Senior Network Solutions Architect

Job Title: Senior Network Solutions ArchitectAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Network Solutions Architect to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in designing and implementing scalable and secure network architectures for large-scale cloud environments.The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the transformation and migration of our Cloud Services customers to the next generation of cloud infrastructure. This involves designing, delivering, and supporting OCI cloud infrastructure services for our hosted tenants, ensuring Site UP is the top priority, and focusing on site reliability, performance, and security.This role will work closely with peers and lead automation and innovation workshops for members of the extended organization. You will also participate in weekly on-call rotation and occasionally weekend coverage as a member of a globally distributed on-call team.ResponsibilitiesDevelop methods to capture metrics that show service health.Create and use pre-defined work instructions to safely deliver on change requests to the production environment.Plan and execute changes to the network as needed.Develop and maintain scripts and tools in Python or other languages to efficiently perform various changes to the network.Automate manual processes using API's and Python or other object-oriented languages.Create Postmortems and documentation of corrective actions to prevent the reoccurrence of incidents.Implement, Maintain & Support Cloud-based Network SaaS components according to associated SLAs/OLAs.Collaborate with peers and lead automation and innovation workshops for members of the extended organization.Active monitoring of the production environment to proactively address issues that could affect Oracle's services in partnership with the Oracle Global Operations Center.RequirementsBachelor's Degree in technology-related field or equivalent practical & demonstrated experience.6+ years professional experience in supporting carrier-grade, IP-based ISP, Webscale, on-prem Datacenter, and cloud-provider network environments.Demonstrated progressive increase in role-specific responsibilities and associated complexities.Advanced level knowledge of multiple network operating systems including Cisco IOS/NX-OS, and TMOS.Operational experience with internet routing protocols and concepts, including but not limited to TCP/IP, BGP, iBGP, EGP, MPLS, IS-IS, OSPF, Anycast, RHI, & Route reflection.Advanced level automation and DevOps type optimization experience including proficiency in a combination of Python, Ansible, Chef, Docker, TerraForm, Perl, JavaScript, JSON, REST, iControl, Bash, Yaml, XML, and iControlRest.Advanced level knowledge of multiple Firewall technologies, including but not limited to Cisco ASA, Palo Alto.Advanced level knowledge of Layer 4-7 protocols including TCP, UDP, AH, ESP, SMB, RCP, TLS, SSL, HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, SNMP, SMTP, and SSH.Advanced level experience in cloud environment support of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, & LBaaS offerings.Advanced level experience in capacity management, traffic engineering, and performance optimization.Preferred Skills and Experience5+ years of experience performing peering, network design, customer turnup, provisioning, migration, and decommissioning.1-2+ years Cloud-based Network service design and management.Experience with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, or PLSQL.Experience in Traffic Management and Load balancing technologies.Experience supporting DNS infrastructure services.Experience operating in a Linux/Unix environment.3+ Experience translating and managing the Incident to Problem Management workflow through a combination of process automation, defect cataloging, data warehousing, reporting, and analytics.Practical experience with Apex, Oracle BI, Grafana, or Power BI for system analytics and reporting.Experience with network system change management and release management programs.Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)Demonstrated ability to define and measure performance of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), KPIs, Operational Level Agreements (OLAs), and Service Level Agreements (SLA).BenefitsThis role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for career growth and development.