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

A imed 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 implementation

of core capabilities for Virtual Networks (VN) and Network Functions

Spearhead initiatives for next-generation Control Plane solutions,

including enhanced network monitoring, observability, and the adoption

of 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, including

but not limited to VNICaaS, Network Load Balancer (NLB), Security

Groups (SG), Private Network Pathways (PNP), RADS, RCE, and DNS

Proxy

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 (eg, 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 (LangChain / LangGraph), 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 transparent 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

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📌 Software Architect, OCI Networking (Bengaluru)
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