Job Role – OCI Administrator
Location – Jacksonville, FL (Onsite)
Experience range - 8+ experience.
Role Summary
Looking for an experienced OCI Administrator with 8–10 years of experience in IT infrastructure and cloud administration, including strong hands-on experience in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The candidate should have practical expertise in provisioning, configuring and managing OCI infrastructure, with a strong focus on cloud networking, security, IAM and infrastructure automation using Terraform.
The role requires a good understanding of OCI architecture and the ability to independently provision and manage cloud resources such as VCNs, subnets, compute instances, storage, gateways, load balancers and related networking components. The candidate should also have hands-on experience implementing OCI security policies, managing access controls, configuring network security and monitoring the overall security posture of the environment.
The administrator will work closely with application, database, network and security teams to support infrastructure deployments, troubleshoot complex issues and ensure the availability, security and smooth operation of OCI environments.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 8–10 years of experience in infrastructure administration, cloud operations or systems administration, with hands-on experience in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
- Practical experience provisioning and managing OCI resources, including VCNs, subnets, route tables, gateways, compute, storage and load balancers.
- Good understanding of OCI networking and hybrid connectivity, including DRG, LPG, VPN, FastConnect, DNS and routing.
- Hands-on experience with OCI IAM, compartments, policies, groups and access management.
- Experience implementing and supporting OCI security controls, including NSGs, security lists, Vault, encryption, Cloud Guard and Audit.
- Working experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
- Strong Linux administration skills, including user management, patching, service management, log analysis and troubleshooting.
- Experience with monitoring, incident handling, backup and restore, and production environment support.
- Good communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work onsite and engage with multiple technical teams.
Preferred
- OCI certification in Architecture, Operations or Security.
- Exposure to OKE, Kubernetes, Docker and OCIR.
- Experience with OCI WAF, Network Firewall, Bastion and API Gateway.
- Exposure to scripting or automation using Shell, Python or Ansible.
- Experience with cloud landing zones, hub-and-spoke network design or migration projects.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Good understanding of OCI infrastructure services and the way they are deployed and managed in an enterprise environment.
- Ability to provision OCI infrastructure independently and troubleshoot issues across compute, network, storage and access layers.
- Sound knowledge of cloud security practices, including identity management, network controls, encryption and vulnerability remediation.
- Ability to work with Terraform code and make changes to existing infrastructure configurations.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with a structured approach to incident resolution.
- Ability to document changes, maintain operational procedures and work with cross-functional teams.
Regards,
Deepak Kumar
