Director, Core Infrastructure Engineering

About the role

Job Description Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Networking is the foundation that enables customers to run mission-critical workloads at global cloud scale. Within the OCI Networking Data Plane organization, the Fleet Management and workload orchestration team builds the foundational platform for deploying, operating, and scaling OCI Networking services across Oracle's global cloud infrastructure. The platform provides common capabilities for fleet lifecycle management, workload placement, deployment automation, capacity expansion, and infrastructure orchestration, enabling networking services to operate consistently and efficiently at scale. As a Software Engineering Director, you will lead the engineering organization responsible for this strategic platform. You'll define technical strategy, drive execution, and grow a high-performing engineering organization while partnering with architects and engineering leaders across OCI. You'll help shape a standardized platform that simplifies service operations, accelerates infrastructure expansion, and enables networking teams to innovate faster.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the engineering organization responsible for Fleet Management and workload orchestration within the OCI Networking Data Plane organization.
• Define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap for the platform that manages the lifecycle of OCI Networking fleets, including workload placement, deployment automation, capacity expansion, and infrastructure orchestration.
• Build standardized platform capabilities that simplify how OCI Networking services are deployed, operated, and scaled across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Own organizational planning, execution, staffing, and delivery across multiple strategic initiatives while balancing customer commitments, operational excellence, and long-term platform investments.
• Drive engineering effectiveness through modern software engineering practices, automation, AI-enabled engineering, CI/CD, and developer tooling.
• Provide technical leadership by guiding architecture, establishing engineering standards, mentoring engineering managers and technical leaders, and raising the engineering bar.
• Deliver reliable, scalable, and observable platform services with a strong focus on operational excellence, automation, and reliability engineering.
• Partner across OCI Networking and OCI Infrastructure organizations to align roadmaps, influence platform strategy, and deliver foundational cloud capabilities.

Requirements

Minimum Job Qualifications Education and/or Experience: 12 years of experience in software development OR Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 8 years of experience in software development OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 8 years of experience in software development OR Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 6 years of experience in software development OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 6 years of experience in software development OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/E