Senior Network Engineer

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Nashville, TN
Salary: $91,400–$187,000 / yr
Posted: 5 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Network Engineer

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The Senior Network Engineer joins the Physical Networking organization to build and operate global network infrastructure supporting OCI workloads. This role involves designing and operating data-center fabrics, routing, and secure connectivity while translating customer requirements into configuration standards and deployment plans. You will own projects from technical design through operational handoff, building network automation and validation tools using Python, APIs, Git workflows, and infrastructure-as-code practices. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Layer 2 through Layer 4 networking, BGP, OSPF, IPv4, IPv6, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, and ECMP. You will solve complex problems regarding reliable, secure, and repeatable deployments for OCI Dedicated Regions and Multicloud Connectivity, collaborating with hardware, security, and monitoring teams to maintain high-availability designs and perform incident response across various protocols and devices.

What does a Network Engineer earn?

Median $145000 from 136 postings across 36 companies.

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Skills

BGP OSPF Python Terraform Ansible EVPN VXLAN TCP/IP IPv4 IPv6 DNS DHCP NAT ECMP NETCONF gNMI YANG OpenConfig SNMP NetFlow IPsec MACsec CI/CD Git Infrastructure-as-Code SDN

What you'll do

Design and operate data-center fabrics, routing, and secure connectivity for physical network infrastructure.
Translate customer and product requirements into network designs, configuration standards, and deployment plans.
Own projects from technical design through validation, deployment, documentation, and operational handoff.
Build network automation and validation tools using Python, APIs, Git workflows, and infrastructure-as-code.
Execute production changes with pre-change checks, post-change verification, and rollback procedures.
Improve monitoring, capacity planning, runbooks, and incident response while troubleshooting protocols and hardware.
Participate in an on-call rotation to respond to and resolve large-scale network incidents.

What we're looking for

Must have eight years of network engineering experience, or a bachelor's degree with four years, or a master's with two years, or a doctorate.
Must possess a strong understanding of Layer 2 through Layer 4 networking, including BGP, OSPF, IPv4, IPv6, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, and ECMP.
Must have experience designing, deploying, or operating data-center, cloud, service-provider, or large-enterprise networks.
Must have hands-on experience automating network provisioning, configuration, validation, or operations using Python or another programming language.
Must have experience with Git, APIs, CI/CD workflows, automated testing, configuration modeling, or infrastructure-as-code practices.
Must have experience executing production network changes with risk assessment, validation, rollback, and change-management controls.
Must have demonstrated troubleshooting skills across network protocols, devices, automation systems, and physical infrastructure.
Must have experience participating in incident response, root-cause analysis, operational readiness, and continuous improvement.