Prinicpal Network Developer (DDOS)

Principal Network Security Engineer

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Principal Network Security Engineer to lead the architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of Tier 0 DDoS protection and network security services. You will own strategy and roadmap, drive cross-org initiatives, and set engineering standards for secure, highly available, and globally scalable defenses. This role blends deep technical leadership, hands-on execution, and mentorship to raise the bar on reliability, performance, and security.

Responsibilities :

• Own end-to-end architecture and roadmap for DDoS mitigation and network security services; make design choices that scale globally.
• Lead delivery of high-impact programs : capacity planning, traffic engineering, telemetry, and automation for detection and mitigation.
• Establish SLOs / SLAs, KPIs, and operational readiness standards; drive continuous improvement and compliance.
• Serve as incident commander for complex events; lead post-incident reviews and systemic remediations.
• Design and review production-ready code, automation, and tooling (Python; Go preferred) for reliability at scale.
• Guide security reviews, threat modeling, and risk mitigations; ensure auditability and policy adherence.
• Partner with networking, edge, SRE, and product teams to integrate controls and deliver customer-facing capabilities.
• Mentor and develop engineers; influence hiring, technical direction, and best practices across the org.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., advanced telemetry, programmable data planes) and lead adoption where it adds value.
• Produce clear design docs, runbooks, and executive updates.

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Disclaimer :

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only US : Hiring Range in USD from : $109,200 to $223,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following :

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC4

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