Principal Network Developer

Salary: $102,300 - 209,500 per year Requirements:

• We want experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment.
• We need familiarity with commodity Ethernet hardware, including Broadcom and Mellanox.
• We expect protocol knowledge across BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, DHCP, and MPLS.
• We value experience with Internet peering and inter-domain networking.
• We require scripting or automation experience, with Python preferred, and knowledge of either a scripting or compiled language.
• We look for experience with automation systems, framework design, use, and deployment.
• We want experience with network modeling and programming tools such as YANG, OpenConfig, and NETCONF.
• We expect knowledge of network security design, system performance characterization, and testing.
• We value understanding of data flow and telemetry design, deployment, and operations.
• We look for excellent judgment in shaping product roadmap direction, features, and priorities.
• We require strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.

• We participate in network lifecycle management through build and upgrade projects.
• We work with program and project managers to define milestones and deliverables.
• We use existing procedures and tools to plan and safely execute network changes, and we may create new procedures when needed.
• We serve as technical leads on team projects and contribute to roadmap items.
• We develop new runbooks and methods of procedures.
• We mentor junior engineers.
• We take part in network solution and architecture design.
• We develop standalone features.
• We participate in primary or secondary operational rotations.
• We provide break-fix support for incidents and act as an escalation point for remediation.
• We lead post-event root cause analysis.
• We coordinate with network automation services to develop and integrate support tooling.
• We create scripts to automate routine tasks for our team and business unit.
• We serve as subject matter experts on software development projects for network automation.
• We support network vendor software bug fixes.
• We collaborate with vendor technical account teams and internal quality assurance to resolve bugs and qualify new firmware and operating systems.

• Backbone
• Cloud
• Ethernet
• Firmware
• Flow
• Hardware
• Support
• MPLS
• Network
• Oracle
• Python
• Security
• TCP/IP
• VPN

More:

We are working with Oracle to connect exceptional professionals with this role on the Network Region Build team. Our team is responsible for deploying greenfield infrastructure, establishing network connectivity for new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regions, enabling compute connectivity for child sites, and building and managing data center fabrics, edge networks, backbone, and fiber metro networks while supporting multi-cloud initiatives. We also provide operational support during build phases and oversee network and server rack additions, decommissions, and capacity expansions. This role is focused on designing, deploying, and operating large-scale global cloud networks, with a broad infrastructure footprint across network devices and millions of connected servers. Oracles US role offers a comprehensive benefits package, a hiring range of $102,300 to $209,500 annually, and may include bonus and equity. The role generally accepts applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or while it remains posted, and the career level is IC4.

last updated 41 week of 2026