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# Senior Manager, Network Development Engineering

- **Company:** Oracle
- **Location:** Albany, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $146,300.0 - $306,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Bug Management, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Data Centers, Distributed Systems, Firmware, Network Architecture, Network Protocols, Software Engineering, Scripting, Computer Network Technologies, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Open Network Automation Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.businessworkforce.com/job.asp?id=3505212689&tx=JK2519FFG&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience supporting large-scale cloud, service provider, or hyperscale network environments.
 * 3+ years of engineering management or technical leadship capacity, with experience leading network engineering, network development, or infrastructure engineering teams.
 * Strong technical expertise in networking protocols, cloud networking, datacenter networking, network fabrics, and large-scale distributed systems.
 * Experience supporting AI/ML, GPU, HPC, and high-performance network environments.
 * Experience with network automation, software development, scripting, and infrastructure automation technologies.
 * Experience leading network deployment, lifecycle management, and operational improvement initiatives.
 * Experience driving hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and performance management of engineering teams.
 * Strong understanding of network architecture, design, and operational best practices.
 * Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
 * Demonstrated ability to influence technical strategy, product roadmaps, and engineering priorities.
 * Strong leadership skills with the ability to build high-performing teams and drive execution across multiple organizations.

## Description

OCI Networking is looking for a Senior Manager to lead a Network Development Engineering team responsible for supporting the design, deployment, automation, and operations of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's global network environment. The organization develops and supports network fabrics and systems through a combination of deep networking expertise and software-driven automation required to operate cloud infrastructure at massive scale.

OCI's network includes hundreds of thousands of network devices supporting millions of servers connected through dedicated backbone infrastructure and the Internet. This role provides leadership across network engineering, lifecycle management, automation, architecture, operations, and strategic technology initiatives while building and developing a high-performing engineering organization.

Responsibilities

In this role you will

 * Support the design, deployment, and operations of a large-scale global Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environment.
 * Develop and support network fabric and systems using protocol-level networking knowledge and programming skills.
 * Support intensive automation required to operate production environments.
 * Lead engineering efforts supporting a global network footprint consisting of hundreds of thousands of network devices and millions of servers connected through dedicated backbone infrastructure and the Internet.
 * Participate in network lifecycle management through build and upgrade projects.
 * Collaborate with program/project managers to define milestones and deliverables.
 * Use existing procedures and tools to safely execute network changes.
 * Develop new procedures as needed.
 * Serve as technical lead for team projects.
 * Contribute to and help drive network technology roadmaps and long-term infrastructure strategy.
 * Lead development of new runbooks and methods of procedure.
 * Mentor and develop engineers while fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning.
 * Participate in network solution and architecture design.
 * Drive the delivery of engineering features, platform enhancements, and infrastructure improvements.
 * Participate in operational rotations as primary or secondary.
 * Provide break-fix support for events.
 * Serve as an escalation point for event remediation.
 * Lead post-event root cause analysis.
 * Champion automation initiatives that improve scalability, consistency, and operational efficiency across the organization.
 * Develop scripts to automate routine tasks for the team and business unit.
 * Serve as SME on software development projects for network automation.
 * Support network vendor software bug fixes.
 * Collaborate with network vendor technical account teams and internal Quality Assurance teams to drive bug resolution.
 * May telecommute.
 * Assist in qualifying new firmware and/or operating systems.
 * May lead network engineers and technical leaders responsible for the design, deployment, automation, and operation of OCI's global network infrastructure.