Job Description
The NRE (Network Reliability Engineering) team is accountable for ensuring the robustness of the Oracle Cloud Network Infrastructure. A Network Reliability Engineer (NRE) role is primarily
focused on applying an engineering approach to measure and automate a network's reliability to align with Organization's service-level objectives, agreements, and goals. The duties of the
NRE team entail promptly responding to network disruptions, pinpointing the underlying cause, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to fully restore functionality. The NRE
team members play a critical role in automation of recurring tasks in daily operations to streamline processes, enhance workflow efficiency, and increase overall productivity. As OCI is a cloud-based network with a global footprint, this support will include hundreds of thousands of network devices supporting millions of servers, connected over a mix of dedicated backbone
infrastructure, CLoS Network, and the Internet. Some of the responsibilities include designing, writing, and deploying network monitoring and automation software, to improve the availability, scalability, and efficiency of Oracle products and services.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in CS or related engineering field with 5+ years of Network
Engineering experience or Master's with 5+ years of Network Engineering experience.
Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment.
Experience working in a network operations role.
Strong knowledge of protocols such as MPLS, BGP, IPv6, DNS, and DHCP, SSL. Also, VxLAN and EVPN will be an added advantage.
Deeper understanding of Data Center build and design - CLoS architecture etc.
Extensive experience with scripting or automation and data center design - Python preferred but must demonstrate expertise in scripting or compiled language.
Experience with network monitoring and telemetry solutions. Hands on experience with Prometheus or other network monitoring software stack.
Experience with network modeling and programming - YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF.
Ability to use professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in
creative and effective ways. Capable of working under limited supervision.
Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
Excellent judgment in influencing product roadmap direction, features, and priorities.
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Electrical/Hardware Engineering, or related field.
Participate in an on-call rotation.
Responsibilities
Work with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team on the shared full stack ownership of a collection of services and/or technology areas. Understand the end-to-end configuration, technical dependencies, and overall behavioral characteristics of production services.
Supports the design, deployment, and operations of a large-scale global Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Primarily focused on the development and support of network fabric and systems through a combination of a deep level understanding of networking at the protocol level coupled with programming skills. As OCI is a cloud-based network with a global footprint. This support will include hundreds of thousands of network devices supporting millions of servers, connected over a mix of dedicated backbone infrastructure, CLos Network, and the
Internet.
Collaborate with program/project managers to develop milestones and deliverables.
Will primarily use existing procedures and tools to develop and safely execute network change. However, will also contribute to developing new procedures from time to time.
Develop solutions to enable front line support teams to act on network failure conditions.
Mentor junior engineers.
Participates in network solution and architecture design process.
Participate in operational rotations as either primary or secondary on-call.
Provide break-fix support for events. Serve as the escalation point for event remediation. Lead post-event root cause analysis.
Frequently develops scripts to automate routine tasks for team and business units.
Coordinate with networking automation services for the development and integration of support tooling.
Coordinate with network monitoring to gather telemetry and create alerts rules using them.
Build dashboards to represent data at various network layers and device roles that help identify network issues, anomalies.
Serves as SME on software development projects for network automation and network monitoring.
Collaborate with network vendor technical account team and internal Quality Assurance team to drive bug resolution and assist in the qualification of new firmware and/or operating systems.
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: $79,100 to $158,200 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
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:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
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.
11 paid holidays
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.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
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 - IC3
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