Network Engineering Director

Lead Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s Global Networking Platform Engineering team responsible for the physical network platform that enables Oracle’s backbone and Internet connectivity worldwide.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeking an experienced Director of Network Engineering to lead the OCL Global Networking Platform Engineering team. This team is responsible for the design, build, lifecycle management, and operational readiness of the physical network platform that supports Oracle’s global backbone and Internet connectivity.
This role owns the engineering strategy and execution for network hardware platforms, circuit capacity, carrier interconnects, and the physical connectivity foundations required to scale Oracle’s global cloud network. The Director will lead a team of engineers responsible for translating business growth, regional expansion, capacity demand, reliability requirements, and technology evolution into deployable, supportable network platform solutions.
The ideal candidate has deep experience building and operating large-scale global networks, strong technical judgment across network hardware and carrier infrastructure, and a proven record of leading engineering teams in cloud, service provider, or large enterprise environments. This leader must operate effectively across architecture, capacity planning, deployment, operations, procurement, vendors, and executive stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable, and cost-effective network infrastructure.
Lead the Global Networking Platform Engineering team responsible for Oracle’s physical network platform supporting backbone and Internet connectivity.
Define and execute the engineering strategy for network hardware, circuits, carrier interconnects, routing platforms, and related physical infrastructure.
Own platform lifecycle management, including hardware standards, vendor selection, qualification, deployment readiness, sparing strategy, capacity planning inputs, and end-of-life planning.
Partner with architecture, backbone engineering, Internet edge, data center networking, capacity planning, procurement, and operations teams to deliver scalable global network infrastructure.
Drive engineering programs that improve network reliability, deployment velocity, operational efficiency, capacity availability, and platform standardization.
Lead planning and execution for new regions, backbone expansions, Internet peering and transit capacity, circuit augmentation, and large-scale network refresh programs.
Establish technical standards, design patterns, and operational requirements for physical network deployments across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Manage vendor and carrier technical relationships, including roadmap alignment, hardware evaluations, service delivery issues, and escalation management.
Develop engineering processes for platform certification, deployment documentation, acceptance criteria, operational handoff, and ongoing lifecycle governance.
Use data-driven decision-making to evaluate capacity, reliability, cost, performance, failure trends, and platform health.
Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing engineering team. Set clear expectations, develop technical leaders, and maintain a culture of accountability and engineering rigor.
Represent the team in executive reviews, cross-functional planning forums, incident reviews, and strategic infrastructure discussions.
Ensure the team’s work supports Oracle’s requirements for availability, security, scalability, compliance, and cost efficiency.
Drive continuous improvement across engineering execution, documentation quality, automation adoption, and cross-team operating models.
Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $122,500 to $355,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.Career Level - M4
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