Title: Network Development Engineer

Location: Reston, VA; Seattle, WA; or Austin, TX

Clearance Level: TS/SCI w/ Polygraph

Job Description:

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 operating procedures and deployment documentation. Mentors less experienced engineers in professional and technical areas. Contributes to the network solution and architecture design process. Responsibility for developing standalone features. Participate in operational rotations as either primary or secondary response engineer for customer impacting network events. NDE’s provide break-fix support for network events and 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 Network Reliability SME on software development projects for network automation developers. Maintains network vendor relationships and tracks 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.

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.

Oracle is an Affirmative Action-Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veterans status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• US Government active Top Secret/ SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• Experience and interest to work in a network operations role
• Extensive experience with scripting or automation and datacenter design – Python preferred, but must demonstrate expertise in a scripting or compiled language
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
• Excellent judgment in influence for product roadmap direction, features, and priorities
• Required to participate in an on call rotation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience troubleshooting and engineering networks that rely on common industry relevant protocols such as BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, TCP/UDP, IPv4/IPv6, DNS, DHCP, ZTP, VPN, and SSL the below protocols:
• Experience with network monitoring and telemetry solutions such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Extensive experience with scripting or automation and datacenter design – Python preferred, but must demonstrate expertise in a scripting or compiled language
• Experience working with UNIX and Linux operating systems, to include scripting and automation of tasks.
• Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment
• Experience with embedded or real-time operating systems
• Experience with network configuration management