Senior Network Developer

The Network Region Build (NRB) team is responsible for:

• Deploying greenfield infrastructure.
• Establishing network connectivity for new (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) OCI regions.
• Enabling compute connectivity for child sites.
• Building and managing data center fabrics, edge networks, backbone, fiber metro networks.
• Supporting multi-cloud initiatives.
• Providing 24x7 operational support during build phases.
• Overseeing network and server rack adds, decommissions, and capacity expansions.
• Driving automation, process improvements, and tool development in collaboration with Network Automation to enhance efficiency.

The role involves designing, deploying, and operating large-scale global cloud networks. It requires a deep understanding of network protocols and programming skills to support automation at scale, covering a vast infrastructure of network devices and millions of connected servers across dedicated backbone and internet-based connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Network lifecycle management through network build and/or upgrade projects.
• Collaborate with program/project managers to develop milestones and deliverables.
• Primarily use existing procedures and tools to develop and safely execute network change.
• May have to develop new procedures from time to time.
• Serve as technical lead for team projects.
• Contribute to the development of roadmap issues.
• Lead development of new runbooks and method of procedures.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Participate in network solution and architecture design process.
• Responsibility for developing standalone features.
• Participate in operational rotations as either primary or secondary.
• Provide break-fix support for events.
• Serve as escalation point for event remediation.
• Lead post-event root cause analysis.
• Coordinate with networking automation services for the development and integration of support tooling.
• Frequently develops scripts to automate routine tasks for team and business unit.
• Serves as SME on software development projects for network automation.
• Supports network vendor software bug fixes.
• Collaborate with network vendor technical account team and internal Quality Assurance team to drive bug resolution and assist in the qualification of new firmware and/or operating systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in large ISP or cloud provider environments.
• Hands-on exposure to commodity Ethernet hardware (Broadcom, Mellanox).
• Deep knowledge of routing and transport protocols: BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, DHCP, MPLS.
• Experience with Internet peering, inter-domain networking, and VPN/SSL technologies.
• Proficiency in scripting/automation (Python preferred) and datacenter design.
• Familiarity with automation frameworks, network modeling (YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF), and telemetry systems.
• Strong understanding of network security design, system performance testing, and operational monitoring.
• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to influence product direction and priorities.