Title Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Administrator Duration 7 Months Location 100% Remote EST
Job Description Role Summary: The OCI Administrator is responsible for the administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of the organization's Oracle Cloud Infrastructure environment. This role ensures the OCI tenancy is secure, reliable, and performant by managing networking, identity and access, and monitoring/capacity functions across the cloud estate. The OCI Administrator works closely with security, infrastructure, and application teams to maintain a stable and well-governed cloud platform.
Key Responsibilities: Network Administration
Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) components, including security lists and Network Security Groups (NSGs) / firewall rules
Manage DNS zones, records, and resolution
Design, implement, and troubleshoot routing: route tables, dynamic routing gateways (DRG), VPN/FastConnect connectivity, and peering between VCNs
Diagnose and resolve network connectivity issues across the OCI environment and hybrid connections
Identity and Access Administration
Create and manage IAM policies, compartments, groups, and dynamic groups
Administer user accounts, access provisioning/de-provisioning, and least-privilege access models
Configure and maintain federation between OCI and Client Entra ID (Azure AD), including SSO and identity synchronization
Audit and review access policies to ensure compliance with security standards
Monitoring and Capacity Management
Configure and maintain OCI Monitoring, metrics, alarms, and notifications for infrastructure and services
Analyze utilization and performance metrics to identify trends, bottlenecks, and anomalies
Perform sizing and capacity planning for compute, storage, and network resources based on usage trends and forecasted demand
Produce regular reporting on system health, cost, and capacity to inform operational and budgeting decisions
General Administration and Troubleshooting
Serve as a primary point of contact for OCI-related incidents, performing root cause analysis and remediation
Maintain documentation of configurations, standards, and operational procedures
Collaborate with security, application, and infrastructure teams on architecture and change requests
Stay current on OCI service updates, best practices, and emerging features relevant to the role
Required Qualifications:
Experience administering Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (or equivalent public cloud platform, e.g., AWS/Azure, with willingness to specialize in OCI)