Senior Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering, OCI Virtual Networking

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Nashville, TN
Salary
$193,600–$414,400 / yr
Posted
92 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $304k
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TL;DR · Senior Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering, OCI Virtual Networking

Senior Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering - OCI Virtual Networking leads multiple engineering teams responsible for Tier-0 virtual networking and identity services, including authentication and authorization. This leadership role involves defining the technical vision, roadmap, and strategy for critical infrastructure while overseeing the architecture, development, and operation of highly available, low-latency distributed systems. The successful candidate will manage the lifecycle of cloud-scale systems to ensure reliability, security, and performance within the OCI control plane. Key requirements include expertise in distributed systems, networking, high-performance computing, and security fundamentals. The role requires a leader capable of mentoring managers and engineers while collaborating with product management and security teams to deliver integrated solutions. This position addresses the technical challenge of maintaining mission-critical infrastructure that supports large-scale cloud operations through robust engineering best practices and scalable architecture.

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 in partnership 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 while building 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

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

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