Senior Network Operations Engineer (Automation, CI/CD)

Salary: $81,100 - 187,000 per year Requirements:

• 3–5 years of relevant network operations or engineering experience; a bachelors degree is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols and technologies, including BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, DNS, DHCP, MPLS, VPNs, and TLS.
• Hands-on experience with at least three of the following: Juniper, Cisco, Arista, InfiniBand, firewalls, routers, switches, circuit management, or optical/network transport services.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to gather, correlate, and interpret information from multiple sources.
• Ability to diagnose, prioritize, resolve, or appropriately escalate network alerts and faults.
• Experience in a large ISP, cloud provider, or similarly complex enterprise network environment.
• Exposure to commodity Ethernet hardware and networking ASICs, including Broadcom and NVIDIA/Mellanox.
• Cisco, Arista, or Juniper certifications are desirable.
• Experience supporting GPU and RDMA networks, HPC environments, and InfiniBand or NVIDIA networking technologies such as Spectrum is highly desirable.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Strong organizational, time-management, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Experience with incident-response plans, processes, and strategies, and with large-scale enterprise infrastructure and cloud computing in a 24/7 network operations setting.
• Willingness to work rotational shifts and provide on-call support as required.
• Preferred experience with Python, Puppet, SQL, Ansible, network automation, and databases.

• Use established procedures and operational tools to plan, implement, and complete network changes safely.
• Mentor, onboard, and train junior network engineers, and participate in interviewing and hiring junior-level engineers.
• Take part in operational rotations and provide break/fix, incident-response, and on-call support.
• Identify and triage incidents through monitoring systems; analyze and mitigate network events; conduct or support root-cause analysis; and coordinate follow-up with internal teams and vendors.
• Participate in major incident calls and resolve network issues affecting Oracle customers and services.
• Manage fault detection, response, and escalation for OCI systems and networks, working with third-party suppliers through resolution.
• Coordinate with GNOC Shift Leads and management to complete daily operational work efficiently and on time.
• Identify, develop, and evaluate projects and tools that improve GNOC effectiveness.
• Audit and update runbooks to maintain compliance and align operational processes with partner service teams.
• Represent or lead the GNOC in vendor meetings, service reviews, and governance boards.
• Partner with network automation teams to integrate and improve operational support tools; develop scripts and automation to reduce manual effort and improve reliability.
• Lead technical initiatives to develop and improve runbooks, methods of procedure, operational processes, and onboarding materials.
• Support short-, medium-, and long-term plans to meet project objectives, engaging senior management and network leadership to align priorities.
• Participate in network lifecycle work, including builds, refreshes, upgrades, solution design, and design reviews.

• Ansible
• Cloud
• Cisco
• Ethernet
• Hardware
• InfiniBand
• Support
• MPLS
• Network
• Oracle
• Puppet
• Python
• RDMA
• SQL
• TCP/IP
• Office 365

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We are hiring a network engineer for Oracles Global Network Operations Center (GNOC), which helps keep our global physical network reliable, resilient, and available 24/7/365. In this fast-moving role, youll work with experienced engineers, partner teams, and vendors to support the infrastructure behind Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), with a focus on service availability, performance, and operational improvement. Nashville, Tennessee, is our preferred work location. The U.S. hiring range is $81,100–$187,000 per year, with potential eligibility for bonus and equity; compensation depends on factors such as experience, skills, market conditions, location, and internal equity. Our U.S. benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; disability and life insurance; flexible spending accounts; commuter benefits; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid time off, holidays, and sick leave; parental leave; adoption assistance; an employee stock purchase plan; financial planning and group legal services; and voluntary insurance options. Some U.S.-based or customer-facing roles may be subject to applicable occupational health, immunization, or drug-testing requirements. This is an IC3 career-level position.

last updated 42 week of 2026