Senior Director, Software Development at Oracle
Jackson, MS
$193,600–$414,400from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Jackson, MS
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering leadership role overseeing the teams that build and run the control plane and management systems underpinning OCI's virtual networking platform. The position involves directing managers and technical leads, setting organizational strategy, and driving large cross-team infrastructure projects. It suits an experienced engineering executive with a background in large-scale distributed systems and a track record of managing multi-layer engineering organizations.
Principal level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This is a Senior Director (M5 career level) role with direct management of managers and cross-org scope at Oracle OCI — mapped to Principal band given the org-wide, multi-team leadership authority described.
The job title 'Senior Director' is treated as Principal-level advertised seniority, as it sits above a typical single-team Senior/Staff scope.
Location is not specified in the posting beyond 'US'; no specific metro or state is identified. The compensation range is stated as US-wide.
Degree requirement is listed as 'BS or MS … or equivalent practical experience', so no hard degree gate applies.
Networking fundamentals and configuration management are explicitly called 'highly desirable' (not required), so they are marked as preferred.
CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment workflows appear in the Basic Qualifications section and are treated as a hard gate on CI/CD capability.
The role is primarily a people-management/org-leadership position (managing managers, defining org goals, cross-org initiatives); the alt SOC 15-1252 reflects the deep distributed-systems technical context.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): networking fundamentals, configuration management.
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