Sr. Network Development Engineer

Job description

**Job Description**



**Ideal Candidate**



Do you enjoy complex puzzles and challenging problems?

Do you believe variability and complexity are the anthesis of stability and reliability?

Do you believe comprehensive risk analysis should guide design decisions?

Do you feel that problem avoidance trumps the diving save?

Do you describe yourself as a lifelong learner?

If you answer yes to each, then Oracle’s IES Network Engineering team is looking for YOU!



**Who we are**



Oracle Cloud continues to drive innovation across the infrastructure and cloud services space, empowering enterprise customers worldwide through automation, scalability, and security.

Oracle’s Infrastructure Engineering Services (IES) Cloud Services group is an industry leader focused on innovation, service delivery, and migration of traditional, on-premises workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Our customer base includes fortune 500 and industry leaders across a variety of sectors including Oracle Health and AI (OHAI), Federal/Government, Communications, Financial Services, Health Sciences, Hospitality, Retail, Utilities, Construction and Engineering.

Together, we are purposeful, industry leading experts in cloud service delivery providing the next generation of Cloud services hosted in the Oracle Cloud.

One of the team's core priorities of the group, is the migration of Cerner and OHAI tenants to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).



Leading the transformation and migration for the IES Cloud Services customers, our Cloud Network Engineering team, designs, plans, and delivers, the OCI cloud infrastructure services for our hosted tenants.

Ensuring Site UP is the top priority, we are laser focused on ensuring site reliability, performance, and security while leading migration efforts to the next generation cloud infrastructure.

Consisting of a group of experienced Network Development Engineers, Cloud Architects, and Software Developers, the IES Cloud Network Engineering group is the high-octane engine powering the transformation of our Cloud based Network infrastructure.



**Responsibilities**



**As a Sr. Network Development Engineer** you will be part of a highly technical, geographically disbursed group of Cloud Network Development Engineers.

You will be responsible for designing, testing, and building Virtual Cloud Network environments for the OHAI and Cerner products, applications, and database systems.

You will meet with product and application teams to gather requirements, understand dependencies, and design traffic pattern to support the migration from Data Center hosting, to OCI Virtual Cloud environments.

You will develop and refine automation tools, methods, and design templates to facilitate and improve migration efficiency.

Ensuring least privileged access and secure virtual network environments is a critical component of the role.

You will use your deep knowledge of routing protocols, automation and programming skills, and problem solving capabilities to analyze complex infrastructure challenges and develop scaleable, reliable solutions.



**Role specific Responsibilities:**



+ Design, Migrate, & Support Oracle Cloud based Virtual Network SaaS components including European Government and Federal environments.

+ Design and deliver Virtual Cloud Network infrastructure and associated network transit from classic enterprise, hybrid and native cloud environments for Global Industry Units including Oracle Health and AI customers.

+ Author, present, and maintain Corporate Security Solution Assurance Process (CSSAP) documentation while assisting Global Industry tenants as well as Oracle Health and AI business units prepare and present theirs.

+ Lead the development and design of process and technology solutions enabling SaaS component risk assessment, defect cataloging, and maintenance prioritization.

+ Design and implement reporting and analytics measuring performance against OKRs, KPIs, and associated SLAS/OLAs.

+ Lead continuous improvement and engineering discipline maturity through Root Cause Analysis and Problem Avoidance.

+ Architect system demands and requirements into technical solutions.

+ Consult with and guide Global Industry Units and Oracle Health groups to migrate legacy environments to next generation Oracle Cloud Infrastructure providing interoperability, security, scalability, and availability for hosted cloud tenants.

+ Ensure Financial efficacy through optimal “right sizing” of infrastructure and cloud service components.

+ Participate in Live-Site Engineering reviews, of design plans, planned changes, and maintenance plans.

+ Assist Audit/Compliance Engineering partners with vulnerability risk assessment and remediation plans.

+ Assess and review new network component candidates (releases) for standards adoption and implementation to the Live Site environment.

+ Collaborate with peers and lead automation and innovation workshops for members of the extended organization.



**Required Qualifications:**



+ Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, related field or equivalent practical & demonstrated experience

+ Demonstrated progressive increase in role specific responsibilities and associated complexities

+ 4 + years Cloud based Network service design and management

+ Advanced level experience in cloud environment design engineering, planning and support of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, & LBaaS offerings.

+ 4+ years of experience designing or provisioning virtual cloud networks, including Network Firewall Services, Routing and NAT Gateways, and transit services including Fast Connect services.

+ 3+ years of experience in Virtual Hybrid/Multi Cloud Network technologies (OCI, Azure, AWS, GCS, etc)

+ Demonstrated ability to interpret, describe, and modify CI/CD pipelines related to infrastructure projects

+ Operational experience with GIT based version control systems including foundational knowledge with branching, merge/pull requests concepts.

+ Expert level knowledge building infrastructure as code leveraging technologies including Terraform and Shepherd.

+ Advanced level automation experience including proficiency in a combination of Python, Ansible, Chef, Docker, TerraForm, Shepherd, JSON, REST, iControl, Bash, Yaml, and iControlRest.

+ Expert level experience with internet routing protocols and concepts, including but not limited to IP, BGP, iBGP, EGP, MPLS, IS-IS, OSPF, IPSEC, & NAT.

+ Advanced level knowledge of IP addressing, CIDR, and RFC 1918 strategy and implementation best practices

+ Advanced level knowledge of Layer 4-7 protocols including TCP, UDP, AH, ESP, SMB, RCP, TLS, SSL, HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, SNMP, SMTP, and SSH.

+ Demonstrated ability to perform protocol and packet analysis of traffic flows including HTTP, HTTPS communications

+ Advanced level experience in capacity management, traffic engineering, and performance optimization

+ Familiarity with cloud system monitoring concepts and ability to define key performance indicators and thresholds for new services



**Additional preferred skills and experience:**



+ 3+ years professional experience engineering solutions and supporting carrier grade, IP based ISP, Webscale, and cloud-provider network environments.

+ Demonstrated experience with Cloud and Network life cycle management (LCM) programs including an ability to create and maintain detailed technical documentation of network and cloud system designs, configurations, and methods of procedure.Experience with Agile methodologies and Scrum.

+ Experience operating in a Linux/Unix environment

+ Experience translating and managing the Incident to Problem Management workflow through a combination of process automation, defect cataloging, data warehousing, reporting and analytics.

+ Practical experience with Apex, Oracle BI, Grafana, or Power BI for system analytics and reporting

+ Experience with network system change management and release management programs.

+ Experience with IP Network management tools and applications including IP Control, Blue Cat, and/or IPAM

+ Demonstrated ability to define and measure performance of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), KPIs, Operational Level Agreements (OLAs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).



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