Senior Network Engineer - Nashville TN

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build and operate cloud infrastructure at global scale. OCI Dedicated Region25 (DR25) delivers the capabilities of an OCI cloud region within a customer-selected data center through a compact, modular architecture that can expand as customer demand grows.
We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join the DR25 Network Engineering team. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role responsible for designing, implementing, and operating resilient physical and logical network infrastructure. You will independently own well-defined projects and significant portions of larger programs, working from requirements and design through modeling, testing, deployment, operational handoff, and production support.
The successful candidate will combine strong networking fundamentals with automation, disciplined change execution, and practical problem-solving. You will collaborate with network automation, virtual networking, compute, hardware, security, monitoring, region deployment, and operations teams to deliver reliable, secure, and repeatable DR25 deployments.
Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
8 years of experience in Network Engineering or related field
OR
Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree/Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechnical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in network Engineering
OR
Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree/Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechnical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 year of experience in nework engineering or related field.
OR
Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechnical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
8 years of experience in Network Engineering or related field
OR
Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree/Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechnical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in network Engineering
OR
Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree/Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechnical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 year of experience in nework engineering or related field.
OR
Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Mechnical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
Network Engineering Expertise & Experience:
Core networking: Strong grasp of L2/L3/L4, IP addressing/subnetting, BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, EVPN/VXLAN, ECMP, QoS, NAT, DNS/DHCP fundamentals.
Cloud networking: Working proficiency with VPC/VNet, routing tables, NAT gateways, PrivateLink/service endpoints, transit/peering, L4/L7 load balancing, firewalling, and hybrid connectivity.
Security and compliance: Practical experience with segmentation, zero-trust concepts, ACLs/policies, IPsec/TLS, DDoS mitigation patterns, and change/access controls; familiarity with audit evidence practices.
Automation and IaC: Hands-on with Terraform and/or Ansible; Git, CI/CD workflows; scripting (e.g., Python); API-driven network devices/platforms; policy-as-code and testing practices.
Observability: Experience implementing SNMP/telemetry, NetFlow/IPFIX, flow logs, dashboards/alerting; SLI/SLO definition and use in operations.
Operations: On-call experience, runbook execution, RCA participation, change management (approval, staging, rollback).
Collaboration and communication: Clear written designs/runbooks, effective participation in reviews, ability to influence immediate and related teams; respectful, security-first mindset.
Problem solving and innovation: Ability to solve standard and non-standard problems by adapting established techniques; propose improvements to reliability, performance, and cost.
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, and operate resilient Layer 2, Layer 3, and Layer 4 network services for DR25 data-center environments.
Own defined network projects end to end, including requirements, technical design, implementation, validation, deployment, documentation, and operational handoff.
Develop IP-addressing plans and routing policies using technologies such as BGP, OSPF, IPv4, IPv6, ECMP, and high-availability routing.
Support modular region deployment and expansion by developing repeatable network designs, configuration models, validation procedures, and operational standards.
Integrate physical network infrastructure with cloud virtual networking, service connectivity, and overlay architectures.
Build and maintain network infrastructure-as-code, source-of-truth models, validation tools, and automation using Python, APIs, Git-based workflows, and CI/CD practices.
Execute complex production ch