Senior Network Automation Developer

Oracle

About The Position

Standardization and automation is the only way to efficiently scale cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings to meet the growing needs of our customers. Codified infrastructure ensures adherence to standards, provides insight into drift detection, and guarantees consistent infrastructure and application delivery. The Platform Development and Automation Engineering team’s Infrastructure-as-Code platforms empower our stakeholders to provision and maintain consistent environments across different implementations and lifecycle stages. Our frameworks enable high-velocity configuration changes at cloud scale while ensuring a verifiable, repeatable, and dependable infrastructure fleet. We develop tools and systems that either directly support cloud infrastructure or empower operational teams to build and manage it. We are responsible for understanding business goals, identifying how software supports achieving them, and implementing best-of-breed solutions. We focus on core principles of software development including design patterns, maintainability, reliability, and scalability. Regardless of job title or specialization, we are all software engineers first.

Requirements

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience in a relevant field
Extensive experience in network automation (cloud infrastructure and/or on-premise) using Infrastructure-as-Code
Extensive experience in network development or application automation
Experience developing within a continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) pipeline
Experience with orchestration engines
Track record of delivering assigned projects on time, using Agile and DevOps best practices
Advanced Python development skills
Advanced skills in network device or cloud network configuration with a focus on automation
Experience with network device or operating system scripting or automation languages
Proficiency with data aggregation and visualization tools such as OpenSearch and Grafana
Proficiency with utilizing cloud native network technologies such as Virtual Cloud Networks and Network Security Groups
A strong understanding of network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF)
Experience with operations and support processes and tools such as: Incident Management, Change Management, Ticketing Systems (JIRA, Service Desk), Service Level Agreements, Escalation processes
Proactive self-starter who thrives on collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovative new product development
Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
Ability to create troubleshooting guidelines and workflow instructions for others to follow
Ability to work independently, defining and managing one’s own work while still providing transparency and accountability to management and our stakeholders
Respect for and willingness to work with individuals and teams located across multiple geographic locations and levels of the organization
Curiosity and a passion for learning
Aptitude for suggesting process improvements
This position requires you to be eligible to receive a federal security clearance which requires you to be a US Citizen.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing network automation systems within large-scale SaaS environments
Proficiency in deploying and managing cloud network infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code
A background in standardizing processes across multi-vendor, multi-cloud, and heterogeneous environments
Hands-on experience developing complete applications in Python
Expertise with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines for code testing and delivery