The O&S Cloud Engineer is responsible for the deployment, provisioning, hardening, and optimization of cloud infrastructure and related cloud services, with a program focus on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This role designs, builds, maintains, and enhances cloud environments to support mission-critical operations, ensuring security, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency. The engineer collaborates with cross‑functional teams and developers to implement resilient cloud-native solutions and automation frameworks, supporting both internal stakeholders and external clients.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy cloud-based computing services at scale within OCI.
- Migrate systems and applications to OCI, ensuring secure, stable, and high-performing environments.
- Formulate detailed network, storage, and compute design specifications to support dynamic cloud operations.
- Manage cloud services including Identity and Access Management, Security Groups, and OCI-native services.
- Utilize infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible), scripting (PowerShell), and CI/CD pipelines (CloudBees Jenkins) to automate and orchestrate cloud environments.
- Develop scripts, templates, and automation for provisioning and configuring cloud resources.
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to translate technical objectives into actionable requirements.
- Review operational requirements with project teams and client stakeholders to support deployment and ongoing operations.
- Develop and maintain documentation for cloud infrastructure, network design, best practices, and operational procedures.
- Serve as a liaison to clients, participating in meetings to ensure technical needs are met.
- Support cost management, performance optimization, disaster recovery planning, and cloud security initiatives.
- Assist in identifying and planning new cloud services, features, and technical capabilities.
Program-Specific Technical Skills (OCI Focus)
- Windows Active Directory
- Windows Server Administration
- PowerShell scripting
- Oracle Database
- Oracle Linux OS Administration
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Terraform
- Ansible
- CloudBees Jenkins
- Automation and cloud-native architecture expertise
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent relevant experience
- CSP Associate-level cloud certification in AWS, Azure, OCI, or Google Cloud (Professional-level certification preferred)
- 8–15 years of IT experience, including:
- 3–4 years of cloud engineering experience on one or more major platforms
- 4+ years supporting or debugging Windows or Linux operating systems in an engineering or administrative role
Additional Job Skills
- Advanced knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and shared security responsibilities
- Strong understanding of cloud-based backup and storage concepts
- Hands-on experience supporting enterprise server, backup, and storage solutions in the cloud
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Advanced troubleshooting skills across storage, backups, server OS, and networks
- Proficiency in cloud command-line interfaces and advanced scripting
- Excellent documentation, communication, collaboration, and priority management skills
- Knowledge of information lifecycle management best practices
Required Certifications (8570 Baseline)
Current CompTIA Security+ OR one of the following:
CISSP, CCNA, CAP, CASP+ CE, CCISO, CND, CSSLP, CySA+, GSLC, SSCP