Principal Cloud Operations Engineer - SRE & Incident Leader

Ll Oefentherapie; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Cloud in Northern Ireland is seeking a Principal Engineer to oversee production environments, including systems and databases, supporting critical government workloads. You will perform administration and analysis across multiple instances, guiding teams and driving high availability, performance, and incident response in a sovereign cloud context.

The role requires arranging large-scale incident bridges, coordinating with partners, and mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux system administration, Kubernetes, Cloud, Exadata, Networking, Storage, Compute, virtualization and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Chef and Puppet.
• Experience leading or participating in large-scale incident bridges.
• Willingness to obtain and maintain security clearance as required for government projects.
• Customer-focused with ability to mentor others.

Responsibilities

• Install, monitor, maintain, support, and optimize production server hardware and software.
• Provide escalated technical support for complex issues and lead problem management.
• Coordinate escalated cases with internal resources and third-party vendors.
• Manage upgrades, bug fixes, patching and standardization for Oracle tech stack.
• Lead communications with partners to resolve complex problems.
• Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and rotate on 24/7 shifts.

Skills

Linux System Administration

Kubernetes

Cloud Technologies

Incident Bridges

Incident Management

Mentoring/Leadership

Security Clearance

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Job description

Oracle Cloud in Northern Ireland is seeking a Principal Engineer to oversee production environments, including systems and databases, supporting critical government workloads. You will perform administration and analysis across multiple instances, guiding teams and driving high availability, performance, and incident response in a sovereign cloud context.

The role requires arranging large-scale incident bridges, coordinating with partners, and mentoring junior engineers.