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validate via labs, failure/chaos testing, and staged rollouts across org boundaries.\nCodify standards and reference designs; drive adoption beyond the immediate LOB.\nCloud Networking Implementation and Operations:\nDesign and operate VPC/VNet hub-and-spoke, TGW/VCN transit, PrivateLink/service endpoints, NAT, and hybrid/inter-cloud.\nEngineer scalable L4/L7 load balancing and service insertion; implement blue/green and canary strategies aligned to SLOs and cost targets.\nCreate golden blueprints for consistent, compliant deployments across programs and regions.\nNetwork Security Controls and Compliance Guardrails:\nArchitect zero-trust segmentation, ACL/policy frameworks, IPsec/TLS, and DDoS/WAF integrations; design control evidence paths.\nLead rulebase lifecycle management to reduce attack surface and technical debt; partner with Security/GRC on audits.\nEmbed preventative controls (policy-as-code, least privilege, change guardrails) in pipelines.\nAutomation, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code:\nOwn reusable Terraform modules and Ansible collections; enforce code quality, policy-as-code, and test gates in CI/CD.\nBuild validation/drift tooling and orchestration (Python/APIs); standardize source-of-truth and GitOps practices across teams.\nTrack and improve DORA metrics (lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR).\nMonitoring, Telemetry, and SLOs:\nDefine SLIs/SLOs and architect telemetry pipelines (SNMP, streaming telemetry, NetFlow/IPFIX, flow logs) for health, capacity, and security.\nLead cross-team capacity/performance reviews; forecast growth and optimize placement/routing.\nDrive problem management; eliminate repeat incidents through durable fixes.\nCross-Team Collaboration and Operations Excellence:\nLead complex change events and incidents across teams; manage risk, stakeholder comms, and post-incident actions.\nAdvise LOB leadership on trade-offs (reliability, cost, compliance) and vendor/technology choices.\nInfluence partner roadmaps and evaluate features for TCO and resiliency improvements.\nDocumentation, Reviews, and Standards:\nPublish authoritative design docs, diagrams, runbooks, and LOB standards; ensure traceability to requirements and controls.\nRun design/change reviews; capture decisions and lessons learned; evolve reference architectures and modules.\nMentor engineers through reviews, pairing, and tech talks; foster inclusive collaboration.\nCore Responsibilities\nPlanning & Execution:\nManages and provides direction on timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable for critical high-impact projects or initiatives that impact the line of business, ensuring timely completion and adherence to requirements. Anticipates and plans for shifts in resources or timelines based on changing business priorities, ensuring optimal outcomes.\nCollaboration & Partnership:\nInfluences cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders to gain alignment on strategic objectives. Fosters partnerships with key business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers, identifying opportunities for expanding partnerships and promoting long-term organizational success. Champions transparency and inclusivity by actively seeking, listening to, and incorporating diverse perspectives.\nProblem Solving:\nLeads specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts, serving as an escalation point for complex issues. Guides others to leverage innovative data-driven techniques to address ambiguous or novel issues, identify root causes, and drives the implementation of solutions that prevent future issues.\nContinuous Learning:\nLeverages deep industry knowledge and expertise to serve as a thought leader within the organization. Contributes to the advancement of the field or industry through thought leadership (e.g., conference presentations, white papers, research contributions). Maintains and evolves expertise in relevant areas by proactively monitoring emerging trends, technologies, and industry standards, ensuring the organization remains current with best practices. Champions continuous learning and knowledge sharing, promoting professional development across teams. Applies new knowledge to drive advancement and mentors others to do the same.\nContinuous Improvement:\nDevelops innovative solutions and drives the implementation of ideas that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across the organization. Evaluates effectiveness of updated approaches and methods for continued improvement to enhance efficiencies and ensure changes align with organizational goals. Designs and develops metrics to measure success of improvement initiatives.\nPerformance and Development:\nServes as a subject matter expert regarding talent needs and organizational talent strategy. Imparts leadership and expert knowledge throughout the talent development pipeline including candidate interviews, candidate assessment, and hiring decisions, ensuring alignment with organizational talent strategy.\nDisclaimer:Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.\nRange and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only\nUS: Hiring Range in USD from: $146,300 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.\nOracle 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.\nCandidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.\nOracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:\n1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion\n2. Short term disability and long term disability\n3. Life insurance and AD&D\n4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)\n5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts\n6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits\n7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match\n8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.\n9. 11 paid holidays\n10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.\n11. Paid parental leave\n12. Adoption assistance\n13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan\n14. Financial planning and group legal\n15. 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