Placing People First!

Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the full lifecycle management of our Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environment, ensuring its security, efficiency, and alignment with our business goals. This role involves collaborating with various teams, developing robust cloud solutions, and maintaining the highest standards of operational excellence.

Essential Duties:

• Cloud Solution Design and Implementation:
• Formulate a comprehensive cloud strategy and oversee the adoption process.
• Create, configure, and deploy cloud solutions.
• Evaluate cloud applications, hardware, and software on a regular basis.
• Identify and recommend optimal cloud architecture solutions that meet the company's strategic needs.
• Translate customer business requirements into technical solutions using Oracle's cloud capabilities.
• Participate in proof-of-concept workshops for new solutions on Oracle Cloud.
• Guide infrastructure migration efforts, including large-scale application transfers to the cloud.

System Administration and Maintenance:

• Proactively monitor Oracle Cloud systems to manage and maintain service level agreements (SLAs).
• Address technical issues promptly and professionally.
• Perform system patching, troubleshooting, and architectural administration.
• Manage tenant and compartment settings to organize resources effectively.
• Configure Identity and Access Management (IAM) settings, including users, groups, policies, and roles, to ensure secure access.
• Manage Virtual Cloud Networks (VCNs), subnets, gateways, and routing.
• Deploy, configure, and manage compute instances and autoscaling configurations.
• Configure and manage storage solutions such as block volumes, object storage, and file storage.
• Deploy and maintain Oracle Databases and other database services.
• Set up monitoring, logging, and alarms to track resource health and performance.
• Implement security best practices like security zones, encryption, and vulnerability scanning.
• Configure backup, snapshots, and replication strategies for disaster recovery and high availability.

Collaboration and Optimization:

• Work closely with the IT security team to monitor and maintain the company's cloud privacy.
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers to facilitate enablement and implementation activities on OCI.
• Track usage, establish budgets, and optimize resource consumption to manage costs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing customer-centric solutions using Oracle offerings like Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Autonomous Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW).
• Experience with security, including authentication, authorization, and data-level security, as well as tuning and managing multiple source systems.
• Familiarity with databases, cloud concepts, Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW), and data integration tools (e.g., ODI/Golden Gate).
• Prior experience with ExaData