Senior Director, Network Engineering

Sr. Director Of Network Engineering

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 Sr. 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 subteams 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 Optical 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 Optical networking and reviewing qualification and validation processes to ensure optimal performance of our optical network, particularly in supporting RDMA interconnections. You will oversee diagnostic and troubleshooting processes to support our initiatives, ensuring the successful buildout and release of large AI infrastructure networks in accordance with our AI infrastructure strategy. As a leader, you will mentor and guide a team of optical network engineers, staying informed about new technologies and industry best practices to drive innovation within Optical Networking for the organization.

This role requires you to act as a visionary leader and trusted advisor to the Senior Vice President of AI 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 AI infrastructure Optical network strategies aimed at enhancing performance and stability for AI 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 Optical network optimization for AI 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 Optical 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.

Responsibilities

· - 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

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

• 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

Career Level - M5