Senior Network Engineering Manager, Optical Engineering (M3)
ORACLE: As the provider of the world’s most complete, open and integrated business software and hardware systems, Oracle is dedicated to fueling innovation by simplifying IT. With more than 30 years of information technology innovation, Oracle is the recognized industry leader in enterprise application and technology solutions.
ORACLE CLOUD: The comprehensive nature of Oracle Cloud is a key selection consideration for customers. Oracle has the broadest cloud portfolio in the industry, delivering a complete range of production-level, multi-functional business applications for each part of an organization with information and data shared seamlessly across Oracle Cloud Applications and other systems. These applications have been architected on a modern and open cloud platform and infrastructure to simplify integration needs and lower an organization’s total cost of ownership.
With that in mind, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) Optical Transport Network serves as the metro physical infrastructure that propels the cloud forward for its customers. In support of OCI’s drive to grow and scale through higher performance, lower cost infrastructure and production support, our Optical Engineering team uses optical engineering best practices in our development and productization to drive business transformation, deliver better products and services for our customers, reduce legacy spend and increase revenue.
Key responsibilities
An Optical Engineering Senior Manager is responsible for providing implementation direction, strategy and architecture planning for building and scaling Oracle’s optical transport network. The successful candidate will have a direct impact on our top priority of delivering optical capacity and engineering solutions to support Oracle’s cloud infrastructure and to support the needs of the network. To drive the of build solutions that continue to drive down costs for equipment and services for DWDM, 400G, 800G and 1600G optical solutions. To drive the training of other teams to deploy and operate optical systems. To lead optical product lifecycle and operations support to ensure availability and uptime of the optical transport network. To drive the development of standards for engineering, deployment, and operations.
Leadership Requirements
Network Engineering leadership is a must. Strong optical technology exposure is preferred, blended with strong implementation skills. You will be a part of highly skilled optical engineering team that blends proven experience and deep domain expertise to solve the hardest customer and network solution issues in the context of strategic implementations and operational support. As OCI is a cloud-based network with a global footprint, this support will include hundreds of thousands of network devices supporting millions of servers, connected over a mix of dedicated metro, backbone infrastructure and the Internet.
You will have an outstanding perspective based on technology trends and business drivers and chip in to drive key business decisions and customer engagement strategies and initiatives. Use domain expertise and analyze industry trends to advise and drive product roadmaps, drive implementation designs and drive strategic planning of emerging products.
Areas of Focus (Responsibilities)
Lead network lifecycle management programs by defining high-level objectives and delivery procedures. Organizes project technical milestones & supporting tasks as part of roadmap delivery of critical projects. Advises project/program manager and coordinates with immediate and skip-level leadership. Collaborates across teams within same org (same VP).
Has responsibility for driving optical technical responsibility for moderately complex project(s), including project requirements, specifications (where applicable), and documentation. Responsible for driving the decomposing of high-level architectures into detailed designs by design and development engineers. Will lead multiple engineers in developing network solutions consisting of multiple modules with complex interactions; Work with supporting service teams and their leaders to ensure solutions are properly supported by monitoring and automation systems. Drive collaboration with vendor engineering and account managers to address current business or operational issues, as well as drive the adoption of new vendor hardware. Responsible to drive technology to meet product and service requirements and actively communicate with product teams as needed to achieve common network strategies and supporting technology delivery. Participate in coordinated communication with product teams, networking leadership, and PMO to help assess gaps, solutions and needs. Comprehensive understanding of the software development lifecycle as it applies to delivery of key optical platform features, automation and monitoring stacks. Provide a broad set of guidance to technical and senior technical members of staff. Provide focused development to senior technical leaders, principal and junior engineering members. Serve as Tier 3 or specialized escalation point for network events and support the break-fix support for large-scale events. Drive optical organization to deliver systematic resolution of complex network issues and serve as optical leader for root cause analysis efforts.
Preferred personal experience, characteristics and leadership skills
You might be a good fit if you're a high-energy, strategic and technical and people leader, possessing a good sense of organizational timeliness with a performance-based track record of success.
• A balance of strategic and tactical skills, with a high-level of intellectual agility and capacity for original thought.
• An outstanding communicator who can write, present, and effectively adjust messages to meet individual audiences and organizations.
• A consistent record to navigate and effectively collaborate with other groups and resources in large, sophisticated environments.
• Ten to Fifteen years of industry experience, of which five or more years of relevant cloud and leadership experience.
• Communicates and Influences: Clearly communicates information and ideas to individuals and teams in an eloquent, focused and compelling way. Willing to offer intellectual thought.
• Analytical and Instinctual: Compares information from various sources to identify core issues. Uses data to make decisions but also understands that instinct plays a part in innovating. Always uses good common sense.
• Possesses Business Insight: Deep understanding of cloud technology, business and operations with the ability to draw from personal experience to make recommendations.
Education
A Electrical Engineering or computer science degree is helpful. An advanced degree or equivalent experience is a major plus.