OCI Infrastructure Engineer

Cirrus Group Consulting; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cirrus Group Consulting is hiring a senior OCI Infrastructure Engineer to lead and operate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in production for a U.S. VA cloud program.

This remote role requires hands-on experience across networking, compute, storage, security, monitoring, and automation, guiding technical work and outages with federal compliance in mind. You will partner with application teams and leadership to migrate or operate VA apps in OCI, develop runbooks, standards, and repeatable processes,

Qualifications

• 6+ years in configuring, operating, and supporting OCI in production.
• Hands-on OCI networking, compute, storage, security, monitoring, and cloud ops.
• Experience leading technical teams and outcomes.
• Cloud certifications at Associate/Professional/Specialty level in OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; U.S. work eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Operate and improve production OCI environments for enterprise apps.
• Provision/manage OCI networking (VCNs, subnets, routing, gateways, FastConnect, VPNs, load balancers, private endpoints, security lists, NSGs).
• Manage OCI compute and storage (instances, block/file/object storage, archives, backups, VM images).
• Support OCI RAC and mission-critical app environments.
• Configure OCI security services (IAM, Cloud Guard, Bastion, Vault, certs, vulnerability scans, security zones).
• Monitor/troubleshoot production using OCI Monitoring/Logging/Stack Monitoring/Ops Insights and related tools.
• Lead root-cause analyses; implement durable corrective actions.
• Support Linux/RHEL/Windows administration, patching, hardening, image management, OS vulnerability remediation.
• Develop standards, runbooks, SOPs, and repeatable cloud operating processes.
• Automate via Terraform/HCL, OCI Resource Manager, Ansible, Python, JSON, GitHub, CI/CD.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, coordinate with teams, drive delivery.
• Operate in a security-conscious federal environment with disciplined change management and governance.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure

OCI

Networking

Security

Monitoring

Automation

Leadership

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

HCL

OCI Resource Manager

Ansible

Python

JSON

GitHub

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenShift

Chef

Puppet

Job description

OCI Infrastructure Engineer

Remote | U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency Required | High-Risk Public Trust Eligible

We are hiring a senior, hands-on OCI Infrastructure Engineer to support a major U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs cloud operations and migration program. This is a remote role for an engineer who has operated Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in production—not just completed training or supported Oracle applications—and can lead technical work across cloud networking, compute, storage, security, monitoring, and automation.

The role supports the ongoing operation, optimization, and modernization of a large enterprise cloud environment. You will partner with application teams, system administrators, cloud engineers, security stakeholders, and program leadership to maintain reliable, secure, compliant OCI services and help migrate or operate VA applications in the cloud.

What You'll Do

• Operate and improve production Oracle Cloud Infrastructure environments supporting enterprise applications and services.
• Provision and manage OCI networking, including VCNs, subnets, route tables, gateways, DRGs, VPNs, FastConnect, load balancers, private endpoints, security lists, and network security groups.
• Manage OCI compute and storage services, including compute instances, block volumes, file storage, object storage, archive storage, backups, and VM images.
• Support OCI infrastructure associated with Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) and other mission-critical application environments.
• Configure and support OCI security services, including IAM, Cloud Guard, Bastion, Vault/Key Management, certificates, vulnerability scanning, security zones, and network security controls.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production environments using OCI Monitoring, Logging, Log Analytics, Stack Monitoring, Ops Insights, Notifications, OS Management Hub, and related tools.
• Respond to availability, performance, security, capacity, and vulnerability issues; lead root-cause analysis and implement durable corrective actions.
• Support Linux/Red Hat and/or Windows systems administration, including patching, hardening, image management, and OS-level vulnerability remediation.
• Develop technical standards, documentation, runbooks, SOPs, and repeatable cloud operating processes.
• Automate infrastructure and operations using Terraform/HCL, OCI Resource Manager, Ansible, Python, JSON, GitHub, CI/CD, or comparable tools.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, coordinate across infrastructure and application teams, and help drive delivery against program objectives.
• Work within a security-conscious federal environment with disciplined change management, documentation, compliance, and operational governance.

Required Experience

• 6+ years of hands-on experience configuring, operating, and supporting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in production environments.
• Hands-on experience with OCI infrastructure services across networking, compute, storage, security, monitoring, and cloud operations.
• Strong experience with one or more OCI service areas:
• Networking: VCN, DRG, FastConnect, VPN, DNS, gateways, load balancers, private endpoints.
• Security: IAM, Cloud Guard, Bastion, certificates, Key Management/Vault, Network Firewall, Security Zones, Vulnerability Scanning.
• Monitoring and operations: Logging, Log Analytics, Monitoring, Stack Monitoring, Notifications, Ops Insights, OS Management Hub, Resource Manager.
• Storage: Block Volumes, File Storage, Object Storage, Archive Storage, Storage Gateway.
• Experience administering Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), or Windows Server environments.
• 3+ years of experience leading technical teams, technical workstreams, cloud operations, or infrastructure-delivery outcomes.
• Experience creating technical standards, runbooks, SOPs, architecture guidance, and repeatable processes across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Experience troubleshooting production infrastructure incidents, performing root-cause analysis, and improving monitoring, automation, reliability, or security posture.
• Current cloud certification—or a recently passed certification exam—at Associate, Professional, or Specialty level in OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical discipline; equivalent additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Ability to meet High-Risk Public Trust suitability requirements.

Preferred Experience

• Active or prior High-Risk Public Trust suitability or prior federal-government program experience, particularly VA, HHS, CMS, DHS, or DoD.
• Current OCI certification such as OCI Architect Associate/Professional, OCI Security, OCI Networking, OCI DevOps, or OCI Operations-related credentials.
• Experience supporting Oracle RAC infrastructure, Oracle databases, Oracle Government Cloud, or large enterprise Oracle workloads.
• Infrastructure-as-code and configuration-management experience with Terraform, HCL, OCI Resource Manager, Ansible, Python, JSON, GitHub, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, Chef, or Puppet.
• Familiarity with enterprise observability, ITSM, and security tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, Splunk, Dynatrace, SolarWinds, Tenable Nessus, CrowdStrike, BigFix, Netskope, Centrify, Turbot, Apptio, or Cloudability.
• ITIL knowledge or certification.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP in addition to OCI.
• Strong client-facing communication and technical-documentation skills.

What Success Looks Like

• You can independently explain and operate OCI networking, security, compute, storage, and observability services in a production environment.
• You improve platform reliability, security, monitoring, automation, documentation, and operational consistency.
• You partner effectively with application, security, systems-administration, and project teams to resolve issues and enable cloud adoption.
• You lead technical work with sound engineering judgment, clear documentation, disciplined change control, and measurable follow-through.
• You bring hands-on OCI credibility to a regulated, mission-critical federal cloud environment.

Eligibility Requirements

• U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• Must have resided in the United States for at least three years.
• Must be able to complete a background investigation and obtain suitability for a High-Risk Public Trust position.
• This role is remote; candidates must be authorized and available to work from within the United States.