Senior Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering

The Strategic Customers Engineering team manages Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s most important and fastest-growing customer relationships. These customers are building workloads on OCI that will drive Oracle’s growth, and our mission is to ensure their success with best-in-class compute, storage, networking, and an expanding set of AI-focused services.
We are seeking a Senior Director (M5) to join the Strategic Customers Engineering organization within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This executive role will lead a high-performing team that partners with senior executives at our top customers while driving cross-functional alignment across OCI engineering, product, operations, and executive leadership. The Senior Director will own delivery of OCI’s largest programs, ensure strategic alignment with customer objectives, and shape OCI’s roadmap. This position can be based in Nashville, TN
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Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
12 years of experience in software development
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Responsibilities
Lead a team focused on program delivery for customer programs.
Partner across OCI engineering, product, operations, and support teams to deliver large-scale infrastructure and platform readiness.
Drive execution of complex, cross-functional programs that include hardware deployments, software enablement, and operational readiness.
Build trusted relationships with customer engineering and operations teams, ensuring alignment on milestones, performance, and delivery.
Provide leadership and mentorship to program managers operating in a high-growth, fast-moving environment.
Preferred Skills & Experience
Strong program management leadership with proven success running complex, cross-functional initiatives at scale.
Familiarity with Data Center architectures and operations.
Understanding of complex customer workloads, including how they map to infrastructure and software stacks.
Experience in a customer-facing role in a tech company; direct engagement with customers is a plus.
Exceptional communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
Ability to thrive in ambiguity, drive clarity, and deliver results in fast-paced environments.
Previous people management experience.