Cloud Network Engineering

Principal Network Development Engineer
As a Principal Network Development Engineer within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Network Reliability Engineering (NRE), you will help ensure the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of one of the world's largest cloud networks. You will work on complex network infrastructure challenges, develop automation to improve operational efficiency, and collaborate across engineering and operations teams to deliver highly available cloud services.
Maintain and improve the availability, performance, and reliability of OCI network services.
Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve complex network incidents across large-scale cloud environments.
Review and contribute to network architecture, service design, and lifecycle management initiatives.
Participate in network deployment, expansion, and upgrade projects.
Support engineering, operations, and partner teams during incident response and service restoration activities.
Lead operational excellence initiatives, including runbook development, process improvement, and operational readiness reviews.
Networking:

Expert-level knowledge of routing and networking protocols including BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, DHCP, and MPLS.
Juniper, Cisco, Arista, InfiniBand, Firewalls, Data center switching platforms, Circuit management technologies.
Proven ability to analyze network telemetry, identify root causes, and resolve complex service-impacting issues.
Experience operating large-scale ISP, hyperscale cloud, or enterprise network environments.
Familiarity with merchant silicon networking platforms such as Broadcom and Mellanox.
GPU, RDMA & High-Performance Networking:

Experience supporting GPU-based infrastructure and AI/ML networking environments.
Knowledge of RDMA technologies and lossless network architectures.
Hands-on experience with InfiniBand and High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments is highly desirable.
Automation & Software Development:

Python, Ansible, Puppet, SQL, Infrastructure automation frameworks.
Project & Technical Leadership:

Contribute to strategic planning and execution of short, medium, and long-term engineering objectives.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Extensive experience supporting large-scale network infrastructure in 24x7 production environments.
Strong understanding of incident management, operational excellence, and service restoration practices.
Act as a technical leader within the organization, driving operational improvements and engineering best practices.
Collaborate closely with shift leads, engineering teams, and management to ensure successful service delivery.
Foster strong partnerships across OCI service teams to ensure consistent and scalable operational processes.