OCI Cloud Platform Engineer for AI & Research

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary dependent on experience

Travel allowance

Pension - Employer contribution 7.5%

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Private Medical Insurance

Employee discounts

Electric car scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Neurodiversity support

Coaching & Therapy services

Job summary

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build and operate a secure, scalable OCI platform supporting enterprise applications, scientific research and AI workloads. Working with Infrastructure, Cyber Security and Software Engineering teams, you will deliver modern cloud services using IaC, automation and cloud-native best practices.

You will implement cloud security controls, IAM, network segmentation, monitoring and cost optimization while

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) or another major public cloud platform.
• Experience designing and supporting secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Experience using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, security, monitoring and backup.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Linux administration experience.
• Scripting skills in Bash, PowerShell or Python.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, automate and operate secure, scalable, highly available OCI platform services and workloads.
• Manage OCI networking, compute, storage, identity, DNS, load balancing, object storage, monitoring and logging.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, with Git-based CI/CD
• Implement cloud security controls, IAM roles and policies, network segmentation, secrets management, vulnerability remediation and audit requirements.
• Establish platform monitoring, alerting, logging, capacity management, backup, disaster recovery and incident-response procedures.
• Manage patching, upgrades, lifecycle management and service reliability for cloud workloads.
• Support application, research and AI teams with reusable cloud patterns, self-service capabilities and technical guidance.
• Optimise OCI consumption, performance and cost, working with stakeholders on forecasting and governance.
• Maintain architecture documentation, standards, runbooks and operational procedures.

Skills

OCI experience

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Linux administration

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Cloud security

Networking

Kubernetes

Docker

Tools

Terraform

Git

Kubernetes

Docker

OCI

Job description

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build and operate a secure, scalable OCI platform supporting enterprise applications, scientific research and AI workloads. Working with Infrastructure, Cyber Security and Software Engineering teams, you will deliver modern cloud services using IaC, automation and cloud-native best practices.

You will implement cloud security controls, IAM, network segmentation, monitoring and cost optimization while