Cloud Infrastructure Analyst - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Remote role

Job Description:

• Cloud Infrastructure Analyst (OCI-Focused) – Contractor
• As a Cloud Infrastructure Analyst, you will be responsible for advising, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based solutions for our organization, with a strong emphasis on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• You will work closely with other technical and business teams to understand their requirements, learn our current infrastructure, and help drive cloud-based solutions that align with organizational goals across a multi-cloud environment.
• This role will involve collaborating with other technical teams to design and implement cloud-based solutions, creating and maintaining documentation, and working with vendors and partners to identify, implement, and maintain suitable platforms and services.
• Responsibilities include lifecycle management, automation, security risk identification, and ensuring that our cloud infrastructure is scalable, reliable, secure, and performant.
• This position will require participation in an on-call rotation.

JOB REQUIREMENTS: (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills)
Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop OCI-centric cloud architectures that meet technical and business requirements.
• Collaborate with technical teams, business partners, and vendors to develop, implement, and maintain cloud solutions across OCI and other cloud platforms.
• Develop and maintain cloud documentation including architecture diagrams, policies, procedures, and training materials.
• Support cloud networking capabilities including subnetting, firewalls, routing, and hybrid connectivity across OCI, Azure, and on-prem environments.
• Identify and address security risks to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of cloud infrastructure.
• Monitor, optimize, and automate cloud-based infrastructure for performance, resiliency, best practices, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with internal teams to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues and ensure high availability and reliability.
• Stay current with Oracle OCI platform capabilities and emerging cloud technologies and apply improvements as appropriate.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to ensure cloud solutions align with organizational goals and compliance requirements.
• Assess impact, quantify risk, and provide input to support informed business and technical decisions.

Requirements:
Required Qualifications (Must Have):

• Hands-on professional experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in an enterprise environment.
• Experience designing, implementing, and operating OCI core services such as networking (VCN, subnets, routing), compute, storage, IAM, and security controls.
• Experience with OCI identity and integration services, including OCI IAM/IDCS and/or Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC).
• Strong understanding of cloud networking concepts including IP addressing, subnetting, routing, firewalls, and hybrid connectivity.
• Experience supporting production cloud environments with operational responsibilities, including incident response and on-call support.
• Must be a United States citizen, due to regulatory, contractual, and security requirements.

Preferred / Desired Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Analyst, or similar role working with enterprise SaaS, PaaS, and/or IaaS solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure services such as AKS, Databricks, and/or Data Factory.
• Experience with multi-cloud architectures, including interconnect technologies such as Oracle FastConnect, Azure ExpressRoute, and AT&T NetBond.
• Experience working with enterprise firewall platforms; Palo Alto firewall experience preferred.
• Experience developing automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools and languages such as Terraform, ARM, PowerShell, Python, Ansible, JSON, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability tools such as Azure Monitor and Microsoft Systems Center.
• Experience with enterprise cloud governance, security controls, DevOps practices, and CI/CD methodologies.
• Familiarity with utility industry regulatory requirements such as NERC CIP and SarbanesOxley (SOX).

Competencies:

• Demonstrates Client values of Safety First, Unquestionable Trust, Superior Performance, and Total Commitment.
• Takes ownership of work assignments and drives tasks to completion.
• Effectively manages multiple priorities and delivers on commitments.
• High aptitude for technical concepts with strong attention to detail.
• Strong documentation skills and proficiency in written communication.
• Works effectively in a team environment and provides and accepts feedback.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with all levels of management, vendors, and internal/external partners.
• Ability to translate complex technical topics into business-appropriate language.

Education:

• BS/BA preferred in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Relevant experience and/or cloud certifications may substitute for a degree.
• Five (5) to eight (8) years of experience providing engineering and/or support for in-scope technologies, depending on job level.

About us:
At our organization, we take our mission and values to heart! We are on a mission to offer more and better jobs all over the world! Our goal is to care for you while you care for our clients and get you paid the highest pay possible. All our associates working with us are expected to embrace our RACE values: R - Results Matter, A- Approachable, C - Care, and E - Emergency i.e. work with a sense of urgency.

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