Software Architect, OCI Networking

About the business
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a set of complementary cloud services that
enable you to build and run a range of applications and services in a highly
available hosted environment. OCI provides high-performance compute
capabilities (as physical hardware instances) and storage capacity in a flexible
overlay virtual network that is securely accessible from your on-premises
network.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Networking provides secure, low-latency, and
high-performance connections in your virtual cloud network. Experience on-
premises performance in the cloud.

Scale your network for AI and HPC:

applications with thousands of CPUs and GPUs. Protect your workloads with an
advanced intrusion detection and prevention firewall.
OCI Networking IDC comprises approximately 470 engineers and leads critical
charters in Data Plane, Control Plane, Network Functions, and innovative AI for
Networking solutions. Our team develops and operates cutting-edge cloud
networking services, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high performance for
Oracle’s global datacenter infrastructure.

• Career Level
• IC5

**What you’ll do Aimed at implementing AI/ML/LLM solutions for networking building a strategic greenfield new 0->1 project for OCI.Provide architectural leadership across all layers of OCI Networking,focusing on the India datacenter.

• Drive innovation in the Control Plane, leading design and implementationof core capabilities for Virtual Networks (VN) and Network Functions.

• Spearhead initiatives for next-generation Control Plane solutions,including enhanced network monitoring, observability, and the adoptionof AI/ML for intelligent network operations.

• Architect robust solutions for the Data Plane, optimizing Virtual Network(VN) Data Plane performance, scalability, and reliability.

• Lead architecture and development for key network functions, includingbut not limited to VNICaaS, Network Load Balancer (NLB), Security Groups (SG), Private Network Pathways (PNP), RADS, RCE, and DNSProxy.**

• Ensure service reliability and adherence to high availability and security

standards in the design and operation of network functions.

• Collaborate with product, engineering, and operations teams to align

networking infrastructure with OCI’s business and technical objectives.

• Mentor and guide senior engineers, fostering technical excellence and

knowledge sharing across the team.

What you’ll bring

• 18+ years of industry experience, with a demonstrated record of
  developing modern cloud-scale networking solutions.
• Deep technical expertise in networking protocols, distributed systems,
  and datacenter network architecture (e.g., Control Plane, Data Plane,
• Virtual Networks, and advanced Network Functions).
• Proven track record architecting large-scale, reliable, high-performance
  networking services in a public cloud or enterprise environment.
• Experience with AI/ML applications in network monitoring and
  observability is highly desirable.
• In-depth knowledge of security, compliance, and service availability as
  related to networking infrastructure.

Strong leadership, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills.

Core Competencies: -

• ML Engineering experience: Built AI/ML solutions at scale in production.
• Architect and deliver intelligent systems with Large Language models, GPU clusters, vLLM, ONNX, Agentic
  workflows (Lang Chain / Lang Graph), Multi Agent Systems and related concepts
• Distributed systems, cloud computing with knowledge in AI – particularly GenAI
• Not a science leader/thought leader, but practitioner.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent experience (preferred) in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Computer
• Engineering, or related technical field.
• 15+ years overall experience in software development, with at least 4 years architecture and
  designing distributed systems in cloud.
• Must have critical thinking ability.
• Clear communication style – able to present to leadership.
• Multi Cloud hosting

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience driving architectural vision and orchestrating across multi-
  functional engineering teams.
• Hands-on expertise with modern programming languages (C/C++, Java,
• Python, GO) and automation frameworks.
• Contributions to open-source networking or cloud infrastructure projects.
• Prior experience mentoring or managing senior technical talent.
• Leadership competencies
• Performance, drive, and execution
  You’ll deliver value and shape a performance-driven culture while
  ensuring accountability and communicating expectations.
• Collaboration
  You understand and promote the value of collaboration and inclusivity
  and can align strategic aims with organizational goals.
• Communicating for impact
  You inspire confidence by championing a clear understanding and
  support of organizational strategy and objectives.
• Inspirational leadership
  You build a reputation for strategy by inspiring and empowering others
  while showing leadership internally and externally.
• Competitive edge
  You anticipate changes in customer needs and seize opportunities to
  build value, encourage innovation, and meet objectives.
• Change agility
  You’re comfortable with leading strategic change and adapting to the
  market. Inspiring creativity and entrepreneurial thinking is second nature.
• Mastering complexity
  You think long-term in your decisions, support solutions to complex
  problems, and encourage accountability in problem solving.

Education:

A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related
technical field is preferred for this role. An advanced degree is a plus, but not
essential