Oracle Network Developer

Key Responsibilities
Network Design Development and Validation:
-Designs and develops standard network systems to support small and large-scale enterprise data center or cloud-based networking environments independently.
-Validates production networks and assists in scaling use cases independently.
-Participates in the network solution design and validation process independently.
-Identifies risks in network design prior to deployment.
-Collaborates with vendors and internal groups (e.g. quality assurance) to validate network configurations hardware firmware software and cloud network code.
-Contributes to the design of playbooks to support standard changes or investigations for common issues related to network areas.
-Implements guided improvements to the optimization of network processes to improve efficiency.
Automation and Scripting:
-Contributes business logic to automation frameworks for testing and operations to enhance efficiency.
-Automates network tasks including production and lab environments and repetitive support functions independently.
-Builds and customizes dashboards telemetry systems and alerting mechanisms to monitor network health.
-Writes moderately advanced scripts to automate routine tasks for the immediate team and other business units independently.
-Uses infrastructure pipelines configuration items using established playbooks and resources.
-Adapts and configures tools with guidance to support specific aspects of new product functionality.
Testing and Quality Assurance:
-Develops and implements standalone test cases and test strategies independently.
-Provides expertise in test practices and strategies guiding junior engineers in developing robust testing protocols.
-Provides break-fix validation support and conducts post-event root cause analysis (RCA) to address issues.
-Conducts L1 network change reviews and communicates network changes to others in preparation for change management review boards.
-Runs tests and verifies that systems meet defined compliance and readiness criteria under supervision.
-Gathers Government Risk and Compliance (GRC) data following playbook and begins to innovate scripts to streamline data collection.
Monitoring and Reliability:
-Interprets advanced metrics across dashboards telemetry systems and alerting mechanisms to monitor network health including defining metrics trends and thresholds to ensure service level objectives (SLOs).
-Implements monitoring and alerting systems for detecting and diagnosing network anomalies.
-Serves in operational support rotations by providing incident response and conducting root cause investigations seeking assistance as needed to resolve escalated technical issues.
-Implements tools and solutions for frontline support teams to respond to network failure conditions.
Cross-Team Collaboration and Leadership:
-Collaborates with project/program managers to achieve test and deployment milestones.
-Provides guidance to junior engineers and acts as a subject matter expert (SME) for routine issues.
-Engages with customer and contributes to the delivery of incident response and root cause analysis (RCA) documentation.
-Participates in discussions on roadmap and software architecture design providing feedback on ideas from junior team members.
-Collaborates with vendors and internal teams to ensure adherence to networking standards adherence independently.
Performance and Capacity Management:
-Analyzes network performance and service metrics (e.g. latency throughput packet loss) to identify network efficiency issues with support from other team members on next steps.
-Uses capacity information through security and performance metrics to ensure the infrastructure can support anticipated growth requesting guidance from others on steps forward.

Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
-Tracks timelines with minimal supervision ensuring work is completed in a timely manner and is in alignment with project requirements. Prioritizes and adjusts work as resources or timelines change with some guidance.
Collaboration & Partnership:
-Collaborates within the team to better understand expectations and achieve shared objectives. Leverages a foundational understanding of business stakeholder and/or customer needs to build partnerships with limited guidance. Actively listens and asks questions to enhance collaboration.
Problem Solving:
-Identifies and addresses issues escalating problems to senior staff as needed in accordance with standard procedures. Compiles and reviews data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors.
Continuous Learning:
-Seeks opportunities to gain knowledge and learn new skills and/or tools aligned with industry trends and best practices. Utilizes feedback and training to improve skills. Participates in a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
Continuous Improvement:
-Implements updates to processes protocols and workflows to increase efficiency and effectiveness as directed with some guidance. Contributes to ideation for future process improvements.

Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
6 years of experience in network engineering electrical engineering cloud programming or networking research and development

OR

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering Hardware Engineering or related field AND 2 years of experience in network engineering electrical engineering cloud programming or networking research and development

OR

Masters Degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering Hardware Engineering or related field

• Must be a US Citizen

• Have the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI eligibility with Poly required

• Position is based in Austin TX or Reston VA