Lead Oracle Platform Engineer

WRK digital; Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment firm is seeking a Lead Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineer based in Leeds. The successful candidate will build and manage Cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring solutions are secure and compliant with industry standards. This role involves mentoring OCI platform engineers and providing technical expertise. Ideal candidates will have experience with OCI deployments and strong knowledge of networking and security principles. This full-time position offers growth within the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in OCI deployments ensuring security and compliance.
• Proven ability to mentor OCI platform engineers.
• Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure components.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and mentoring to OCI platform engineers.
• Support platform and deliver projects through effective management.
• Establish observability strategies for Oracle services.
• Design and implement logging and monitoring solutions.
• Design and implement enterprise logging and monitoring using OCI tools
• Integrate OCI monitoring with third-party SIEM/ITSM/APM tools (e.g. Splunk, BMC)
• Lead on OCI platform build and operations for Compute, Networking, Storage and Security

Skills

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) deployments

Design and implementation of cloud solutions

Mentoring and guidance

Networking concepts

Security principles for cloud environments

Tools

OCI Logging

OCI Monitoring

Third-party SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk)

ITSM

APM tools

Job description

Lead Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineer

Recruitment Consultant at WRK digital - connecting Cloud enthusiasts with the best opportunities for career development and personal growth!🚀

WRK digital are delighted to be partnered exclusively with a high-profile, UK leading organisation, shortlisting for a Oracle Reporting Platform Engineer on a permanent basis.

We are looking for an experienced Lead Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineer, to build and manage Cloud-based infrastructure, working alongside a fantastic team. The individual must be able to work independently, produce foundational, simple, robust, and maintainable solutions, which they implement, document, and deliver.

To Succeed in this role you must know the technical aspects of OCI deployments, ensuring solutions are secure, efficient and compliant with industry standards as well as being able to design, implement and maintain OCI infrastructure, focusing on monitoring and logging, identity and access management and core infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage solutions and networking components.

This role requires a blend of technical expertise and leadership by having the ability to work independently and also mentor and provide guidance to OCI platform engineers.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and mentoring to OCI platform engineers fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Platform support and project delivery through effective resource management and planning
• Act as a point of escalation / subject matter expertise for OCI related matters and lead on root cause analysis with a focus on resilience and prevention
• Establish a proactive observability strategy - dashboards, metrics, logs, traces - for critical Oracle services
• Design and implement enterprise grade logging and monitoring solutions using OCI Logging, OCI Monitoring, Events and Alarms.
• Integrate OCI monitoring with third party SIEM, ITSM and APM tools (e.g. Splunk, BMC etc.)
• Demonstrable experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), including proficiency in the design and build of services such as Compute, Networking, Storage and Security
• Solid understanding of networking concepts, security principles and best practices for cloud environments
• Proven ability to build relationships with and manage stakeholders in the key business areas impacted, in the senior technical leadership, in the Bank enterprise architecture team, and with the third-party systems implementation teams.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Staffing and Recruiting, Information Services, and Financial Services

Leeds, England, United Kingdom