Oracle Cloud Platform Engineer (OCI)

Role Overview

We are looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer (OCI) with 3 – 6 years of experience to build, manage, automate, and support enterprise cloud infrastructure environments. The role focuses primarily on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and involves provisioning, operations, automation, security, monitoring, and migration activities.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with OCI services, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, cloud security, and platform operations, along with working knowledge of at least one secondary cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Key Responsibilities

• Provision and configure OCI resources including Compute, Storage, VCN, Load Balancer, DBCS, and Autonomous Database.

• Implement and manage OCI networking components such as VCNs, subnets, NSGs, route tables, gateways, VPNs, FastConnect, and DNS.

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform / OCI Resource Manager) modules.

• Automate operational tasks using Python, Bash, Ansible, and cloud-native tools.

• Support CI/CD deployments using OCI DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.

• Monitor cloud environments using OCI Monitoring, Logging, APM, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, or Dynatrace.

• Perform routine operations including patching, backups, certificate renewals, capacity checks, and incident resolution.

• Implement cloud security controls including IAM policies, MFA, Vault/KMS, encryption, Bastion, Cloud Guard, Security Zones, and Vulnerability Scanning.

• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives to OCI.

• Assist application teams deploying workloads on OKE, WebLogic, Oracle DB, Functions, and API Gateway.

• Contribute to cost optimization, automation, and operational documentation.
  

Required Technical Skills

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

• OCI Compute, Block/Object/FSS Storage
• VCN, NSGs, Route Tables, Gateways, DRG, Peering
• Load Balancer, WAF, FastConnect, IPSec VPN
• OCI IAM, Compartments, Policies, Federation
• OCI Vault, Cloud Guard, Security Zones, Data Safe
• Autonomous Database, DBCS, Exadata (operational awareness)
• OKE (Oracle Kubernetes Engine)
• OCI DevOps, OCIR, Functions, API Gateway
• OCI Monitoring, Logging, APM, Operations Insights

DevOps & Automation

• Terraform (modules, workspaces, remote state)
• Ansible
• Docker & Kubernetes
• Helm
• Git & GitOps

CI/CD

• OCI DevOps
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI
• Azure DevOps

Scripting

• Python
• Bash
• PowerShell (basic awareness acceptable)

Secondary Cloud (Preferred)

• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• 3–6 years of hands-on cloud/platform engineering experience.
• Minimum 2 years of OCI experience (or strong cloud experience with demonstrable OCI exposure).
• Experience supporting production environments, incident management, and change management.

Certifications

Required

At least one OCI Associate certification

• OCI Foundations Associate (1Z0-1085)
• OCI Architect Associate (1Z0-1072) or OCI Operations Associate (1Z0-1067)

Preferred

Additional certifications

• OCI Architect Professional
• AWS SAA / Azure AZ-104 / GCP ACE
• Terraform Associate
• CKA
• RHCSA / Oracle Linux Certification

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.

• Good communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work in cross-functional teams.

• Ownership, accountability, and service-oriented mindset.

• Continuous learning attitude.