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# Principal Network Developer

- **Company:** Oracle
- **Location:** Salem, OR, United States
- **Salary:** $102,300.0 - $209,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Software Bug Management, Computer Programming, Data Centers, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Domain Name System (DNS), Ethernet, Firmware, Networking Hardware, IPv4, IPv6, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Multi-protocol Systems, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Netconf, Network Connections, Network Model, Network Protocols, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Peering, Broadcom, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, TCP/IP, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Scripting, Transport Layer Security, Multi-Cloud, Open Network Automation Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- **Published:** July 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/F14FF0B0A6BA4AD4A5EDA5EFBD2A9144/job/

## About the Role

Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment. Exposure to commodity Ethernet hardware (Broadcom/Mellanox), protocol experience with BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, DHCP, MPLS. Experience with networking protocols such as TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and SSL. Experience with Internet peering and inter-domain networking. Experience with scripting or automation and datacenter design - Python preferred, but must demonstrate knowledge in a scripting or compiled language. Experience with automation systems, framework design/use and deployment. Experience with network modeling and programing - YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF. Knowledge of network security design, system performance characterization and testing. Knowledge of data flow and telemetry design, deployment and operation. Excellent judgment in influence for product roadmap direction, features, and priorities. Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.

## Description

The Network Region Build (NRB) team is responsible for deploying greenfield infrastructure, establishing network connectivity for new (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) OCI regions, and enabling compute connectivity for child sites. This includes building and managing data center fabrics, edge networks, backbone, fiber metro networks, and supporting multi-cloud initiatives.

NRB provides operational support during build phases and oversees network and server rack adds, decommissions, and capacity expansions. The team also drives automation, process improvements, and tool development in collaboration with Network Automation to enhance efficiency.

This role involves designing, deploying, and operating large-scale global cloud networks. It requires a deep understanding of network protocols and programming skills to support automation at scale. As OCI's cloud network spans a global footprint, this role supports a vast infrastructure of network devices and millions of connected servers across dedicated backbone and internet-based connectivity.

Responsibilities

Participate in Network lifecycle management through network build and/or upgrade projects. 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, may have to develop new procedures from time to time. Serve as technical lead for team projects. Contributes to the development of roadmap issues. Leads development of new runbooks and method of procedures. Mentors junior engineers. Participates in network solution and architecture design process. Responsibility for developing standalone features. Participate in operational rotations as either primary or secondary. Provide break-fix support for events. Serve as escalation point for event remediation. Lead post-event root cause analysis. Coordinate with networking automation services for the development and integration of support tooling. Frequently develops scripts to automate routine tasks for team and business unit.
Serves as SME on software development projects for network automation. Supports network vendor software bug fixes. 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.


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