Lead Principal Network Developer

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Nashville, TN
Salary
$126,200–$264,100 / yr
Posted
66 days ago
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This role $195k
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This role pays more than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $149,412–$216,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $195k versus about $183k for comparable roles.

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TL;DR · Lead Principal Network Developer

The Lead Principal Network Developer joins the Network Products Engineering team to provide technical leadership and architectural vision for next-generation cloud networking products. This individual contributor role involves designing, developing, and validating advanced network fabrics and systems to support large-scale data center environments. Day-to-day responsibilities include building automation frameworks, creating telemetry systems, managing infrastructure pipelines, and overseeing complex testing strategies to ensure reliability. The candidate will also manage performance metrics like latency and throughput while collaborating with cross-functional teams and vendors to resolve critical bugs and align product roadmaps. Required expertise includes network architecture, network engineering, network hardware, and network operating systems. This role solves the challenge of maintaining high-performance, scalable networking infrastructure for demanding cloud workloads by proactively mitigating risks and optimizing network processes through advanced automation and technical leadership.

What you'll do

  • Design and oversee the architecture of advanced network fabrics to support large-scale cloud environments.
  • Develop and maintain automated frameworks, scripts, and infrastructure pipelines to improve operational efficiency.
  • Create complex dashboards, telemetry systems, and alerting mechanisms to monitor network health and performance.
  • Lead high-level technical collaboration with vendors and internal teams to resolve critical bugs and ensure hardware/software alignment.
  • Establish standardized qualification processes and test strategies to ensure network integrity before production deployment.
  • Manage incident response for major technical events and lead the delivery of root cause analysis (RCA).
  • Analyze performance metrics like latency and throughput to design capacity plans for future growth.
  • Provide technical mentorship and serve as a subject matter expert to drive innovation across cross-functional teams.

What we're looking for

  • Must have at least 10 years of experience in the field.
  • Proficiency in network architecture and engineering is required.
  • Experience with network hardware and operating systems is required.
  • Ability to read, write, and speak English.
  • Proven ability to provide technical leadership and act as a subject matter expert for complex networking issues.
  • Capability to design and optimize automation frameworks, scripts, and telemetry systems for network operations.
  • Expertise in designing and validating large-scale network fabrics and infrastructure pipelines.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional collaboration with vendors, hardware teams, and software engineers.

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