Principal Network Developer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $102,300–$209,500 / yr
Posted: 22 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Principal Network Developer

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As a Principal Network Developer, you will join the team to lead the design, deployment, validation, and lifecycle management of large-scale RDMA/RoCE network fabrics supporting OCI AI, GPU, and HPC infrastructure. You will serve as a technical lead for complex initiatives involving data center networking, automation, and performance analysis. Your daily responsibilities include developing automation frameworks using Python, Ansible, and APIs to improve operational efficiency, while building telemetry tools and monitoring dashboards to identify congestion or reliability issues. The role requires expertise in routing and switching technologies such as BGP, OSPF, and EVPN-VXLAN. You will solve critical infrastructure challenges by managing high-performance network fabrics, ensuring optimal latency and throughput for distributed systems, and mentoring engineers on network architecture standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable cloud solutions.

Skills

RDMA RoCE Ethernet BGP OSPF EVPN-VXLAN Python Ansible APIs Network Automation Telemetry Monitoring Data Center Networking HPC QoS Congestion Control

What you'll do

Lead the design, deployment, and lifecycle management of large-scale RDMA/RoCE network fabrics for AI and HPC infrastructure.
Translate complex network architectures into scalable designs and deployment plans for global cloud environments.
Develop automation frameworks, scripts, and infrastructure pipelines to improve network testing and operational efficiency.
Design test strategies and lead pre-production validation and network change reviews for high-performance fabrics.
Build and enhance telemetry, monitoring dashboards, and alerting systems to identify performance and reliability issues.
Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective actions for network issues impacting AI and GPU workloads.
Analyze network performance metrics like latency and throughput to drive scalable infrastructure improvements.
Mentor engineers and contribute to corporate networking standards and operational tooling.

What we're looking for

Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Candidates must have 6 to 10+ years of experience.
Experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting large-scale RDMA/RoCE, cloud, data center, or high-performance networks (preferred).
Knowledge of RDMA, RoCE, Ethernet fabrics, congestion control, QoS, and AI/GPU networking (preferred).
Expertise in routing and switching technologies including BGP, OSPF, EVPN-VXLAN, and data center networking (preferred).
Experience with network automation using Python, Ansible, APIs, or similar technologies (preferred).
Experience with network telemetry, observability, monitoring, performance analysis, and incident management (preferred).
Experience supporting hyperscale cloud, AI/GPU, HPC, or large-scale distributed infrastructure (preferred).

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