Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Consultant

Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited is seeking a consultant with hands-on OCI networking, compute, storage, security, and cloud infrastructure architecture experience. You will troubleshoot and implement solutions independently across OCI networking, storage, and security domains.

The role covers designing and troubleshooting OCI networking infrastructure, VCNs, subnets, gateways, DRG, VPNs, FastConnect, and multi-cloud connectivity, plus compute instances and storage services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of overall Cloud/Infrastructure experience, with significant hands-on OCI experience.
• Strong practical experience in OCI networking and infrastructure.
• Experience designing and troubleshooting enterprise OCI environments.
• Good understanding of Linux and basic networking concepts.
• OCI certifications such as OCI Architect Associate/Professional are desirable.
• Experience with AWS/Azure is an advantage, particularly in multi-cloud environments.
• Good communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure and troubleshoot OCI networking infrastructure.
• Work with Compartments, VCNs, Subnets, Route Tables, Security Lists and NSGs.
• Configure Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway, Service Gateway and Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG).
• Work with VCN peering, FastConnect and IPSec VPN connectivity.
• Configure and troubleshoot routing and network connectivity between OCI, on-premises and other cloud environments.
• Implement and manage Network Virtual Appliances (NVA)/virtual Firewalls and associated routing.
• Work with OCI Compute instances, including Linux/Windows workloads, boot volumes, and block volumes.
• Configure and manage Load Balancers and basic OCI network security controls.
• Work with IAM, Dynamic Groups, Policies and Compartments.
• Support OCI monitoring, logging and troubleshooting activities.
• Analyse network connectivity issues using tools such as ping, traceroute, Telnet/nc, nslookup/dig and OCI networking diagnostics.
• Review existing OCI environments and provide recommendations for infrastructure improvements.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and implementation procedures.
• Collaborate with application, database, network and security teams during implementation and troubleshooting.
• Understand and implement OCI Storage services, including Block Volume, Boot Volume, Object Storage, File Storage.

Skills

OCI Networking

DRG & Gateways

VCN & Subnets

Load Balancer

Compute & Volumes

Object Storage

NVA & Firewall Routing

IPSec VPN

FastConnect

On-prem connectivity

DNS & Troubleshooting

Hub-and-spoke network

Linux basics

IAM & Policies

OCI Security

Job description

Role Overview

The consultant should have strong hands-on knowledge of OCI networking, compute, storage, security, and cloud infrastructure architecture, with the ability to troubleshoot and implement solutions independently.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure and troubleshoot OCI networking infrastructure.


• Work with Compartments, VCNs, Subnets, Route Tables, Security Lists and NSGs.


• Configure and troubleshoot Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway, Service Gateway and Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG).


• Work with VCN peering, FastConnect and IPSec VPN connectivity.


• Configure and troubleshoot routing and network connectivity between OCI, on-premises and other cloud environments.


• Implement and manage Network Virtual Appliances (NVA)/virtual Firewalls and associated routing.


• Work with OCI Compute instances, including Linux/Windows workloads, boot volumes, and block volumes.


• Configure and manage Load Balancers and basic OCI network security controls.


• Work with IAM, Dynamic Groups, Policies and Compartments.


• Support OCI monitoring, logging and troubleshooting activities.


• Analyse network connectivity issues using tools such as ping, traceroute, Telnet/nc, nslookup/dig and OCI networking diagnostics.


• Review existing OCI environments and provide recommendations for infrastructure improvements.


• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and implementation procedures.


• Collaborate with application, database, network and security teams during implementation and troubleshooting.

Understand and implement OCI Storage services, including:

• Block Volume


• Boot Volume


• Object Storage


• File Storage

Essential Technical Skills

The candidate should have hands-on experience with:

OCI Infrastructure

• OCI Compartments


• VCN


• Subnets - Public and Private


• Route Tables and Routing


• Security Lists and NSGs


• Internet/NAT/Service Gateways


• DRG


• Load Balancer


• Compute


• Block and Boot Volumes


• Object Storage


• File Storage

OCI Networking

• VCN-to-VCN connectivity


• DRG and routing


• IPSec VPN


• FastConnect


• On-premises connectivity


• DNS and network troubleshooting


• Network Virtual Appliances (NVA)


• Firewall-based routing


• Hub-and-spoke network architecture

OCI Security

• IAM


• Compartments and Policies


• Security Lists/NSGs


• Cloud Guard


• Basic WAF and network security concepts

Experience & Qualifications

• 5+ years of overall Cloud/Infrastructure experience, with significant hands-on OCI experience.


• Strong practical experience in OCI networking and infrastructure.


• Experience designing and troubleshooting enterprise OCI environments.


• Good understanding of Linux and basic networking concepts.


• OCI certifications such as OCI Architect Associate/Professional are desirable.


• Experience with AWS/Azure is an advantage, particularly in multi-cloud environments.


• Good communication and documentation skills.