastructure, through execution across multiple sub teams of network engineers. An essential part of this role will be focused on driving further definition of our networking product and leading continuous improvement in how we design, deploy and expand our network global footprint.

The leader will adapt business needs into tangible direction across the organization and provide visibility upward to the executives within OCI. You will drive your organization’s roadmap and long-term strategy. In partnership with the other Networking leaders, you will align our technology and trajectory with other physical and virtual network service teams compute and GPU product and engineering service teams, Network Planning, Network Operations, Network Automation, and Network Monitoring.

As a people leader, you will have a role coaching your direct team members, program managers and adjacent senior technical staff with hands-on guidance and mentorship. To do so, you should be well versed in networking technologies, technical trends, business trends, budgeting, long term planning, organizational planning, performance management, and have the ability to run organizational programs. The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of hardware and cloud architecture, along with a proven track record of leading large organizations.

Our bar is high for our leaders, yet rewarding, as you help shape our network product and serve our growing customer base.

Values are OCI’s foundation and how we deliver excellence. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future.

This pivotal leadership role is essential for steering the strategic direction and roadmap of our cloud services, which are relied upon by our customers for their business operations. The successful candidate will collaborate with various teams to spearhead new initiatives and deliver innovative hardware products and features. The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of hardware and cloud architecture, along with a proven track record of leading large organizations.

In this role, you will lead a highly skilled team of engineers focused on performance optimization and innovation in the optical network's domain. This team will work closely with our Networking teams to analyze and enhance our Physical network investments, while also recommending relevant investments that align with our long-term vision. Additionally, the team will be responsible for communicating best practices in Physical networking and reviewing qualification and validation processes to ensure optimal performance of our Physical network, You will oversee diagnostic and troubleshooting processes to support our initiatives, ensuring the successful buildout and release of large infrastructure networks in accordance with our business strategy.

As a leader, you will mentor and guide a team of network engineers, staying informed about new technologies and industry best practices to drive innovation within Physical Networking for the organization.

This role requires you to act as a visionary leader and trusted advisor to the Vice President of Network Infrastructure, collaborating across multiple organizations within the Compute, Networking, and Hardware Product Groups.

Your responsibilities will also include partnering with Product teams to recommend effective Network infrastructure strategies aimed at enhancing performance and stability for Cloud workloads. You will engage with key partners, including customers and industry authorities, to understand technology trends and customer needs, thereby shaping the optical network roadmap and strategy.

Furthermore, you will lead the development of processes that support network optimization for cloud workloads and work with executive leadership to formulate a robust go-to-market strategy, assisting Product managers in launching new SKUs across different regions. As an inspiring leader, you will define the network strategy and program for cloud compute, establishing relationships with industry and research through executive-level engagements.

You will also be responsible for defining critical metrics to guide decision-making and prioritization, providing regular updates to executive management to influence the portfolio, and setting performance goals and expectations for your team.

Develop, manage and lead network engineering teams; responsible for organization planning, hiring and performance management

Lead and own the long-term strategy for your Physical Network Engineering and contribute to the strategy for all of Networking, and adjacent Infrastructure organizations

Lead execution roadmap for sub-teams, defining critical metrics to guide decision-making and prioritization

Provide regular updates to executive management to influence the infrastructure portfolio

Own network product definition and advancement in cooperation with the product teams

Drive vendor and supplier management with depth to help negotiate needed supplies, pricing, hardware delivery, and software/OS delivery

Mentor and coach for all area leaders, senior technical staff, program managers with the ability to extend influence beyond their team

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Experience leading networking engineering architecture and design practices with needed programs, process improvement, and organizational management

Thorough understanding of key networking technologies needed for cloud including: network design and fabrics, networking protocols, network automation, network telemetry and common hardware platforms

Thorough understanding and ability to guide region/metro area networking, product partnerships, and business strategy

Understanding of software design and ability to run and build software platforms and solutions

10+ years as a technical contributor (lead), manager and/or business leader

Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.

Proven track record in developing and executing strategic initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment

Strong understanding of both network fabrics and optical transport

Experience with AI infrastructure and workloads

Experience with automation systems, framework design/use and deployment.

Knowledge of network security design, system performance characterization and testing.

Knowledge of data flow and telemetry design, deployment and operation.

Experience with standards work, regulatory work, demonstrated industry leadership, industry policy generation

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $193,600 to $414,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted. Career Level - M5