Principal Software Developer - Virtual Networking

OCI Networking

Currently, we are looking for hands-on engineers with expertise and passion in solving difficult problems management of large fleets of networking devices. These are exciting times, and our team is undergoing rapid growth while working on many new ambitious initiatives. An engineer at any level can have significant technical and business impact. Join our team and help us build a state-of-the-art IaaS solutions.

The OCI Networking org has a culture of collaboration which welcomes new people to their ranks. We work together and help each other out, and make sure that onboarding and ramp-up experience is a great one. We focus on excellent customer experience, scalable architecture, manageable operations, and minimal technical debt, with a strong focus on reasonable on-call and a good work / life balance.

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team can provide you the opportunity to build and operate a suite of massive scale, integrated cloud services in a broadly distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment. OCI is committed to providing the best in cloud products that meet the needs of our customers who are tackling some of the world's biggest challenges. We offer unique opportunities for smart, hands-on engineers with the expertise and passion to solve difficult problems in a distributed, highly available, and virtualized service infrastructure. At every level, our engineers have a significant technical and business impact designing and building innovative new systems to power our customer's business critical applications.

OCI is building a state-of-the-art elastic cloud with data centers in regions around the world. For OCI, networking is one of the critical and foundational pieces. Being empowered with the flexibility, reliability, and scalability of Virtual Networking, Cloud Applications and Cloud Platform enables Oracle's Enterprise customers to run their mission critical workload seamlessly on OCI.

Within OCI, the Virtual Networking team is responsible for delivering innovative networks with high performance characteristics that exceed those of our competitors. As a member of the Network Load Balancer Data Plane (DP) team, you will take an active role in the design, implementation, and operation of highly available, massive scale, integrated cloud services in a distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment. As a member of the Virtual Network Interface Card as a Service (VNICaaS) team, you will take an active role in the design, implementation, and operation of highly available, massive scale, integrated cloud services in a distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment.

Responsibilities

At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team of fellow creators and inventors. We act with the speed and attitude of a start-up, with the scale and customer-focus of the leading enterprise software company in the world. Values are OCI's foundation and how we deliver excellence. We strive for equity, inclusion, and respect for all. We are committed to the greater good in our products and our actions. We are constantly learning and taking opportunities to grow our careers and ourselves. We challenge each other to stretch beyond our past to build our future. You are the builder here. You will be part of a team of really smart, motivated, and diverse people and given the autonomy and support to do your best work. It is a dynamic and flexible workplace where you'll belong and be encouraged.

We're looking for hands-on engineers who enjoys solving interesting and challenging problems in high-performance distributed systems. Our group builds massively scalable, highly available virtual networking services that connect customer resources in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to internal and external networks and services. As a Principal Member of Technical Staff, you will craft, implement, and operate components of Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure. You should value simplicity and scale, work comfortably in a collaborative, agile environment, and be excited to learn. If you're curious about good algorithms and how to implement them correctly and efficiently, you'll fit right in with our group.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience with C / C++ programming in high-speed packet processing or for high-performance computing / networking systems (eg. optimizing CPU cycles, memory usage, high transaction rates with databases)
• Familiarity with network packet processing pipeline (Layer-2 switching, Layer-3 routing, Load balancing, Address translations) preferred.
• Experience with Embedded Linux systems is preferred.
• Understanding of data structures and algorithms and ability to optimize those to support high scale architectures.
• Working familiarity with network virtualization, network protocols and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of IaaS / SaaS concepts and best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute individually as well as provide direction and mentor others.
• BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area.

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 : $97,500 to $199,500 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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