Senior Director Core Infrastructure Engineering VCN Dataplane

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WASanta Clara, CA
Salary: $193,600–$414,400 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Director Core Infrastructure Engineering VCN Dataplane

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Senior Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering, VCN Dataplane leads a geographically distributed organization responsible for the VCN Dataplane software, which provides essential networking and storage datapath capabilities for customer workloads. This leadership role involves defining engineering strategies, managing architectural decisions, and overseeing the design, development, testing, and production operations of critical infrastructure. The successful candidate will manage multiple teams to ensure high standards for performance, security, and availability while balancing new features with operational discipline. Key technical requirements include expertise in systems software, C/C++, operating systems, concurrency, distributed systems, and packet processing. Candidates should possess experience in network virtualization, kernel networking, and potentially SmartNICs or DPUs. The role addresses the complex challenge of maintaining reliable, high-performance networking infrastructure at cloud scale while managing large-scale, business-critical distributed systems across multiple regions.

Skills

C++ C Distributed Systems Network Virtualization Packet Processing Kernel Networking Software Defined Networking SmartNICs DPUs Cloud Infrastructure Dataplane Incident Management Capacity Planning Concurrency

What you'll do

Define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap for VCN Dataplane in partnership with product and infrastructure leaders.
Lead multiple engineering teams through the full lifecycle of design, development, testing, deployment, and production operations.
Guide architectural decisions regarding network virtualization, packet processing, and distributed systems to ensure performance and security.
Own service health and operational outcomes including availability, incident response, and safe fleet deployments.
Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing leadership team of engineering managers and senior technical staff.
Manage resource allocation and prioritize strategic initiatives while holding teams accountable for delivery milestones.
Communicate technical direction, execution progress, and risks to senior leadership across organizational boundaries.

What we're looking for

BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 10 years of engineering people-management experience, including leading multiple teams and managing engineering managers.
A demonstrated record of delivering and operating large-scale, business-critical cloud infrastructure or distributed systems.
Strong technical grounding in systems software, C/C++, operating systems, concurrency, and distributed systems.
Experience with networking infrastructure, such as network virtualization, packet processing, or high-performance networking.
Experience leading production operations, including incident management, deployment safety, reliability improvements, and capacity planning.
A strong record of recruiting and developing engineering managers and senior technical talent.
Ability to communicate technical and business tradeoffs clearly to executive audiences.
Knowledge of Software Defined Networking, Networking Protocols, and network virtualization (preferred).
Experience with SmartNICs, DPUs, hardware-assisted virtualization, or networking and storage offload (preferred).
Experience with kernel networking, userspace packet processing, or other performance-sensitive dataplane software (preferred).
Experience managing geographically distributed teams and operating infrastructure across multiple cloud regions (preferred).

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