Network Qualification Manager - Bengaluru, India - Oracle

    Oracle
    oracle background
    Regular Employee
    Description

    The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team can provide you the opportunity to build and operate a suite of massive scale, integrated cloud services in a broadly distributed, multi-tenant cloud environment. OCI is committed to providing the best in cloud products that meet the needs of our customers who are tackling some of the world's biggest challenges.

    Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team is a new ground-up effort to build Infrastructure-as-a-Service that operates at a high scale in a broadly distributed multi-tenant cloud environment. Our customers run their businesses on our cloud, and our mission is to provide them with best-in-class compute, storage, networking, database, security, and an ever-expanding set of foundational cloud-based services. These are exciting times in our space - we are growing fast, still at a relatively early stage and working on ambitious new initiatives.

    We're looking for a Network Qualification Manager with expertise and passion in building teams, coaching individuals, and solving difficult problems in distributed systems, virtualized network infrastructure, and highly available services. These are exciting times in our space - we are growing fast, still at an early stage, and working on ambitious new initiatives within the software assurance and security areas.

    As a Network Qualfication Manager, you and your team ( direct or dotted line) will solve exciting technical challenges by analyzing, and qualifying vital Oracle Cloud services, platforms, and infrastructure while always thinking about reliability, scalability, resilience, security, and performance.

  • Develop Qualification Strategies: Design and implement comprehensive strategies for testing and qualifying network infrastructure, including hardware, software, and protocols.
  • Test Planning and Execution: Plan, coordinate, and oversee testing activities to validate the performance, functionality, and compatibility of network systems and components.
  • Quality Assurance: Ensure adherence to quality standards, best practices, and industry regulations throughout the network qualification process.
  • Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including network engineers, software developers, and quality assurance professionals, to ensure alignment and integration of qualification efforts.
  • Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate documentation of test plans, procedures, and results. Generate comprehensive reports summarizing the outcomes of qualification activities and provide recommendations for improvements.
  • Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process optimization and efficiency improvements in network qualification procedures. Implement best practices and tools to streamline testing processes and enhance overall effectiveness.
  • Training and Development: Provide guidance, mentorship, and training to junior team members to enhance their skills and knowledge in network qualification methodologies and technologies.
  • Basic Qualification:

  • BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field
  • 5+ years of Software Engineer experience.
  • 2+ years' experience of leading or managing a team of test engineers responsible for qualifying network infrastructure.
  • Led or managed teams working on qualification of network devices, protocols, and features.
  • In-depth knowledge of network protocols, architectures, and technologies, including Routing Protocols (BGP/OSPF), VxLAN, MPLS, QoS, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VPNs, etc.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex network issues.
  • Experience with network testing tools and equipment, such as traffic generators, protocol analyzers, and network simulators.
  • Hands-on ability to Architect, design, and oversee development & implementation of test automation.
  • Hands on experience with Python.
  • Strong Network Protocols, tools and troubleshooting experience.
  • System test and Feature test planning, execution and automation.
  • Resolving customer issues and handling escalations.
  • Experience working in an operational environment with mission-critical tier-one services with associated oncall responsibilities.
  • Experience with mentoring and growing engineers building network infrastructure.
  • Preferred Qualifications:

  • Expertise in Test Framework development.