Principal Member Of Technical Staff

Are you interested in building large-scale distributed infrastructure for the cloud? Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team is building new Infrastructure-as-a-Service technologies that operate at large scale in a distributed multi-tenant cloud environment. Join OCI Networking to build highly scalable and customizable services offering predictable and consistent performance, isolation, and availability.

As a member of the software engineering division, you will define, design, and lead the development of major software components. Provide technical leadership to other developers, set architectural direction, and deliver high-impact solutions. Anticipate future needs and build extensible systems to support the

m.We are a team that builds and maintains distributed services to manage OCI networks. Currently, we are looking for experienced engineers with deep expertise in automating, scaling, and managing large fleets of networking devices. These are exciting times, and our team is undergoing rapid growth while working on ambitious initiatives. At the IC4 level, engineers are expected to make strategic technical decisions, drive cross-team alignment, and have broad technical and business impac

t.

Responsibili

• tiesAs a Principal Member of Technical Staff (IC4) on the Network Fleet Management team, you w
• ill:Own the design and architecture of tooling and infrastructure to manage OCI’s rapidly growing fleet of networking devi
• ces.Lead technical initiatives for onboarding new regions, capacity expansion, deployment tooling, patching, fleet monitoring, and automat
• ion.Drive end-to-end ownership of critical services, ensuring availability, security, and scalabil
• ity.Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, reviewing designs and guiding best practi
• ces.Partner with multiple teams across OCI to deliver networking solutions that are best-in-cl
• ass.Define and improve operational excellence, including runbooks, automation, and monitoring syst
• ems.Influence long-term strategy and roadmap for networking fleet management and related automation syst
• ems.Participate in on-call rotation and lead efforts to improve reliability and reduce operational l

oad.
Qualifica

tionsYou are an expert in Linux, proficient with Python, Go, BASH, and Java, with strong networking and systems engineering experience. You value simplicity and scale, thrive in collaborative and agile environments, and are excited to lead others in building highly reliable sys

tems.
Basic Qualifica

• tions:Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical f
• ields.8+ years of experience in software engineering or systems engine
• ering.5+ years of experience with Linux system engine
• ering.5+ years of experience with Python/BASH/Ja
• va/Go.Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Shepherd/Terraform) at
• scale.Strong DevOps and CI/CD experience, including build tools and pipelines (TeamCity, Maven, Make,

etc.).
Preferred Qualific

• ations:Experience leading large-scale distributed systems or networking automation pr
• ojects.Experience driving cross-team technical initiatives and influencing design decisions at org
• level.Prior cloud infrastructure expe
• rience.Hardware qualification experience (embedded develo
• pment).Strong track record of improving reliability and reducing operational burden through auto