Principal Network Engineer

Salary: $114,600 - 234,600 per year Requirements:

• We look for deep experience designing, implementing, and operating L3/L4 network services across data center and cloud environments.
• We expect hands-on knowledge of IP addressing, routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, and IS-IS, and EVPN/VXLAN fabrics.
• We value experience with cloud networking concepts including VPC/VNet design, subnets, routing tables, NAT, hub-and-spoke connectivity, PrivateLink or service endpoints, and inter-cloud links.
• We seek familiarity with load balancing, service insertion, segmentation, ACLs, encryption, DDoS/WAF protections, and zero-trust-aligned controls.
• We look for strong automation skills using Terraform, Ansible, APIs, scripting such as Python, CI/CD, GitOps, and policy-as-code practices.
• We expect experience with observability and telemetry tools such as SNMP, streaming telemetry, NetFlow/IPFIX, and flow logs, plus the ability to define and work to SLIs/SLOs.
• We value experience leading moderately complex projects, making technical decisions, and collaborating across SRE, platform, security, and related teams.
• We look for a track record of producing design documentation, diagrams, runbooks, inventories, and review materials.
• We seek experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to hiring, interviews, and talent development.
• We note that the role is positioned at career level IC4.

• We design and lead resilient L3/L4 network topologies, overlays, and routing strategies across on-premises and cloud environments.
• We define high-availability, ECMP, and traffic-engineering patterns and validate them through testing, failure simulations, and phased rollouts.
• We create design documentation and coordinate technical reviews, including rollout, rollback, and verification planning.
• We implement and operate cloud networking components such as subnets, routing, NAT, transit architectures, service endpoints, and inter-cloud connectivity.
• We tune L4/L7 load balancing and service insertion to meet service objectives and cost targets.
• We engineer network security controls, segmentation, and compliance guardrails, and we work with security teams to support audits.
• We review rulebases and routing policies to remove redundant or hidden rules and reduce exposure.
• We build and maintain reusable infrastructure-as-code modules and automation, along with validation, drift detection, rollback, and canary tooling.
• We promote GitOps, configuration modeling, and source-of-truth inventory practices.
• We implement monitoring, telemetry, dashboards, alerts, and runbooks, and we use them to support capacity, performance, and incident analysis.
• We partner with SRE, platform, and security teams on architecture, incident response, remediation, and capacity planning.
• We participate in on-call response and complex changes, helping minimize risk and downtime.
• We maintain high-quality network diagrams, inventories, and operational documentation.
• We mentor junior engineers through reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing.
• We manage moderately complex workstreams, prioritize across projects, and help evaluate candidates and hiring decisions.

• Ansible
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Flow
• GitOps
• Support
• Load Balancing
• NAT
• Network
• Oracle
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• WAF
• ASP.NET

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We are working with Oracle on this opportunity for an experienced network engineer who will help design, implement, and operate secure, highly available network services across data center and cloud environments. The role offers broad technical impact beyond the immediate team, with influence on standards, architectures, and cross-team delivery. Oracle provides a comprehensive U.S. benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage; disability and life insurance; flexible spending accounts; commuter and parking benefits; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, and parental leave; adoption assistance; stock purchase options; financial planning and legal benefits; and voluntary insurance options. The posting also notes a U.S. hiring range of $114,600 to $234,600 annually, with possible bonus, equity, and compensation deferral, subject to location and other factors.

last updated 40 week of 2026