Software Development Sr. Director

Job Description

VCN Dataplane is central to almost every OCI strategic initiative. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the strategy, design, delivery, and operational excellence of software components of VCN Dataplane – the networking virtualization stack for OCI. You will lead a highly technical geographically distributed team, partner with key stakeholders across OCI to deliver on OCI’s strategic initiatives. The position demands a seasoned professional who embodies OCI values and can navigate complex challenges to deliver exceptional outcomes.

The Senior Director in OCI will provide leadership to multiple teams tasked with overseeing the end‑to‑end lifecycle of infrastructure projects within OCI. Your role will involve ensuring that the team's objectives are consistently aligned with the broader organizational goals, maintaining a strategic focus on long‑term infrastructure stability and scalability. By fostering a high‑performance culture, you will mentor and develop teams, creating an environment that encourages continuous learning and professional growth.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Director of the software engineering division, you will apply your extensive knowledge of software architecture to manage software development tasks associated with developing, debugging or designing software applications, operating systems and databases according to current and future design specifications. Build enhancements within an existing software architecture and envision improvements to the architecture.

As a leader accountable for one of OCI’s foundational service, you will :

• Define product strategy and roadmap by partnering with the product management and Senior leaders including SVPs across OCI.
• Represent your organization at the VP and SVP level.
• Use the experience and expertise to operate large scale software fleets to ensure the services meet the OCI scale.
• Collaborate with your team, peers, various organizations, and senior leadership to identify product and customer requirements, coordinate delivery, and integrate solutions to meet the business needs.
• Recruit and continue to build out a capable and cohesive engineering team who can deliver complex projects on time.
• Your ability to influence other teams is a key to your success in this role.

Qualifications :

• A BS or MS degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in people management, with a proven track record in managing large-scale critical service.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning, resource management, and performance optimization within a technology-driven environment.
• Exceptional decision‑making abilities, with experience influencing senior leadership and cross‑functional teams.
• Strong background in recruiting, developing, and leading senior individual contributors (ICs) and building high‑performing teams.
• Ability to make decisions that significantly impact the organization’s infrastructure, with potential implications for revenue and long‑term operational success.
• Expertise in low‑level programming languages (C / C++) and Distributed Systems. Experience in Networking and Cloud Infrastructure Operations.
• Experience in managing a large-scale critical service in a Cloud computing.

Qualifications

Disclaimer : Certain US customer or client‑facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only.

US : Hiring Range in USD from : $141,200 to $338,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle 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. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following :

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee / Spouse / Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• 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.
• 11 paid holidays
• 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.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - M5

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