Full Job Description
Background with high availability, high performance compute, large-scale networks and network support and design is highly preferred
Regularly evaluates existing cloud infrastructure to identify risks or opportunities for improvement.
Designs and supports mission-critical, high-availability architectures.
Experience with network Arista, Cisco IOS or Junos operating systems.
Understanding of WDM, FW, Hardware Load Balancers in a large data center environment
Excellent IP networking fundamentals and extensive experience in the application of IP protocols
Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project
Demonstrated experience automating and managing networks (automated provisioning, remote configuration, etc. )
Understanding of Agile, Scrum, project management frameworks
Highly autonomous, very detail oriented, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience in automation; including shell scripting or programming languages such as Python, Perl or Shell
Responds to technical issues in a professional and timely manner.
Participates in “on-call, after-hours� rotation schedules.
Participates in after-hours build activities and troubleshooting activities, as required.
For this role, we are seeking a Sr Network Engineer to work in our Network Capacity organization. This team is responsible for network deployments across all of OCI. Our data center networks provide high bandwidth and low latency solutions for aggregating server racks, inter-connecting data centers in our regional backbone, inter-connecting our data centers to our Border network, and for management and monitoring of all network devices and critical data center infrastructure.
We are inventing the networks of the future so our engineers require a deep background in network hardware, routing protocols and designing large scale networks. The ideal candidate for this team would have a knowledge of multi-vendor data center environment support and troubleshooting experience. Experience implementing and supporting Loadbalancing, Layer 2 switching technologies, routings protocols such BGP, EIGRP and OSPF. Were interested in engineers with experience having designed, operated, and implemented networks of very large scale. Were looking for those who have pushed platforms and protocols to their limits.
In addition to fundamental Networking skills our engineers must have Linux experience and background in network automation. Some proficiency in Python, Perl, C, or Shell Scripting is required. Experience managing large projects to completion is a must, either as project lead or team member. Engineers are expected to self-manage several projects at a time, providing regular status updates and identifying and pushing through obstacles.
Senior to Expert-level certifications (e.g. CCNP, JNCIP, CCIE, JNCIE), Strong Linux system engineering skills, Statistical analysis and data analytics experience is a big plus.
Supports the design, deployment, and operations of a large-scale global Oracle cloud computing environment (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – OCI). Primarily focused on development and support of network fabric and systems through a combination of a deep level understanding of networking at the protocol level coupled with programming skills to support the intensive automation required to operate a production environment. As OCI is a cloud-based network with a global footprint, this support will include hundreds of thousands of network devices supporting millions of servers, connected over a mix of dedicated backbone infrastructure and the Internet.
Participate in Network lifecycle management through network build and/or upgrade projects. Collaborate with program/project managers to develop milestones and deliverables. Will primarily use existing procedures and tools to develop and safely execute network change. However, may have to develop new procedures from time to time. Serve as technical lead for team projects. Contributes to the development of roadmap issues. Leads development of new runbooks and method of procedures. Mentors junior engineers. Participates 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.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science preferred and at least 5 years of related experience. Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment. Exposure to commodity Ethernet hardware (Broadcom/Mellanox), protocol experience with BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, DHCP, MPLS. Experience with networking protocols such as TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and SSL. Experience with Internet peering and inter-domain networking. Experience with scripting or automation and datacenter design – Python preferred, but must demonstrate knowledge in a scripting or compiled language. Experience with high level software design/development. Experience with automation systems, framework design/use and deployment. Experience with network modeling and programing – YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF. Knowledge of network security design, system performance characterization and testing. Knowledge of data flow and telemetry design, deployment and operation. Excellent judgment in influence for product roadmap direction, features, and priorities. Ability to work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. and demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Capable of working under limited supervision. Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
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