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.

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.