Network SRE (NRE) - L3

Network Site Reliability Engineer

<h3>Network SRE (NRE) - L3</h3><div><strong>Location:</strong> Bangalore or Hyderabad, India</div><div><strong>Workplace Type:</strong> Onsite</div><div><br></div><h3>About the Role</h3><div>We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Network Site Reliability Engineer (NRE) at the L3 level to join our dynamic team. As a Network SRE, you will be responsible for the design, deployment, and maintenance of our network infrastructure, ensuring its reliability, scalability, and security. You will play a critical role in supporting our growing cloud infrastructure and enabling connectivity for new regions and sites. This role requires a strong understanding of networking principles, automation skills, and excellent communication abilities. You will be working with cutting-edge technologies and collaborating with a team of talented engineers to deliver world-class network services.</div><div><br></div><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Design, install, configure, upgrade, and operate routers and switches.</li><li>Deploy greenfield network infrastructure and enable connectivity for new OCI regions and child sites.</li><li>Develop scripts and automation (Python preferred) to reduce manual deployment effort.</li><li>Support brownfield scaling including CFAB rack adds, compute expansions, server rack adds and decommissions.</li><li>Build and manage data center fabrics, edge, backbone, and metro fiber networks.</li><li>Execute region builds, DRCC/Alloy expansions, multi-cloud integrations, and Butterfly turn-ups.</li><li>Operate and build CI/CD pipeline environment using GitHub and OCI’s internal tools for automated deployments.</li><li>Leverage networking expertise across BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, DHCP, IPSEC, VPN, SSL, and working with Arista, Cisco, and other network hardware.</li><li>Execute Jira ticket assignments that relate to Network infrastructure RNS projects.</li><li>Attend and coordinate team and project meetings.</li><li>Adhere to Oracle’s security and safety best practices.</li><li>Troubleshoot and resolve network-related issues in a timely manner.</li><li>Participate in on-call rotation to provide 24/7 support for critical network infrastructure.</li><li>Collaborate with other teams to ensure seamless integration of network services.</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>Required Skills &amp; Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.</li><li>5+ years of experience in network engineering or a related role.</li><li>Extensive working experience on Routers and Switches - Design, installation, configuration, upgrades, and operations.</li><li>Proficiency in network protocols and standards including TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, VRRP, SNMP, STP/RSTP, VLANS, Routing protocols (ISIS/OSPF/BGP).</li><li>Strong scripting and automation skills (Python preferred).</li><li>Experience with building and managing data center fabrics, edge, backbone, and metro fiber networks.</li><li>Solid understanding of CI/CD pipeline environments and tools (GitHub, OCI internal tools).</li><li>Expertise in networking technologies such as BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, DHCP, IPSEC, VPN, SSL.</li><li>Experience working with Arista, Cisco, and other network hardware.</li><li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.</li><li>Ability to work independently and as part of a team.</li><li>Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.</li><li>Experience with Jira ticketing systems.</li></ul><h3><br></h3>