Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Security Consultant (100% Remote)

The Mom Project; United States; Remote; Full time

Job summary

A well-known tech company is seeking an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Security Consultant to join their team. This 100% remote position includes responsibilities such as maintaining OCI infrastructure and implementing IAM policies, targeting individuals with significant experience in IT security. Competitive compensation ranges from $52.46 to $67.46 per hour.

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity or related engineering roles.
• 3+ years hands-on experience specifically with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Experience working with security tools like Teleport, CrowdStrike EDR, Tenable.

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain OCI infrastructure components.
• Design, deploy, and maintain multi‑cloud networking.
• Implement and manage OCI Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies.

Skills

IT Security and Governance

Systems and Network Administration

Encryption

Terraform

Python (Programming Language)

Security Tools

Github

DevSecOps

Oracle Cloud

Identity And Access Management

Multi-Cloud

AWS Networking

Cloud Computing

Security Information And Event Management (SIEM)

IBM QRadar (SIEM Software)

Ansible

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Security Consultant (100% Remote)

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Security Consultant (100% Remote)

• Remote

$52.46 - $67.46/hour

Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

40 hrs/wk

Contract (w2)

Remote work yes (100%)

Travel not required

July 1, 2025

End date

July 1, 2026

Superpower

Technology

Capabilities

IT Security and Governance

Systems and Network Administration

Preferred skills

Encryption

Terraform

Python (Programming Language)

Splunk

Security Tools

Github

DevSecOps

Oracle Cloud

Identity And Access Management

Multi-Cloud

AWS Networking

Cloud Computing

Security Information And Event Management (SIEM)

IBM QRadar (SIEM Software)

Ansible

Preferred industry experience

5 - 8 years of experience

Our Customer is a leading global collaboration platform that's transforming the way people work together, from the smallest business to the largest enterprise. With more than 500 million registered users across more than 180 countries, their mission is to unleash the world’s creative energy by designing a more enlightened way of working. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, they have more than 12 offices around the world.

Our Customer is seeking an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Security Consultant on a contract basis to help support their business needs. This role is 100% remote.

Responsibilities:

• Configure and maintain OCI infrastructure components, including compute, networking (VCNs, subnets, gateways), storage, and load balancers.
• Design, deploy, and maintain multi‑cloud networking (Egress and Workload VCNs, firewall/NAT gateways, AWS transit), enforcing traffic‑control policies.
• Implement and manage OCI Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies, compartments, dynamic groups, and federation.
• Harden OCI infrastructure according to CIS Benchmarks and cloud security best practices.
• Apply security patches and manage updates across OCI-hosted applications and services.
• Design and operate an end‑to‑end monitoring, alerting, and reliability stack (Datadog, OCI Metrics, PagerDuty) with SLO/SLA tracking and cost optimization.
• Monitor and respond to security alerts and events from OCI tools like Cloud Guard, Logging, and Security Zones.
• Build and maintain an Infrastructure‑as‑Code pipeline: Terraform Cloud for resource provisioning, GitHub for source control, GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
• Orchestrate configuration and patch management at scale with Ansible Automation Platform.
• Configure and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and high availability setups within the OCI environment.
• Perform regular reviews of access, entitlements, and audit logs to ensure least privilege and policy compliance.
• Assist with security incident investigations and remediation within the OCI environment.
• Work closely with security and infrastructure teams to enforce secure controls and infrastructure best practices (IaC, etc)
• Collaborate with developers, integration engineers, finance, and security stakeholders to improve reliability and expand OCI capabilities.
• Actively monitor, assess, and recommend tactical and strategic initiatives based on new and emerging threats posing risk to cloud computing environments.
• Manage remediation efforts after security assessment findings outline weaknesses requiring attention.
• Provide documentation and knowledge transfer to internal teams.

Skills and Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity or related engineering roles.
• 3+ years hands-on experience specifically with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Experience working with security tools like Teleport, CrowdStrike EDR, Tenable, SIEM, etc
• Strong understanding of OCI networking, IAM, compartments, security lists, and resource management.
• Experience with OCI-native security services (e.g., Cloud Guard, Security Zones, Logging, Vault).
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform preferred).
• Experience in Ansible Automation Platform or other configuration management tooling.
• Solid understanding of security best practices, including least privilege access, encryption, system hardening, vulnerability management, and key management.
• Familiarity with compliance requirements (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA) as they apply to OCI.
• Experience supporting production-grade workloads in a cloud environment.
• Scripting knowledge (e.g., Bash, Python) for automation and monitoring.

Preferred:

• OCI Certified Architect or OCI Certified Security Professional.
• Prior experience integrating OCI with SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, QRadar).
• Experience working in hybrid environments (on-prem + OCI).
• Experience with Monitoring and Alert tools (Pref: Datadog)
• Experience with logging pipelines and log manipulation (Pref: Cribl Stream)
• Experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions CI/CD and DevSecOps processes and tooling.
• Experience with AWS Networking and multi-cloud connectivity is a bonus.

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

Please note: In order to to create a safe, productive work environment, our client is requiring all contractors who plan to be onsite to be fully vaccinated according to the CDC guidelines. At the point of offer, contractors will be required to attest their vaccination status.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States and are required to have U.S. residency at the time of application.

If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application, or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at [e-mail].