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Senior Director, OCI Networking - Leader, Network OS Team
**Job Description**
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking an accomplished and visionary Senior Director to lead the Network OS team within OCI Networking. In this highly strategic role, you will provide leadership, direction, and oversight for the engineering organization responsible for designing, delivering, and operating the Network Operating System that powers OCI's hyperscale network switches.As the Senior Director and primary leader for the Network OS team, you will set a clear technical and organizational strategy, ensuring the architecture, development, testing, and operational support of the Network OS align with OCI's broader cloud networking and infrastructure goals. You will be responsible for fostering a high-performance culture, nurturing talent, and driving consistent delivery of reliable, scalable, and secure network technologies for Oracle's global cloud footprint.
**Responsibilities**
**Team Leadership:** Lead and mentor the Network OS team, providing organizational direction, developing talent, and ensuring high performance and technical excellence across all areas of software delivery.
**Strategic Direction:** Define and drive the vision, roadmap, and execution strategy for the Network OS, ensuring alignment with OCI's long-term networking objectives and technology standards.
**Operational Excellence:** Oversee the entire lifecycle of the Network OS, including architecture, development, quality assurance, release engineering, and support, with a focus on system reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
**Cross-Functional Collaboration:** Partner closely with hardware engineering, deployment, SRE, product management, security, and operations teams to deliver and operate the Network OS at scale, meeting the needs of OCI's demanding cloud environment.
**Performance Management:** Set clear, measurable goals for the Network OS team, monitor progress, and ensure accountability at all levels. Use data-driven insights to foster continuous improvement.
**Technical Stewardship:** Guide key architectural and technology decisions, prioritize investments in automation, security, observability, and maintainability, and ensure excellence in implementation and integration.
**Organizational Advocacy:** Represent the Network OS team's interests within the broader OCI leadership community, drive visibility for team achievements, and contribute to cross-organization initiatives and decision-making.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
- Extensive engineering leadership experience delivering large-scale, mission-critical network software or network operating systems.
- Strong understanding of networking technologies (L2/L3, routing, switching), network programmability, security, and the unique requirements of hyperscale cloud infrastructure.
- Proven talent for developing high-performing teams, managing change, and delivering reliable results in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated success working across hardware and software teams to provide integrated, robust network solutions. As Senior Director, you will be the driving force behind the engineering and evolution of OCI's Network OS, directly impacting Oracle Cloud's scalability, resilience, and competitive advantage.
Disclaimer:
**Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.**
**Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only**
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $141,200 to $338,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - M5
**About Us**
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's challenges. We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.
We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.
Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.
We're committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com or by calling +1 888 404 2494 in the United States.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking an accomplished and visionary Senior Director to lead the Network OS team within OCI Networking. In this highly strategic role, you will provide leadership, direction, and oversight for the engineering organization responsible for designing, delivering, and operating the Network Operating System that powers OCI's hyperscale network switches.As the Senior Director and primary leader for the Network OS team, you will set a clear technical and organizational strategy, ensuring the architecture, development, testing, and operational support of the Network OS align with OCI's broader cloud networking and infrastructure goals. You will be responsible for fostering a high-performance culture, nurturing talent, and driving consistent delivery of reliable, scalable, and secure network technologies for Oracle's global cloud footprint.
**Responsibilities**
**Team Leadership:** Lead and mentor the Network OS team, providing organizational direction, developing talent, and ensuring high performance and technical excellence across all areas of software delivery.
**Strategic Direction:** Define and drive the vision, roadmap, and execution strategy for the Network OS, ensuring alignment with OCI's long-term networking objectives and technology standards.
**Operational Excellence:** Oversee the entire lifecycle of the Network OS, including architecture, development, quality assurance, release engineering, and support, with a focus on system reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
**Cross-Functional Collaboration:** Partner closely with hardware engineering, deployment, SRE, product management, security, and operations teams to deliver and operate the Network OS at scale, meeting the needs of OCI's demanding cloud environment.
**Performance Management:** Set clear, measurable goals for the Network OS team, monitor progress, and ensure accountability at all levels. Use data-driven insights to foster continuous improvement.
**Technical Stewardship:** Guide key architectural and technology decisions, prioritize investments in automation, security, observability, and maintainability, and ensure excellence in implementation and integration.
**Organizational Advocacy:** Represent the Network OS team's interests within the broader OCI leadership community, drive visibility for team achievements, and contribute to cross-organization initiatives and decision-making.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
- Extensive engineering leadership experience delivering large-scale, mission-critical network software or network operating systems.
- Strong understanding of networking technologies (L2/L3, routing, switching), network programmability, security, and the unique requirements of hyperscale cloud infrastructure.
- Proven talent for developing high-performing teams, managing change, and delivering reliable results in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated success working across hardware and software teams to provide integrated, robust network solutions. As Senior Director, you will be the driving force behind the engineering and evolution of OCI's Network OS, directly impacting Oracle Cloud's scalability, resilience, and competitive advantage.
Disclaimer:
**Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.**
**Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only**
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $141,200 to $338,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - M5
**About Us**
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's challenges. We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.
We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That's why we're committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.
Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.
We're committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com or by calling +1 888 404 2494 in the United States.
Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.
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