OCI Cloud Engineer - Hybrid, Secret Clearance

LightFeather; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LightFeather is seeking an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to support the U.S. Department of State in modernizing and maintaining secure, scalable OCI environments. You will design, implement, and optimize OCI solutions while ensuring compliance with federal security requirements.

This hybrid role combines on-site work in Washington, DC, with one remote day per week, focusing on OCI compute, networking, storage, IAM, and automation to support mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance with eligibility to obtain Top Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a Cloud Engineer, including at least two years with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of OCI compute, storage, IAM, networking, and database services.
• Proficiency with Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with cloud security, compliance, and monitoring solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage OCI services including compute, networking, storage, and databases.
• Configure VCNs, subnets, gateways, and load balancers for mission-critical apps.
• Apply cloud security best practices per NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP.
• Develop and maintain IaC scripts using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Monitor performance, optimize costs, and ensure high availability across OCI.
• Troubleshoot OCI issues and provide escalation support when needed.
• Collaborate with security, development, and operations on migrations and modernization.
• Maintain documentation on cloud architectures, configurations, and processes.

Skills

OCI compute

OCI networking

OCI storage

IAM

OCI databases

Security

Automation

Terraform

Ansible

VPCs/subnets

Monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

OKE

Docker

Job description

LightFeather is seeking an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to support the U.S. Department of State in modernizing and maintaining secure, scalable OCI environments. You will design, implement, and optimize OCI solutions while ensuring compliance with federal security requirements.

This hybrid role combines on-site work in Washington, DC, with one remote day per week, focusing on OCI compute, networking, storage, IAM, and automation to support mission-critical systems.