Senior Network Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $102,300–$209,500 / yr
Posted: 13 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $156k

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TL;DR · Senior Network Engineer

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Senior Network Engineer - Nashville TN joins the DR25 Network Engineering team as an individual contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and operating resilient physical and logical network infrastructure. This role involves owning projects from requirements through deployment, focusing on Layer 2, 3, and 4 services within data-center environments. The engineer will develop IP-addressing plans and routing policies using BGP, OSPF, IPv4, IPv6, ECMP, and high-availability designs. Key technical tasks include building infrastructure-as-code models and automation tools using Python, APIs, Git-based workflows, and CI/CD practices. The role addresses the challenge of delivering reliable, secure, and repeatable modular region deployments by integrating physical infrastructure with cloud virtual networking. Candidates must possess expertise in troubleshooting routing, switching, and cabling while utilizing telemetry for monitoring and ensuring production readiness through robust documentation and automated validation procedures.

What does a Network Engineer earn?

Median $145000 from 121 postings across 32 companies.

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Skills

BGP OSPF IPv4 IPv6 TCP/IP Python Git CI/CD infrastructure-as-code Terraform Ansible EVPN VXLAN NETCONF gNMI YANG OpenConfig SNMP NetFlow IPsec

What you'll do

Design, implement, and operate Layer 2, Layer 3, and Layer 4 network services for data-center environments.
Manage end-to-end network projects including technical design, implementation, validation, and operational handoff.
Develop IP-addressing plans and routing policies using BGP, OSPF, IPv4, IPv6, and high-availability protocols.
Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code models and automation tools using Python, APIs, and CI/CD workflows.
Execute complex production changes following strict procedures including pre-change validation and rollback plans.
Establish production readiness through monitoring, telemetry, capacity analysis, and the creation of operational runbooks.
Troubleshoot physical and logical network issues involving routing, switching, cabling, and service connectivity.
Collaborate with vendor teams to investigate defects and validate new hardware platforms and firmware releases.

What we're looking for

Eight years of network engineering experience; or a bachelor's degree and four years; or a master's and two years; or a relevant doctorate.
Strong understanding of Layer 2 through Layer 4 networking, including BGP, OSPF, IPv4/IPv6, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, ECMP, and high-availability design.
Experience designing, deploying, or operating data-center, cloud, service-provider, or large-enterprise networks.
Hands-on experience automating network provisioning, configuration, validation, or operations using Python or another programming language.
Experience with Git, APIs, CI/CD workflows, automated testing, configuration modeling, or infrastructure-as-code practices.
Experience executing production network changes with appropriate risk assessment, validation, rollback, and change-management controls.
Demonstrated troubleshooting skills across network protocols, devices, automation systems, and physical infrastructure.
Experience participating in incident response, root-cause analysis, operational readiness, and continuous-improvement efforts.
Experience building or operating hyperscale cloud, service-provider, ISP, or large-scale data-center networks (preferred).
Experience with Clos/spine-leaf fabrics, EVPN/VXLAN, SDN overlays, traffic engineering, and secure service connectivity (preferred).
Experience with Terraform, Ansible, YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF, gNMI, or comparable model-driven networking technologies (preferred).
Experience implementing network telemetry and observability using SNMP, streaming telemetry, NetFlow/IPFIX, and various monitoring tools (preferred).
Knowledge of network-security principles including ACLs, routing policies, MACsec, IPsec, and TLS (preferred).
Experience with commodity Ethernet platforms, optics, structured cabling, and hardware qualification (preferred).
Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools to improve automation, testing, troubleshooting, or documentation (preferred).

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