Senior Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Networking is the foundation that enables customers to run mission-critical workloads at global cloud scale.

We're rearchitecting OCI's virtual network control and management systems from the ground up to support the next generation of networking services. This is a unique opportunity to influence the architecture of one of the world's largest cloud networking platforms. We're looking for experienced leaders with proven record of building and operating large-scale distributed systems, deep understanding of distributed orchestration services, and a passion for growing high-performant teams to join our leadership team.

Our team develops the core infrastructure that powers OCI Networking's control plane, solving complex challenges in managing network configuration at cloud scale. You'll collaborate across OCI Networking and Infrastructure teams to shape the future of OCI Networking.

As a Senior Director of the software engineering division, you will apply your org leadership experience and extensive knowledge of software architecture to lead software engineering organization which designs, develops, deploys and operates highly available large-scale distributed services for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

• Provide leadership, direction and strategy to an organization through managers and technical leads.
• Establish and develop the organization to meet and execute on strategy.
• Partner across OCI organizations to build reliable, scalable, and operable cloud infrastructure.
• Deliver large scale projects on-time with the high quality.
• Drive cross-organization projects across OCI Core Infrastructure.

You should value simplicity and scale, thrive in a collaborative environment, and enjoy solving challenging distributed systems problems.

Basic Qualifications
 

• 10+ years of experience leading teams building and operating highly available, production-grade large-scale distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with networking fundamentals and configuration management is highly desirable.
• Experience driving modern software development and deployment practices - CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment workflows for large-scale distributed systems.
• Demonstrated org leadership, including defining and driving organizational goals, managing managers, mentoring for growth, and leading cross-org initiatives.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Minimum Job Qualifications

Education and/or Experience:

• 12 years of experience in software development

OR

• Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 8 years of experience in software development

OR

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 8 years of experience in software development

OR

• Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 6 years of experience in software development

OR

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 6 years of experience in software development

OR

• Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development.

Job Skills:

• Same skills as prior level.

Cloud - Cloud Platforms Experience:

• 5 years of professional experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).

Testing and Automation Experience:

• 10 years of experience working in testing and automation at the system level.

Distributed Systems Experience:

• 2 years of experience working with delivering and operating large-scale distributed systems.

Preferred Job Qualifications

Education and/or Experience:

• 13 years of experience in software development

OR

• Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, Business Administration, or related field AND 9 years of experience in software development

OR

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, Business Administration, or related field AND 9 years of experience in software development

OR

• Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, Business Administration, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development

OR

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, Business Administration, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development

OR

• Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, Business Administration, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development.

People Leadership / Management Experience:

• 7 years of experience in a technical lead role with direct reports.