Senior Principal Network Reliability Engineer - Network Region Build (NRB)

As a Senior Principal Network Reliability Engineer, you will:

• Provide technical leadership for the deployment, operation, and lifecycle management of OCI’s global network infrastructure.
• Define and drive the long-term strategy for network reliability, operational excellence, and infrastructure scalability.
• Lead complex engineering initiatives supporting AI infrastructure, new OCI Regions, backbone expansion, and large-scale network deployments.
• Influence architecture and technical decisions across Network Engineering, Network Automation, Infrastructure Engineering, Product Engineering, and Operations.
• Champion automation by establishing engineering standards, identifying strategic opportunities, and partnering with software engineering teams to deliver scalable automation solutions.
• Drive systemic improvements that eliminate recurring operational issues through engineering, architecture, automation, and process improvements.
• Establish engineering standards, deployment methodologies, operational practices, and reliability metrics used across multiple organizations.
• Serve as the senior technical advisor during large-scale production events, executive escalations, and critical customer issues.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and influence vendor and internal technology roadmaps.
• Partner with Product Management, PMO, Capacity Planning, Construction, Hardware Engineering, and Operations to successfully deliver network infrastructure at hyperscale.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders while fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering capabilities to improve technical analysis, operational planning, documentation, and engineering productivity while ensuring sound engineering judgment and technical quality.