Senior Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering, OCI Virtual Networking

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Nashville, TN
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$193,600–$414,400 / yr
Posted
137 days ago
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TL;DR · Senior Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering, OCI Virtual Networking

The Senior Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering - OCI Virtual Networking leads multiple engineering teams responsible for Tier-0 virtual networking and identity services. This leadership role involves defining the long-term technical vision, strategy, and roadmap for critical infrastructure services including authentication and authorization. The successful candidate will drive the architecture, development, and operation of highly available, low-latency, and scalable distributed systems. Key responsibilities include establishing engineering best practices for reliability, security, and performance while mentoring engineering managers and senior engineers. The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and high-performance computing fundamentals. This position solves the technical challenge of maintaining foundational, mission-critical services for the OCI control plane to support a rapidly growing cloud business.

What you'll do

  • Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for Tier-0 authentication, authorization, and virtual networking services.
  • Define the technical strategy and roadmap for critical OCI infrastructure services with Product Management.
  • Drive the architecture, development, and operation of highly available, secure, and scalable distributed systems.
  • Establish engineering best practices to improve service reliability, operational excellence, security, and performance.
  • Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers to build a high-performing culture.
  • Influence technical direction and strategic decisions across the broader OCI Networking organization.
  • Represent the organization in executive-level planning, architecture reviews, and customer engagements.

What we're looking for

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience.
  • 7+ years of experience leading large engineering organizations.
  • 10+ years of experience designing, delivering, and operating large scale distributed systems in production environments.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and high-availability architectures.
  • Prior experience owning and managing SaaS/IaaS services.
  • Demonstrated success mentoring and growing engineers and people managers to senior levels.
  • Experience leading organizations with multiple layers of engineering management.
  • BS, MS, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

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